Chris was born on 15 December 1956 and he was brought up in north Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. He joined Fairport Convention in 1996. Inspired by local musicians, Chris began playing the fiddle at the age of thirteen. At the age of 16 he made his first album recording, with the Northamptonshire folk band Mithras on Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, released in 1974. One of his early influences and, later, his mentor was Fairport Convention's then-fiddler Dave Swarbrick.

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