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Archive for July 23rd, 2006

Chris Caffery: “I’m a pretty intense person with a good heart”

Interviews

I make no bones about the fact that I’m a big Chris Caffery fan.

On stage, as part of the awe-inspiring Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), he’s a constantly-in-motion source of entertainment – cracking jokes, trading licks, and running from one side of the stage to the other – and, sometimes, from one end of the arena to the other. In Savatage, he’s a powerhouse, laying down riffs that are an air-guitar fan’s wet dream. As a solo artist, he’s intense, aggressive and philosophical. As a collaborator on some songs on the first two Circle II Circle CDs (a band lead by former Savatage vocalist Zak Stevens), he’s an artist whose presence is immediately noticed — and appreciated. Read the rest of this entry »



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