Original songs

• "Salvation Train"
• "Leslie's Song"
• "Snakes and Dust"
• "Evening Sundown"
• "Sometime in the Winter"
• "It's Not Over Now"
• "Cold Weather Blues"
• "We Should Have Gone Away"
• "The Beer Song"
• "Kensington Sunday"
• "Silver Lightning"
• "Reforma in the Rain"
• "Ain't it Hard to Stumble"
• "If Ever I Wanted You"
• "Early Summer"
• "In My Own Time"
• "Road to the West"
• "We'll Get Through This (Song for Edy)"
  

Audio and video recordings

• "The Desert Poet" (1996 limited edition video documentary, 38 minutes)
• "Songs of the American West" (1997 public television video, 28 minutes)
• "Live at Westminster Woods" (1998 concert video, 60 minutes)
• "The Desert Poet" (CD, 14 original songs, in production, due for release in 2007)
  

Performance

• Jolly Roger, Falmouth, Mass. (1974)
  
• John Barleycorn, San Francisco, Calif. (1975)
  
• The Mayflower Inn, San Rafael, Calif. (1978)
  
• Coffee Catz, Sebastopol, Calif. {1996-2006)
  
• Westminster Woods, West Sonoma County, Calif. (1998)
  
• The Black Pearl, Pismo Beach, Calif. (2001)
  
• Noe Deli, Petaluma, Calif. (2002)
  
• Papa's Taverna, Petaluma, Calif. (2000, 2002)
  
• The Black Cat, Penngrove, Calif. (2003-2004)
  
• Petaluma Art & Garden Festival, Petaluma, Calif. (2004)
  
• Petaluma Folk Music Concert Series, Petaluma, Calif. (2004)
  
• Petaluma Library, Petaluma, Calif. (2005)
  
• Unitarian Universalist Church, Petaluma Women's Club, Petaluma, Calif. (2005)
  
• Bricks, Petaluma, Calif. (2004-2005)
  
• Kate Wolf Music Festival, open mike, Laytonville, Calif. (2006-2007)
  
• Moose Open Mike (co-host), Moose Lodge, Petaluma, Calif. (2006-2007)
  
• Songs of Sonoma, singer-songwriter showcase, Cotati, Calif. (2007)
  
• Aqus Cafe, Saturday morning music, Petaluma, Calif. (2007)
  

