Christopher Quinn (born "Boy Talamantes", a half-breed adopted at the age of seven by a big Irish cop named Frank) has been both greatly blessed and cursed. Like the Red King dreaming universal realities, he seemed sometimes unbounded and unlimited in both creative and physical abilities. Yet, like Alice with the Red Queen, life seemed to deal so many uncertainties, that most days took all the running he could do just to stay in the same place.
The photo displayed is from his early days as a young, popular, successful performing artist in the L.A. area. He was once onstage with James Brown, toured with Sam Kinison, and shared drinks with the visiting Rolling Stones, Graham Chapman, and Ringo Starr. His music career was sidelined after a serious accident from which his health never recovered. Over the past few years, the internet opened another door, thereby allowing him to work at home and share thoughts, music, and ideas with musicians around the world. He had plans for at least three more albums and was excited about the prospect of beginning again at the time of his unexpected death.
A fiercely independent bear of a man, Quinn remained a unique, some would say eccentric, uncompromising individual in a world in which he was not always comfortable. To those who knew him, the strength of his commitment to his ideals could only be dwarfed be his dedication to his family and friends. He is and will be missed, apart from the prolific catalog of songs he wrote over the years, often ghosted for others. The quality of that music, his music, and instrumentation, recorded at home in his later years, under less than ideal circumstances, proves that success is not always measured by fame or sales. His daughter's prayer is that, like the Pheonix referred to in so many of his lyrics, may he rise from the ashes of his mortal curse.
Quinn is survived by his wife Shabwawe, daughter Cecilia Rose (Christa), and two sons, Cody and Cheyne. His last completed album, "End Of Time", may be purchased at: http://www.nimbitmusic.com/thewhitehorsesproject
