Chris Huston
Christopher John Huston (born 25 June 1943) is a British born record engineer, record producer and guitarist. Huston arrived in Wallasey, near Liverpool, toward the end of World War II from an orphanage in North Wales. In 1961 he joined The Undertakers, one of the leading local Merseybeat bands, as lead guitarist, shortly before Jackie Lomax joined as the group's singer.
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Chris Huston
- Born
- 1943
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- engineer · record producer · composer
- Fields
- pop
- Education
- Liverpool College of Art
- Languages
- English
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The Undertakers released a string of singles in the early 1960s and toured widely, but had little chart success. They split up in the United States in 1965, and Huston stayed behind. Initially he toured as a member of Joey Dee and the Starliters, before linking up with The Young Rascals to start a new career as a record producer and engineer. He also worked with James Brown, Ben E. King and many others. Huston has subsequently become a consultant and lecturer on acoustics, building design, recording techniques and record production, based near Nashville, Tennessee.
Chris Huston studied at Liverpool College of Art. The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are pop.
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