“Chris was able to tap into emotions that go deep, that people even if they could do it, they rarely would. And he did it regularly whether it was a rage thing or a love thing. Everything was as completely deep as it could be...
“Chris was able to tap into emotions that go deep, that people even if they could do it, they rarely would. And he did it regularly whether it was a rage thing or a love thing. Everything was as completely deep as it could be.” If he was anything in a 14-year career that saw him release 12 albums, collect piles of critical acclaim and build a cult following that included the likes of Iggy Pop and Bruce Springsteen, singer/songwriter Chris Whitley was restless. “He has always been interested in doing something that is interesting to him, and different,” says the singer’s devoted friend and one-man label Brandon Kessler, chief of Messenger Records. “Each record is different, if not the polar opposite of the previous. He’s an artist. He really had no choice in life but to create music and art. That was the only thing he was capable of doing.”
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