Chris Hersch

Chris Hersch
Background information
Born 1982
Orefield, Pennsylvania
Genres Americana
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Guitar
Years active 2004–present
Labels Lonesome Day
Associated acts Girls Guns and Glory
Website www.chrishersch.com

Chris Hersch (born 1982, in Orefield, Pennsylvania) is a Boston-based guitarist.

From 2000–2004, Hersch attended the New England Conservatory of Music, where his teachers included John Abercrombie, Ben Monder, Jerry Bergonzi, John McNeil, and Steve Lacey. He also studied banjo and Americana.

From 2004 to 2012, he taught guitar, banjo, and music at schools in the Boston area. Also during that time, Hersch served as Chair of the Guitar Department at Powers Music School.

In 2010, Hersch joined Girls Guns and Glory as the lead guitar player and toured with them in America and Europe. He won Best Americana Act of the Year from the Boston Music Awards and Independent Artist of the Year from the French Country Music Awards. In 2014, Rolling Stone magazine selected Girls Guns and Glory in "Ten New Artists You Need to Know".[1]

References

  1. "10 New Artists You Need to Know: Fall 2014". Rolling Stone. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2016.

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