Drums. It all started with drums. An overtly shy kid in the presence of a drummer at a backyard party at age 3 he  knew he wanted to play drums.   Playing the family Cornet in junior high band he constantly begged his parents endlessly to be able to play drums . While  driving  his 7th grade band teacher crazy, the help of an orchestra teacher by the name of Alice Lindsay would change everything. His Mother and Father were always singing. His father was particularly adept in vocal harmony and had been heavily influenced by Les Paul & Mary Ford recordings. Kris's Mother sang around the house and together they listened to the Beatles and others in their small home in Cedar Rapids. These things had a profound influence on him.

At age 12 the Eagles, Sly Stone, Three Dog Night, Bread, Kool & the Gang, Chicago, Allman Brothers, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Lead Zeppelin, Elton John, & the Commodores would influence and begin to shape him. 

By age 14 Kris was playing regularly with local bands in clubs through out Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

His close friends Bill Heller & Eddie Albertus started their first garage band together. Vocal harmonies were becoming more dominant in music and together they wasted no time coming up with harmonies. Singing songs like the Byrds "8 Miles High" in three part harmony. It was common place for these three friends to suddenly burst into song in the middle of a busy restaurant or, hum along in harmony to a boat engine. And to publicly disturb the entire neighborhood with guitar rock and Bill's twisted version of "Waltzing Matilda". When it was time for high-school the three friends were sent different places and directions. Kris played with a popular local Funk band called "Equinox". Bill and Kris also had  bands throughout high-school together and a part.  Graduation along with  high unemployment during the Reagan years and no jobs available in their home town, sent the two separate ways to find work. 

During the early 1980s Kris found himself in a road band playing clubs through-out the midwest. He wanted  to write songs. Few would take his ideas seriously. So, he started to learn to play guitar and bass. This lead to harmonica, lap steel, and keyboards as well. He started performing on other peoples recordings and learning more about the recording process at Juniors Motel. All through this time of playing drums Kris had been responsible for operating the P.A. system for the bands he was in 90% of the time and was fast gaining knowledge as a sound engineer. Eventually he engineered and produced other peoples songs. 

In 1994 he left the road with the birth of a son. Kris took a job at a local music store, did various sound & recording jobs, and eventually started to record more songs. He moved to the Twin Cities area in Minnesota in 1996 for about 8 years with his family. During that time he met many musicians and production people. He formed an original  band called "Every Wednesday" with three other musicians in the area. Some of his best writing came from there along with a great co-writing experience in Every Wednesday.

In 2004 he and his family returned to Iowa. Kris released his CD "Greatest Hit's Volume Three" in 2007. Working on a new CD in 2009. He also does solo work and is co-owner of 8th Note Music in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Kris also has to wear bifocals now after using too small of font during the writing of this page. Now you do too after reading it.