Chris Bergson Band at The Bitter End

tix at $20 ADV / $25 DOSChris Bergson - guitar, vocals George Papgeorge - organMatt Clohesy - bass Diego Voglino - drums, vocals "Four Stars...As elegant and affecting as ever."  - MOJO “Bergson's guitar work is a masterclass in subtlety and sophistication."  - Blues Matters (UK)  “Bergson’s songs always have a bluesy americana foundation, a hefty dose of soul, and some jazzy leanings in their guitar work (Bergson used to be a student of Jim Hall, after all), but it turns out he is just as proficient at a southern rock song like ‘Think About It Twice’ or a Booker T...

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tix at $20 ADV / $25 DOSChris Bergson - guitar, vocals George Papgeorge - organMatt Clohesy - bass Diego Voglino - drums, vocals "Four Stars...As elegant and affecting as ever."  - MOJO “Bergson's guitar work is a masterclass in subtlety and sophistication."  - Blues Matters (UK)  “Bergson’s songs always have a bluesy americana foundation, a hefty dose of soul, and some jazzy leanings in their guitar work (Bergson used to be a student of Jim Hall, after all), but it turns out he is just as proficient at a southern rock song like ‘Think About It Twice’ or a Booker T. & The M.G.’s-esque instrumental song like ‘Moses Supposes’. ‘Comforts of Home’ is a versatile album full of impressive guitar work that completely serves the songs.” – Kevin Passman, Gitarist (NL) Chris Bergson is an internationally acclaimed guitarist, singer and songwriter. “Chris Bergson plays the kind of guitar you can build a house on – it’s B.B. meets Steve Cropper meets John Scofield.” (ROLL Magazine) Hailed as "the New York street poet with a blues soul" (MOJO) and "one of the most inventive songwriters in modern blues music," (All Music Guide) Bergson is best known as the leader of the Chris Bergson Band. Elmore Magazine calls the Chris Bergson Band “one of the most talented bands playing today...From blazing rock to funk to soul to Delta blues and all that's in between.” Bergson is also an accomplished sideman who has performed with luminaries across a wide range of genres including pop and rock (Norah Jones, Levon Helm), blues and soul (Hubert Sumlin, Bernard Purdie) and jazz (Annie Ross, Al Foster.) The Chris Bergson Band’s 2007 album Fall Changes, recorded at The Band drummer Levon Helm’s studio in Woodstock, New York, was named MOJO Magazine’s Number One Blues Album of the Year in 2008. Bergson was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame as a Master Blues Artist in 2015. Bergson is an Associate Professor of guitar at Berklee College of Music in Boston and plays McCurdy Guitars and D'Addario Strings. 

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