Chris Millington
Chris Millington is a musician based in North Devon. He has a well deserved following of fans who love his energetic stage performances and passionate delivery of his brilliant songs. He is starting to break into the festival circuit and not before time. So look out for him and catch one of his performances
Having been dragged up through the Manchester Indie scene and various bands including a spell of backing singing for TakeThat, Chris has now found his niche. Inspired by the beautiful north Devon coastline and local stories of smuggling, wrecking and piracy along the North Devon coast, Chris has penned some moving songs in the hope and with the passion of keeping some of these stories alive.
Described as the 'wild eyed boy of Exmoor' Chris combines the traditional with the contempory singing songs of the sea, the past and the heart. A multitalented multi instrumentalist Chris feels at ease with anything from the guitar to squeezebox, from mandolin to sitar. This diversity of influences and instruments compliments his compositions and accompanied by a voice that ranges from raucous Bowie-esque vocal to the haunting choral arrangement of the Liberame Domine at the end of the enchanting 'Who Will Cut Me Down?"Chris plays many gigs mostly in the South West and has a CD available the album 'Doubloons, Jewels and Ivory' telling stories of the North Devon Coast and the surrounding area. The title track records the story of the slaver ship The London that was wrecked on Rapparee beach in Ilfracombe in 1796. The bodies of the unfortunate slaves were unceremoniously and hurriedly thrown on the beach and walled up until the 1980's when a storm combined with the high tide unearthed the bones of those who died.
Visit Chris on his website or his myspace www.chrismillington.com and www.myspace.com/chrismillington