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                          Happy New Year ! Wishing you a healthy & joyous 2012, surrounded by the ones you love...

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      Please take a look around..... You'll hear a few recent music tracks on each of these pages, accessible through the orange "tabs" above..... You'll also see a current song list, recent client reviews & and lots of useful information related to my musical activities. 

                                                          
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     I'm a vocalist & guitarist, based in Southern California  - I'm proud to be an official Taylor Guitars artist & to play Taylor guitars at every performance & recording session. I've been fortunate to play with members of some of the biggest bands in the world. I've played hundreds of gigs at the very best venues, toured several countries, had many great adventures. I play all types of guitars, ukulele, & a bit of mandolin. I've written music for Sony & AudioSource, documentary & independent films, TV commercials, even a series of films produced for the California school systems, based on John Steinbeck's short stories.

      I was born in Akron, Ohio, although I've lived in California for most of my life. I married the beautiful girl next door, and we're the proud parents of a fine son, who's much smarter and better looking than his old man.... I'm thankful for my loving family and my circle of good friends. I'm also thankful to be making music. It gives us joy & heals our pain ...

     In 2011, I played 134 amazing solo events, playing acoustic versions of the finest songs from the last 40 years, from Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, Maroon 5 & Dave Matthews to The Beatles, Van Morrison, James Taylor & The Eagles to The Police, Tom Petty, U2, & Bruce Springsteen. I'm learning current songs every day. My 500+ songlist also includes Country songs from The Zac Brown Band, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley,  Rascal Flatts & many others.

     I've helped my clients to celebrate every conceivable occasion, from an intimate private wedding or Birthday party to a corporate event for 1000 guests. Depending on the musical preferences of my clients, I can cover a lot of diverse musical territory. If the event has a wide mix of age groups, I'll play music from the 1960's to 2012. Sometimes the evening is all new songs, sometimes it's 70's & 80's music, depending on who's attending... I encourage my clients to "cherry-pick" my song list, and suggest new songs for me to learn.

    In 2012, I've already booked several dozen amazing events at the finest venues in the Western U.S. & Canada, from The St. Regis Princeville in Kauai, The Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver BC, a corporate event at Staples Center in Los Angeles & an elegant wedding at The Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills to The San Ysidro Ranch & Biltmore/Four Seasons in Montecito, and many wineries from Napa & Sonoma to Paso Robles, Santa Ynez & Malibu Canyon. I'll also be playing in Las Vegas, Tucson, San Francisco, and all over the USA...

     Although I'm based near Los Angeles, my work often involves travel - I've played nationwide in 2010 & 2011, from New York City to Las Vegas.... Planes, trains & automobiles are no problem for me. I try to keep my travel costs as reasonable as possible. Let's discuss your event, I'm sure we can work together.

     95% of my gigs are private events, so I usually can't invite my clients & friends to hear me play in a "live" setting. There is one exception to this...  On Friday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30, if I'm not already booked for a private event, I play in downtown Ventura at a great restaurant & wine bar called "Tutti's Off Main". Please join me in Ventura for some great music, food & cocktails....

     For Brides, I'll play just about anything, including traditional instrumental versions of "Pachelbels Canon in D" or "The Wedding March", "Over The Rainbow" on a ukelele, or whatever your favorite song might be...  For recent Brides, I've learned such songs as "Marry Me" by Train, "Your One & Only" by Adele, "Just The Way You Are" by Bruno Mars, "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden, "The Book Of Love" by Peter Gabriel, "You & Me" by Lifehouse, "You & Me" by Dave Matthews, "Then" by Brad Paisley, "I Need You" by Leann Rimes, "Without You" by Keith Urban, "Romeo & Juliet" by Dire Straits, "Open Arms" by Journey, "You Make It Real" by James Morrison, "At Last" by Etta James, I'm learning songs every single day....


          Tim Godwin & I performed on July 4th at Warner Center's "Summer Concerts In The Park" for 60,000 of our closest friends, and we played again on August 29th for about 20,000 folks ....Big Fun...

          Tim & I just finished recording a CD, with guest appearances from members of Los Lobos, The Rembrandts, Vertical Horizon, The Wallflowers, and an amazing Nashville fiddle player... We just got a really nice "pat on the back" from a friend who's opinion we really value... Don Felder, guitarist for The Eagles. " The CD is a big hit. Love the all acoustic guitars and the vocals are really great. I hope you’ll still talk to me after you become a big star from this CD.... Cheers, Don Felder " Very kind... Many Thanks !!

   



          Here's a studio recording we made recently of one of my all-time favorite songs.... "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel.... I'm playing guitar and singing, Guitar-Meister Tim Godwin is playing lead guitar, and one of the finest percussionists in the world, Victor Bisetti from Los Lobos, was kind enough to add his talents to this... This is from our new CD, which contains our all-acoustic arrangements of our all-time favorite songs, including "Goin' To California" by Led Zeppelin, "Can't Find My Way Home" by Steve Winwood & Eric Clapton, and "Pretzel Logic" by Steely Dan.... I hope you enjoy it !
                
                         "In Your Eyes"

                                   

         A few of our famous friends were kind enough to lend their considerable talents & time to this project.... Danny Wilde from "The Rembrandts" sings harmonies on "Sadie" ( you hear Danny every day on TV, singing the theme to "Friends" ). Matt Scannel, the leader of "Vertical Horizon" plays a brilliant guitar solo on "Can't Find My Way Home", trading licks with Michael Ward of "The Wallflowers" and Tim Godwin. Nashville-based musician Tammie King plays some of the most beautiful mandolin & fiddle I've ever heard on "Sadie". Otherwise it's just me & Tim, playing wooden guitars & singing into microphones.... imagine that...

Our new CD can be purchased & downloaded on-line from our new website....  www.WooleyGodwin.com   

                                      

Our amazing new CD cover art was designed by Chris Jennings @ www.DesignJoint.com . Pretty cool, eh?
Chris has designed album covers for The Allman Brothers, concert T-shirts for Jimmy Page, The Black Crows, Eric Clapton, and many others. He's an incredible graphic artist..... Check out his work, he's really good...


       Recording "Fields Of Gold" & "Tears In Heaven" @ Philippe's
      

For Events & Bookings, you can call, text, or email me directly at the numbers listed above, or feel free to book your event through my Gigmasters page......

http://www.gigmasters.com/acousticguitar/ChristopherWooley/

Tim Godwin & I just got a bit of great P.R. - We're a "Featured New Artist" in Denon Electronics 100th Anniversary... Denon makes Home Theater & Stereo equipment - They gave us a nice review of our new CD... Here it is...

http://usblog.denon.com/in-the-spotlight-with-duo-wooley-godwin/

Also, I'm on Facebook.... Feel free to "friend" me.... that sounds like a song....

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