Special Request and popular demand: Chris' songbook

• Across the Great Divide (Kate Wolf)
• Adios and Run (Lacy J. Dalton)
• All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
• Angel from Montgomery (John Prine)
• Belated Forgiveness Plea (Donovan)
• Big Rock Candy Mountain (Harry McClintock)
• Blue Mountain (F.W. Keller)
• Blue Wing (Tom Russell)
• Boots of Spanish Leather (Bob Dylan)
• The Border (Ry Cooder)
• Boxcars (Joe Ely)
• Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (Traditional)
• Catch the Wind (Donovan)
• Changes (Phil Ochs)
• Childhood Memories (Iris DeMent)
• Christmas in the Trenches (John McCutcheon)
• Church Street Blues (Norman Blake)
• Cielito Lindo (Traditional, Mexico)
• Coal Tattoo (Billy Edd Wheeler)
• Dance Hall Girls (Fraser & DeBolt)
• Dark as a Dungeon (Merle Travis)
• Dehlia (Traditional)
• Deportees (Woody Guthrie)
• Dona Dona (Traditional)
• Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob Dylan)
• Evangelina (Hoyt Axton)
• Farewell Angelina (Bob Dylan)
• Flyin' Shoes (Townes Van Zandt)
• Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)
• Fourth Time Around (Bob Dylan)
• Friend of the Devil (Robert Hunter/Grateful Dead)
• The Frog Song (Sam Hinton)
• Further and Further Away (Cheryl Wheeler)
• Girl on a Road (Ferron)
• Give Yourself to Love (Kate Wolf)
• Green Eyes (Kate Wolf)
• Hang Me, Oh Hang Me (Traditional)
• Happy Trails (Roy Rogers & Dale Evans)
• Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen Foster)
• Hello in There (John Prine)
• Here in California (Kate Wolf)
• Highway in the Wind (Arlo Guthrie)
• If I Could Stay (Paul Seibel)
• I Know You Rider (Robert Hunter/Grateful Dead)
• I'm Easy (Keith Carradine)
• Indian Wars (Bruce Cockburn)
• I Remember Loving You (Utah Phillips)
• I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan)
• I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash)
• It's a Big Old Goofy World (John Prine)
• Jack-knife Gypsy (Paul Seibel)
• Jeremiah's Song (Paul Seibel)
• Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Bob Dylan)
• Kate's Guitar (Greg Brown)
• The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (Jean Ritchiie)
• Land of the Navajo (Peter Rowan)
• Let the Mystery Be (Iris DeMent)
• Like a Prayer (Madonna)
• Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)
• The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Bob Dylan)
• Lonesome Fugitive (Merle Haggard)
• Long Black Veil (Traditional)
• Love Song to a Stranger Part II (Joan Baez)
• Lovesick Blues (Hank Williams)
• Magnolia (J.J. Cale)
• Malaguena Salerosa (Traditional, Mexico)
• Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson)
• Medgar Evers Lullaby (Bob Dylan)
• Millionaire (David Olney)
• Moonshiner (Traditional, American)
• Morning Glory (Tim Buckley)
• Mucky Truckee River (John Stewart)
• New Paint (Loudon Wainwright III)
• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (J.R. Robertson)
• North Country Blues (Bob Dylan)
• Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing (Neil Young)
• Oh! Susanna (Stephen Foster)
• Ol' Stony (Jerry Jeff Walker)
• Old Black Joe (Stephen Foster)
• One More Cup of Coffee (Bob Dylan)
• One Too Many Mornings (Bob Dylan)
• Only a Hobo (Traditional, American)
• Orphan Train (Utah Phillips)
• Our Town (Iris DeMent)
• Pancho and Lefty (Townes Van Zandt)
• Pastures of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
• Powderfinger (Neil Young)
• Ramblin' Round (Woody Guthrie)
• Ranger's Command (Woody Guthrie)
• Rawhide (Traditional)
• Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin)
• Red River Valley (Traditional)
• Redemption Song (Bob Marley)
• Return of the Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons)
• Ridin' Down the Canyon (Gene Autry)
• The Road (Danny O'Keefe)
• Robert Johnson (Bill Morrissey)
• San Miguel (Traditional, Mexico)
• Sixteen Tons (Merle Travis)
• Slow Surprise (Chris Smither)
• Slow Train Through Georgia (Norman Blake)
• Song to You (Leon Russell)
• Sounds of Silence (Paul Simon)
• South Coast (Lillian Ross)
• Steel Rail Blues (Gordon Lightfoot)
• Sunday Morning Coming Down (Kris Kristofferson)
• Sugar Mountain (Neil Young)
• Suzanne (Leonard Cohen)
• Sweet is the Melody (Iris DeMent)
• Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues (Woody Guthrie)
• Talkin' Fisherman (Woody Guthrie)
• Tell Me Why (Neil Young)
• The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob Dylan)
• There But for Fortune (Phil Ochs)
• These Days (Jackson Brown)
• To Ramona (Bob Dylan)
• Turn the Page (Bob Seger)
• The 20th Century Is Almost Over (Steve Goodman)
• Waiting for a Train (Jimmie Rodgers)
• Wandering (James Taylor)
• The Weight (J.R. Robertson)
• When the Ship Comes In (Bob Dylan)
• Who Knows Where the Time Goes
• Woodsmoke and Oranges (Paul Seibel)
• You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan)
• Your Song (Elton John)
• You've Done Nothing Wrong (Iris DeMent)
  

Listen to some of my favorite songs

Chan Chan (from "The Buena Vista Social Club")
Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)
Ballad of a Thin Man (Bob Dylan)
All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Land of the Navajo (Peter Rowan)
Across the Great Divide (Kate Wolf)
Ol' '55 (Tom Waits)
Hold On (Tom Waits)
Fields of Gold (Eva Cassidy)
Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch)
Flyin' Shoes (Lyle Lovett)
Let the Mystery Be (Iris DeMent)
Cool Down the Pace (Gregory Isaacs)
Night Nurse (Gregory Isaacs)
Lost Mi Love (Yellowman)
Rivers of Babylon (The Melodians, from "The Harder They Come")
Man of Constant Sorrow (The Soggy Bottom Boys, featuring Dan Tyminski)

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