Chris was born in Jackson, Tennessee, a land rich with the history of American music. He graduated with a masters degree in music and his musical expertise has proven to be an important element involved in creatiing The Tumblng Tumbleweed's sound.
He is indeed a relative, though distant of the late great Roy Acuff of country music fame and Chris follows in his footsteps as a singer of American folk music. Chris is a country boy living in the big city and he rounds out the Tumbling Tumbleweeds by bringing his infectious Southern sensibilities along with his beautiful tenor voice and dynamic performance style to the group.