Chris Hill

Chris Hillsides was created on July 18, 1946, and raised in Boston. The musical prodigy became efficient on drums, bass, keyboards, horn, electric guitar, and structure before he could legitimately drive. The Totally free Spirits, a jazz-rock music group, were his initial major musical success. The lineup contains guitarist Larry Coryell, Jim Pepper (tenor sax), Bob Moses (drums), Columbus “Chip” Baker (electric guitar), and Hillsides (bass and vocals). Bob Thiele created their albums on ABC Information, released in 1966-1967. In 1994, Polygram released their unreleased live recording, entitled Tokyo Live. Sluggish product sales doomed the Totally free Spirits, however the users stayed viable performing other projects. Hillsides waxed a single recording in 1969: Everything Is usually Everything Featuring Chris Hillsides on Vanguard Information. The musicians had been Jim Pepper (tenor sax, flute, vocals), Chip Baker (acoustic guitar, vocal), Lee Reinoehl (body organ, trumpet), John Waller and Jim Zito (drums), and Hillsides on your guitar, electrical bass, drums, and vocals. The ten songs included a rendition of John Coltrane’s “Naima.” Hillsides required a fling with All Platinum Information in 1977 as single soul vocalist Chris Hillsides. Only 1 record surfaced: “Isn’t It a Desire BECOME A REALITY” b/w “Right up until the final Thrill IS FULLY GONE.” It had been much like a Thom Bell creation around the Spinners, but All Platinum owner Sylvia Robinson — whom Hillsides says went the studio room with an iron hands — didn’t brain one little bit. Anything for product sales, but that one didn’t proceed and Chris made a decision to form a fresh jazz-rock music group. Players Association was a studio room group come up with by Hillsides and maker Danny Weiss. These were Vanguard Record’s home band, but also for Players Association recordings they earned top program players like Larry Coryell, Joe Ferrell, David Sunburn, Tom Harrell, as well as others. The standard lineup was Chip Baker (acoustic guitar), Coryell (acoustic guitar), Bobby Moses (drums), Jim Pepper (sax), and Hillsides (bass). After five albums from 1978 to 1980, the association finished. Lawrence Welk later on purchased Vanguard Information. Hillsides’ session abilities kept him occupied. He performed on albums by Lorraine Frissure, Sally Harmon, People Only, Tag O’ Connor, Josh Light Jr., Mike Mandel, Steve Marcus, yet others. In the ’80s, Hillsides, Pepper, yet others shifted to Portland, OR, and continuing to gig and record sporadically until Pepper’s untimely loss of life in the ’90s.