I met Chris through some mutual friends (stalker fans of Chris) and I was always impressed how down to earth Chris is and how hardworking he is as an independent musician.  I have a ton of respect for his passion for music and his work ethic.  Check out his website at www.chrisheers.com!

Chris was born and raised on the outskirts of Las Vegas.  “Most people think of Vegas as one big casino but my childhood was spent on either a horse or a dirt bike out on the desert or on some jet boat at Lake Mead with my cousins.  I very much was in the sticks or the “boondocks”.  Las Vegas is where I discovered rodeos and country music; listening to artists like Don Williams, Kenny Rogers and George Strait on KFM 102.  “More importantly I started seeing that songwriters like Bob McDill, Don Schlitz and Dean Dillon were the writers behind the songs that were tearing my heart out.”

Chris moved to Nashville where he learned to craft his stories by watching the aforementioned masters.  “I had alot of evolution left in my writing, and I was broke as hell so I ended up back in Vegas where I met my first wife and had two amazing daughters.  My daughters are my greatest accomplishment.  All this other stuff is just gravy.”  Chris went back to Nashville frequently and in 2009 Western Stars was recorded there in with bandleader and co-producer Pat McGrath who recruited a band of Nashville session royalty to bring his songs to life netting Chris two top 100 singles on the US Country Breakout Chart and several top tens in Europe including a number one** with “Cow or Cowboy”.   His song “Dirt Rich” hit the US country breakout chart at the highest position in 2010 winning the Music Row Power Chart Debut spot and going on to win the prestigious Robert K Oermann DISCovery Award around the same time.  “Dirt Rich” was later featured on the bestselling Wii and Xbox Kinect “Country Dance II” and “Country Dance All-Star” games.