Chris Helme

Chris Helme is no stranger to the Blakey crowd - since the demise of The Seahorses, he has adopted the remote location as his home venue, and a contrast from stadium crowds, worldwide tours and Blakey 18/1/01 major festivals.

Chris has spent the past couple of years writing, recording, and developing his new band and new material, whilst playing carefully selected concerts throughout the UK.

Blakey Ridge has been the scene for all the stages of the post-Seahorses projects, including solo & accompanied acoustic concerts; recording, writing and rehearsal sessions; and more recently showcasing the various degrees of his band's development. These concerts are always played to a packed house and the music press have been blown-away by the performances.

There is no mistaking Chris' incredible songwriting talent and spell-binding vocal ability, in "The Yards" this is now backed up by an awesome, full-sounding band.

Live at Blakey - what the Music Press said...

"He held the audience in a spell from his very first "Shut up" call to the final encore."

"I was never a follower of The Seahorses, but this was something else."

"Fragile, but always controlled, there's a real golden, glowing beauty to his music."

"Crafted songs, compelling lyrics. I was totally gripped by that wraparound voice and the sweet, sweet sound of his acoustic guitar."

"A moving experience. What a great night!"

"..... accompanying Chris on his journey through the infectious, the chilled out, the sensitive and the absolutely bloody awesome"

"I'm a total convert to Chris Helme as the solo performer."

"His soaring, emotion-laden vocals scaled new peaks for me. We were hanging on every nuance."

"One of the greatest gigs I've ever witnessed - it brings a lump to my throat just thinking about it."

"..utterly spellbound by the fragile beauty of Chris Helme's voice and acoustic guitar."

"I bet there were a few tears welling in a few eyes. And two of them were mine. Simply awesome."

links

Acoustic concert - 15th June 2000
Photos      Reviews

 Full band concert - 22nd March 2001
Photos      Reviews

 Open air concert - 5th July 2001
Photos      Reviews

Writing / recording session  3rd-4th September 2001
Photos      Review

Winter concert 18th December 2001
Review

Chris Helme 2001 promo photos

Seahorses related links

Stuart Fletcher interview / profile

Andy Watts (Seahorses drummer) interview (1)

Andy Watts interview (2)

Andy Watts' band Mozer

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