www.gainesandwagoner.com

Based in Madison, WI, the award-winning husband and wife duo of Mary Gaines (cello, guitar, bass, vocals) and Chris Wagoner (violin, mandolins, lapsteel, ukulele, guitar, accordion, vocals) play an eclectic mix of Americana—original and classic tunes ranging from folk to jazz, bluegrass to blues,

honky-tonk and a little singer-songwriter on the side.

MADISON AREA MUSIC AWARDSMale Male Vocalist of the Year (2007)Female Vocalist of the Year (2007)Jazz Album of the Year (2007)Unique Song of the Year (2007)

Strings Instrumentalist of the Year—Violin (2012)Strings Instrumentalist of the Year—Cello (2014)

Specialty Instrumentalist of the Year—Lapsteel (2014)MusicNotes Lifetime MusicalMusicNotes Lifetime Musical Achievement Award—Gaines & Wagoner (2016)

“Chris and Mary are the Swiss Army knives of string players!”-Mark Williams, producer: Southern Culture on the Skids,

Carrie Newcomer, Hootie and the Blowfish

“Multi-instrumentalist Chris “Multi-instrumentalist Chris Wagoner and his wife Mary Gaines are masters of string swing music…equal parts Hawaiian luau and Parisian wedding party. The love they bring to their music is as apparent as the

precision with which they make it.” -Andy Moore, producer of Wisconsin Public Television’s

“30-Minute Music Hour”

Chris Wagoner and Mary Gaines have been in-demand private instructors, session musicians and performers in the Midwest for over three decades with tours spanning the US and Europe. Together and separately, they are founding members of several of Wisconsin’s favorite musical groups, past and present: Harmonious Wail (vintage jazz), The Common Faces (original “folk-soul”), The Bob Westfall Band (original “jazz-grass”), The Moon Gypsies (original Ameri-cana / Roots-Rock), The Stellanovas (“cafe jazz”) and Graminy (original “class-grass”). Regular work with other ensembles and artists has included: “class-grass”). Regular work with other ensembles and artists has included: Randy Sabien’s “Fiddlehead” Band, Salt Creek (progressive Bluegrass band based in Milwaukee), The North Country Drifters (Western Swing), The Best Westerns (Western Swing), Honor Among Thieves (Original Rock) and perfor-mance and recording with singer- songwriters, Carrie Newcomer, Tret Fure,

L.J. Booth, Whitney Mann, Josh Harty and Blake Thomas.

Their multi-instrumental recording credits include a “who’s who” of local, re-gional, national and international artists ranging from 8 albums with Rounder Recording Artist, Carrie Newcomer, and recordings with Wisconsin favorites, Willy Porter, Peter Mulvey, Jim Schwall and Beth Kille to work with producer Butch Vig on sessions with Smashing Pumpkins (on their Multi-Platinum album, “Gish”), Freedy Johnston (“This Perfect World”, “Right Between the Promises”), U2 (Butch Vig remix) and British pop-rock group, EMF, and a long list of other local and regional releases too numerous to mention, as well as list of other local and regional releases too numerous to mention, as well as fourteen albums with past and present performing ensembles of their own.

OPENED FOR:The BandKeb MoTaj MahalRay CharlesSteppenwolfSuzanne Suzanne Vega

Asleep at the WheelCarolina Chocolate Drops(and many others. . . )

GAINES AND WAGONER are available for public and private

performances, performances, clinics,

workshops and residencies.

Contact us: info@gainesandwagoner.com or call 608-834-2122

RECORDING CREDIT HIGHLIGHTS:

Smashing Pumpkins (“Gish”) / Multi-PlatinumU2 (Butch Vig Remix)EMF (Butch Vig Remix)

Willy PorterFreedy JohnstonFreedy JohnstonCarrie NewcomerPeter MulveyTret FureJosh HartyBlake ThomasWhitney MannHarmonious Harmonious Wail