Thursday September 29th, the Linsmore Tavern is extremely excited to welcome back the super talented Chris Staig And The Marquee Players! We had Chris play the Linsmore just recently in July and it was an incredible show! We usually don't do such quick turnarounds with bands, but with Chris Staig and The Marquee Players, we had to! Not very often does Chris Staig cross the Don Valley for an East End show, so come out and check out this talented original artist and show him how the East End Rocks! Chris Staig is a throwback to old Rock 'n' Roll with influences from such bands as Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Gram Parsons, Ray Price, Uncle Tupelo, Harold Dorman

Chris Staig has won praises for his solo recordings, and for his work with other performers. He used to play guitar for a bagpipe funk band called Taxi Chain, way back in the mid nineties when one could play 3 nights a week in bars and not starve. Even if there was a bagpiper in your band.

He has made 4 solo CDs he's proud of. Deeper We'll Dream (2000) caused Kurt Swinghammer to call Staig "surprise local discovery of the year" and The Toronto Sun to call him "a song writing Charles Atlas". Songwriter Jonathan Seet best summed up Staig's second CD, Death of Romance, as "damn f**** straight, man". All four discs have received commercial, campus and CBC radio play. Is probably the only songwriter who will have his work covered and recorded by both power pop cynic Dan Bryk ("Honest Love") and Canadian novelty song act The Arrogant Worms ("Buy a Bottle of Booze")

2008 saw the recording of Staig's most recent CD titled "Mary". "Mary" features 12 outstanding songs with tremendous performances by Staig's band. The CD also features a duet with famed Canadian vocalist Oh Susanna, and keyboard contributions from Jack Breakfast and Mike Johnston (Skydiggers). Produced by Joe Dunphy (Skydiggers, By Divine Right) the CD was released in early 2009. 2009 also saw Staig take the lead guitar spot on the album "Gentrify You" by Jimmy Byron and partake in riotous shows with Jimmy at the Dakota Tavern in Toronto.

Chris Staig's current band for live performances, The Marquee Players, consists of Stephen O'Toole on the bass, Shelley Coopersmith on violin and mandolin, and Ian MacKay on the drums. Come see us at one of our many monthly shows in Toronto and around Ontario. A fifth disc, or possibly a first LP is in the cards for 2014!

This is going to be a great night of music, so come check out this talented original Indie artist! The show starts at 8:30pm, No Cover!