Chris McCaughan
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Chris McCaughan is the guitarist and vocalist in the band The Lawrence Arms
. McCaughan was formerly the guitarist for the bands Tricky Dick and The Broadways
(the latter also featuring fellow Arms bandmate Brendan Kelly
).
In 2006, Chris started writing songs for a solo project, while playing intimate shows around Chicago, and posted four demo songs on his MySpace
page. Adopting the name Sundowner
, he finished recording his debut solo album with the help of The Lawrence Arms drummer Neil Hennessy
on bass and Jenny Choi
on cello, keys and backing vocals. The record, Four One Five Two (named after his parents' house, where he did much of his songwriting), was released on Red Scare records on March 13, 2007 and features reworked versions of the popular Lawrence Arms songs "100 Resolutions" and "Boatless Booze Cruise" (retitled "My Boatless Booze Cruise"); the latter was a song originally written and sung by Lawrence Arms band mate and bassist Brendan Kelly.
He went on tour as Sundowner with Mike Park
in Feb-Mar 2008 in the UK and Europe on what was known as the "Beans On Toast" Tour, because that is all the pair could afford to eat. Asian Man Records released the second Sundowner album "We Chase The Waves" on August 10, 2010.
McCaughan is known to use Guild s-100
guitars and Mesa Boogie mark IV amps.
The Lawrence Arms
The Lawrence Arms are an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. They have released five full-length albums and toured extensively.-Pre-history:...
. McCaughan was formerly the guitarist for the bands Tricky Dick and The Broadways
The Broadways
The Broadways were a short-lived punk band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1996 after the dissolution of the influential ska-punk band Slapstick. The latter's vocalist Brendan Kelly and trumpet player Dan Hanaway assumed the roles of bassist and guitarist, joined by Rob DePaola on drums and Chris...
(the latter also featuring fellow Arms bandmate Brendan Kelly
Brendan Kelly (musician)
Brendan Kelly is the bassist/vocalist of Chicago-based punk band The Lawrence Arms, as well as guitarist/lead vocalist in The Falcon. Kelly's former bands include Slapstick and The Broadways...
).
In 2006, Chris started writing songs for a solo project, while playing intimate shows around Chicago, and posted four demo songs on his MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page. Adopting the name Sundowner
Sundowner (band)
Sundowner is an acoustic project of Chris McCaughan of The Lawrence Arms, also featuring Jenny Choi, Neil Hennessy, and Eli Caterer.Their debut album, Four One Five Two, was released on Red Scare Records on March 13, 2007...
, he finished recording his debut solo album with the help of The Lawrence Arms drummer Neil Hennessy
Neil Hennessy
Neil Kevin Hennessy is a musician and music producer/engineer from Chicago, Illinois.Hennessy currently plays in The Lawrence Arms, Colossal, The Falcon, The Smoking Popes and Demon Beach. He has also been a member of Noise By Numbers, Baxter, The Killing Tree, and Quattro.Hennessy works at Atlas...
on bass and Jenny Choi
Jenny Choi
Jenny Choi is a singer and cellist who founded the Asians in Rock tour and is the lead singer of the two-piece Chicago band, Sanawon. For many years she performed solo at the University of IL in Urbana Champaign as well as with a back-up band...
on cello, keys and backing vocals. The record, Four One Five Two (named after his parents' house, where he did much of his songwriting), was released on Red Scare records on March 13, 2007 and features reworked versions of the popular Lawrence Arms songs "100 Resolutions" and "Boatless Booze Cruise" (retitled "My Boatless Booze Cruise"); the latter was a song originally written and sung by Lawrence Arms band mate and bassist Brendan Kelly.
He went on tour as Sundowner with Mike Park
Mike Park
Mike Park is a Korean American musician and progressive activist. His musical ventures include Skankin' Pickle for whom he both played the saxophone and sang, The Chinkees, The Bruce Lee Band, and most recently an acoustic solo project under his own name...
in Feb-Mar 2008 in the UK and Europe on what was known as the "Beans On Toast" Tour, because that is all the pair could afford to eat. Asian Man Records released the second Sundowner album "We Chase The Waves" on August 10, 2010.
McCaughan is known to use Guild s-100
Guild s-100
The Guild S-100 electric guitar was a lightweight solid-body guitar made by the Guild Guitar Company. It features two humbucking pickups and its body is styled similarly to a Gibson SG, but is slightly offset...
guitars and Mesa Boogie mark IV amps.