Chris Shaffer

Chris Shaffer is an electrifying performer and is known as one of the most popular singers to come out of the Midwest in the last ten years. He is an emotional songwriter and storyteller with a deep soulful voice that invokes comparisons to Cat Stevens, Jim Croce, and Lou Rawls.



With an unforgettable voice and commanding stage presence, Chris is a musical force to behold. With his previous band, The Why Store, Chris wrote such radio hits as "Lack of Water," "Father," and "Surround Me." "Lack of Water," the band's national break-out song in 1996, was featured on the band's self-titled, major label debut which led to a performance on The Conan O'Brien show and a video starring Beverly D'Angelo and Chris Cooper for "Father."



Chris is known for his openness to his fans, the baring of his soul in his songs and reluctance to toot his own horn to the media. He has said "The Why Store went through the whole rock and roll cliche of record label nightmares. Every single negative thing that could be done to a band by a label happened to us and we faced it, and either overcame it, became it or succumbed to it but now, I believe there is nothing that can cross the table that i'm not prepared to deal with."