Chris Beard is a modern blues guitarist and singer. His personal connections to the blues were forged with the living blues men he sat with since childhood.

Born in 1957, Beard is the son of blues guitarist, Joe Beard, who grew up on Beale Street in the 1950s. When family friends like Matt “Guitar” Murphy and Buddy Guy stopped by to visit, young Beard became their willing pupil. Chris says, “when your father grew up on Beale Street and music was in your DNA, then blues is who you are and what you do.”

Website: https://chrisbeardmusic.com
You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@chrisbeard1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrisbeardmusic

Awards and Honors

1998 – W.C. Handy Award Nominee, Best New Blues Artist for Barwalkin’ [rochestermusic.org], [visitnewlondon.org]
1999 – Muddy Waters Award, New Talent of the Year from Blues Beat Magazine [rochestermusic.org]
Critical acclaim from AllMusic and blues publications for albums including Barwalkin’ and Live Wire (per copilot)

Chris Beard Discography

2023 Pass It On Down
2015 Eye of the Witch
2010 Who I am & What I Do
2005 Live Wire
2001 Born to Play the Blues
1997 Barwalkin’

Notable Festivals Performed

2025
Kitchener Blues Festival (2025, 2024, 2015)

2024
Rochester International Jazz Fest

2022
Davenport Iowa Blues Festival
NorthWood Blues Festival
Gloucester Blues Festival, MA (w Joe Beard)
North River Blues Festival, Marshfield, MA
Jackson Blues Festival, MI

2021
Hygienic Art, New London, CT (Bobby Christina’s Blues Caravan)
Rochester Music Hall of Fame/ Chris & Joe

2019
Gloucester Blues Festival, MA
White Mountain Boogie N’  Blues Festival, Thornton, NH
The Tralf Music Hall,  Buffalo, NY with  Joanna  Connor
The Tralf Music Hall, Buffalo, NY:   Sat in  with Lucky Peterson at his show
Navasota Blues Festival, Navasota, TX
Jackson Blues Festival, MI

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