Chris Sharp

This article is about the musician. For others of the same name, see Christopher Sharp (disambiguation).

Chris Sharp (born 1973 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States) is an American singer and musician, who participated in the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou.^[1]

Around age 11, Sharp took up the fiddle and banjo. As a teenager he met George Buckner and joined his band, The Tarheel Bluegrass Boys, and in 1995 moved to Nashville with Buckner and Kevin Sluder. After two years, Sharp returned to North Carolina where he started a band called the Tipton Hill Boys. In 1997, Sharp landed a job touring with John Hartford^[2] and played on the O Brother Where Art Thou? and Down from the Mountain projects. In 2001, after Hartford died, Sharp moved back to North Carolina^[3] and recorded three more CDs.

Discography

Chris Sharp - Good Fa'Air Side(special guests include John Hartford and Earl Scruggs)
The John Hartford Stringband - Good Old Boys(Rounder Records)
O Brother Where Art Though?(soundtrack for the film)
Down From the Mountain(film and soundtrack)
Josh Graves - Memories of Foggy Mountain(OMS Records)
Kenny Baker - Spider Bit The Baby (OMS Records)
The John Hartford Stringband - Hamilton Ironworks (Rounder Records)
The Tipton Hill Boys - Lucky (with George Buckner and Kevin Sluder; Red Clay Records)
Chris Sharp and David Long - One Hand On The Radio (independent release)
Chris Sharp - Working It Out (Red Clay Records)
The Tipton Hill Boys - Songs We Like (with George Buckner and Kevin Sluder; Red Clay Records)

References

↑ Archived September 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Sharp, Chris (2005-07-14). "Chris Sharp". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Johnson City, TN. p. 25. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
↑ Ferris, Jedd (2002-11-27). "From the big stage to back home". Mountain Express. Retrieved 2009-09-21.

External links

Grammy Award for Album of the Year

1959–1979	The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1959) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1960) The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1961) Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1962) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1963) The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1964) Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz, João Gilberto (1965) September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1966) A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1967) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968) By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1969) Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970) Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1971) Tapestry – Carole King (1972) The Concert for Bangladesh – Various (1973) Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1974) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1975) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1976) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1977) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1978) Saturday Night Fever – Various (1979)

1980–2000	52nd Street – Billy Joel (1980) Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1981) Double Fantasy – John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1982) Toto IV – Toto (1983) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984) Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1985) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986) Graceland – Paul Simon (1987) The Joshua Tree – U2 (1988) Faith – George Michael (1989) Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1990) Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and various artists (1991) Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1992) Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1993) The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1994) MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1995) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1996) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997) Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1998) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1999) Supernatural – Santana (2000)

2001–present	Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001) O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack (2002) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2004) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and various artists (2005) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2006) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007) River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2008) Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2009) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010) The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2011) 21 – Adele (2012) Babel – Mumford & Sons (2013) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2014) Morning Phase – Beck (2015) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2016)

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