Cousin Chris

San Francisco native Chris Schreiber plays all instruments under the name Cousin Chris. After playing in bands for years in SF and NYC, Chris honed a versatile musicality with a focus on tight, engaging melodies and colorful slide guitar and rhythmic textures. His vocals carry memories of Elliot Smith and bluesmen from America's past. Sonically, Cousin Chris’ songs are influenced by 3 main musical areas - 1) Folk a la Elliott Smith and Leonard Cohen 2) Post-rock instrumental acts like Do Ma...

San Francisco native Chris Schreiber plays all instruments under the name Cousin Chris. After playing in bands for years in SF and NYC, Chris honed a versatile musicality with a focus on tight, engaging melodies and colorful slide guitar and rhythmic textures. His vocals carry memories of Elliot Smith and bluesmen from America's past. Sonically, Cousin Chris’ songs are influenced by 3 main musical areas - 1) Folk a la Elliott Smith and Leonard Cohen 2) Post-rock instrumental acts like Do Make Say Think, Explosions in the Sky, Octopus Project and 3) Southern blues-style slide guitar, such as The Black Keys, The Allman Brothers Band, Iron & Wine, Ry Cooder, and Son House.