User:Sbrealdata/Chris Turbis

Chris Turbis, born Christopher S Turbis on April 4, 1961 in Alberta, Canada. He moved to the US at an early age along with his family in the early 1970's to Northern California and primarily grew up in Lucas Valley, a sub-section of Marin County. He is a Piano/Hammond/Keyboard player and singer for many recording and touring acts. Some of the bands he has recorded or toured with include The RegulatorsPolydor Records/Records, as well as Alligator StewHogleg Records(USA) ~ Halycon/Sony''-(EUROPE). Both bands shared various personel including Gary Jeffries. The Regulators recorded 2 full length studio releases. The first one in 1992 simply titled "The Regulators" contained the songs "Whiskey Fever" which was placed in the movie |"Under Siege" with Steven Segal, and as well the song "Need For Speed" which wound up in |"Kuffs" with Christian Slater. The follow up album "Bar & Grill" was recorded in 1997 at the infamuous Cellar, owned by | Juan Croucier of |RATT fame. Juan as well produced the Bar & Grill album. Alligator Stew recorded 2 full length studio albums. Their title record aptly named "Alligator Stew" was recorded in 2000 with their sophomore follow up album "Welcome To Monticello" a live recording being recorded in 2003 in Indiana. The Stew as they were known had one of their music videos air on GAC TV, and CMT in the mid 2000's called Blood Money. The video won in the "Best Video of the Year" for 2005 in the AAMA's. Turbis as well won the "Best Rock Piano Player" award in the same event that year. Both The Regulators, and Alligator Stew toured extensively throughout the U.S. from 1994-2005. During that time they acted as support for such superbands as The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Motley Crue, Great White, Blue Oyster Cult, Rare Earth, The Guess Who, Marshall Tucker, ZZ Top, Ted Nugent, and many more. In 2009 Turbis joined up with Kelli & The ShadowMen a country rock act that was fronted by |Kelli Lidell (daughter of Johnny Lidell of Primrose Lane fame). Kelli & The ShadowMen toured most of the contiguous 48 states in 2010, and after arriving back off a long winter tour reportedly embarked into a full length studio album recording with the band using Mike Lesniak (their drummer) as their producer. Turbis had already know Lesniak from the Alligator Stew project in which Lesniak produced the first studio album.

As of 2011 he calls Los Angeles, CA his home and has lived there for over 2 decades.