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Chris Trapper

Chris Trapper (born March 31, 1971, in Buffalo, New York) is an American songwriter and musician, best known as the singer and guitarist of the band The Push Stars.[1] His song “This Time” appeared in August Rush.

Chris Trapper
Background information
Birth nameChristopher James Trapper
Born (1971-03-31) March 31, 1971 (age 53)
Buffalo, New York U.S.
GenresFolk, Pop/Rock, Power Pop
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, ukulele
Years active1996–present
LabelsImago, Co-Op Pop, Capitol Records, 33rd Street Records, Starlit Records

Early life

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He is the youngest of 6 children in a working-class family from Buffalo, NY. Trapper relocated to Boston after college.

Career

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He formed The Push Stars with Dan McLoughlin and Ryan MacMillan in Boston. In 1999, the band released their Capitol Records debut “After The Party” and subsequently released two more records before going on hiatus in 2005.

Trapper embarked on a successful solo career, touring the globe and releasing nine full-length albums to date. Trapper's songs can be heard in other films including There’s Something About Mary, The Devil Wears Prada, Some Kind Of Beautiful.

His songs have appeared on television shows such as Pepper Dennis, ER, and Malcolm in the Middle. In 2018, The Push Stars released their first album in 14 years, 3 Feet In The Air, recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis.

A constant live performer, Trapper has performed an average of 150 shows a year for more than a decade.

Recognition

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Discography

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Trappers albums include:[3]

Cold Water Waltz (2020)

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  1. Under Blue Stars
  2. Clear
  3. Answer Me
  4. Back Home
  5. Love & Faith
  6. Party in the Parking Lot
  7. Grace Let Me In
  8. Out of the Limelight
  9. Make It Through
  10. Starlight Creek
  11. Cathedral Bells
  12. Light in Your Eyes
  13. Cold Water Waltz (Instrumental)

Symphonies of Dirt and Dust (2015)

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  1. Angel Appearing in a Small Cafe
  2. Everything Was Possible
  3. If You're Still There
  4. Best in Me
  5. Heart in the Sea
  6. Not the End of the World
  7. Symphonies of Dirt and Dust
  8. Into the Bright Lights
  9. Blind Leading the Blind
  10. Honest Man in California
  11. F#*k It
  12. Boston Strong

Technicolor (2013)

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  1. Extraordinary
  2. Northwest Sun
  3. Technicolor
  4. All of This and Everything
  5. I'll Count You
  6. West Side
  7. The Accident
  8. Ohio
  9. Bye Bye Beautiful
  10. God in Every Cloud
  11. Good Times
  12. Werewolf in Times Square
  13. Sober For a Living
  14. For the Wondering
  15. Waving as I Go
  16. Top of the Sky
  17. From the Ashes

The Few and The Far Between (2011)

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  1. Here All Along (featuring Rob Thomas)
  2. Long Goodbye
  3. The More I Think (featuring Colin Hay)
  4. Skin
  5. Ghost in Your Arms (featuring Kristin Cifelli)
  6. Easy Flyer
  7. Few and Far Between
  8. Still In Me
  9. Eyes Twice the Size
  10. Not Normal
  11. Search Inside
  12. Wake me With Your Kiss
  13. Lonesome Parade (for Phyllis Malloy & Juri Bunetta)
  14. Home

Gone Again (feat. The Wolverine Jazz Band) (2011)

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  1. All Time Favorite
  2. Gone Again
  3. Nowhere
  4. Jukebox Lights
  5. Away We Go
  6. Boston Girl
  7. Dinner and a Dream
  8. Kids to Chase
  9. Meant to Be
  10. Party At the Andersons
  11. Kiss You Where You Lay
  12. Keg On My Coffin (Live)

Into The Bright Lights [EP] (2010)

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  1. Family Tree
  2. The Game Is Done
  3. Into The Bright Lights
  4. Heartaches On Parade
  5. From The Balcony
  6. Already Gone
  7. Black Sky Blue

'Til The Last Leaf Falls (2008)

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  1. This Time
  2. Wait a Lifetime
  3. Black Hearted Bride
  4. Cost of Constant Traveling
  5. In My Sight
  6. Look What the Wind Blew In
  7. Big Mistake
  8. Least You're Breathing
  9. Across the World
  10. Curbside View
  11. Black Eye
  12. Til the Last Leaf Falls
  13. Passing

Songs From the Middle of the World - Solo/Acoustic Rarities Vol.1 (2008)

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  1. Faded and Jaded
  2. A Day Without You
  3. $100 Man
  4. Living Downtown
  5. Letter to the Middle of the World
  6. These Mistakes
  7. Black Sky Blue
  8. Feel Like Staying Home
  9. The Losing End
  10. Falling Away
  11. Avalanche
  12. Mid-Summer Nights Kidnapping Case
  13. Hard Times
  14. Wrong Side of Town
  15. What Are You Gonna Do?
  16. Who Can Save Me
  17. Anywhere You Are

It's Christmas Time (2007)

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  1. It's Christmas Time
  2. Black and Blue Christmas
  3. Thorn Becomes a Rose
  4. Christmas Magic
  5. One Bright Star
  6. This December
  7. Wish It Was Christmas Day
  8. California Holiday
  9. Christmas Ends a Day Too Soon
  10. Mystified

Hey You (2006)

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  1. Feelings Without Weight
  2. Into the Wasteland
  3. Say It Loud
  4. In From the Outside
  5. See Something Fly
  6. Wish I Was Cool
  7. Forget Me
  8. 35th Birthday
  9. Perfumed Hair
  10. Tear Choked Eye
  11. Yearning to be Burning
  12. Better Half
  13. Lonely Valentine
  14. Every Time I See You
  15. Weightless

Songs From the Drive-In (2002)

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  1. Time to Forgive
  2. Elvis Presley Boulevard
  3. Midnight Cabaret
  4. Summertime is Here
  5. House Next to the Drive-In
  6. Happy Where I Am
  7. Birthday Song
  8. Ever Since the Day
  9. Me and My Blue Water
  10. Starlight

References

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  1. ^ CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. 1999-05-17. pp. 3–. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  2. ^ Chakerian, Peter (10 May 2006). "Chris Trapper". Clevescene. Clevescene. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Chris Trapper Discography". All Music. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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