PICTURE TAKEN 11/28/99 STOCKTON, CA

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AS I THINK BACK AND TRY TO REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST 
HEARD CHRIS ISAAK I CAN NOT REMEMBER. WHAT I DO 
REMEMBER, IS HIS MUSIC IN THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE MOVIE
'WILD AT HEART'. THAT LEFT A HUGE IMPRESSSION UPON ME
AND THE MUSIC FIT THE MOVIE SO WELL!
IT IS A REALLY FUN, WACKY, STRANGE MOVIE!

6-1-98 I NEVER TIRE OF LISTENING TO CHRIS ISAAK. HIS 
VOICE IS SO GOOD! I HAVE ALL THE ISAAK CD'S AND AM 
ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE RELEASE OF THE NEWEST ONE THIS SUMMER. AT THIS TIME, BAJA SESSIONS IS THE NEWEST CD.

10-06-98 CHRIS HAS THE NEW CD OUT. IT IS CALLED 
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL. IT HAS A SURF MUSIC GUITAR RIFF 
THAT I LIKE. GO TO THE CD NOW LINK TO BUY OR LISTEN 
TO CHRIS ISAAK'S MUSIC. THIS CD IS VERY DIFFERENT 
FROM HIS OTHER MUSIC. HE HAS A LOUDER, MORE ELECTRIC 
SOUND THEN USUAL.

1-4-99
I HAVE GOTTEN SOME E-MAIL FROM FANS WHO SAW CHRIS IN 
CONCERT LAST FALL. THEY ENJOYED IT AND SAID HE IS THE 
NICEST MUSIC ACT THEY HAVE EVER SEEN. HE STAYED AFTER 
THE SHOWS AND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS FOR EVERYONE AND 
TALKED TO THEM. I HAVE READ IN INTERVIEWS THAT HE 
LOVES MUSIC AND WILL PLAY ALMOST ANY VENUE HE IS 
ASKED TO PLAY.
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CHRIS ISAAK Biography- He was born on June 26, 1956, 
in Stockton, California. He is from a blue collar 
family, a son of a forklift operator. He was a radio 
lover and had his whole backyard wired to get radio 
stations from all over the U.S. and Canada. He used 
to lay in bed most of the night and listen to music. 
He loved all kinds. He and his brother used to sing 
ballads to their mom. 

He went to college at the University of the Pacific, 
studying english, film making and journalism. He 
graduated in 1980. He says he got into music, while 
in Japan for a semester, when he heard an Elvis 
record and got it stuck in his head, so sang it again 
and again. His neighbor lady told him he should be a 
singer. He was also an amateur boxer in college. 
He was influenced by Elvis and Roy Orbison, in his 
early recordings.

He moved to San Francisco after graduation and later 
formed a band, the Silvertones. They started at the 
bottom, playing in bars and nightclubs in the Bay 
Area. (He also became a surfer). He is influenced by 
jazz and rockabilly, especially the old Sun Records 
guys. He says, "I'm always going to make records 
where the emphasis is on a good song with the voice 
out front." 

"Those ideas get stuck in my head and the only way I 
can say 'em is in music. The way I write, I sit down 
with a guitar, and usually it's in the dark, and I 
just start singing like I'm talking to myself. It all 
comes out at one time, the melody and the words." 
"I'd never give up music, because I like to sing more 
than anything. More than anything. People always ask 
me, 'What do you do on your time off?' I tell 'em I 
sing, 'cause that's what I like to do. Call me a 
one-dimensional shallow person, but if I got time 
off, I grab my guitar and play some more."

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7-15-99
I have added 2 interviews with Chris Issak to the 
links (the last 2 links). Many people write to me to 
ask if I have more information on Chris. I like these 
interviews and think they give a good idea of the 
type of person he is.
I read that Chris has been signed, by David Lynch, to 
star in the sequel to WILD AT HEART. He will play 
Sailor, which was played by Nick Cage in the first 
movie. 

11-15-99 
PEOPLE MAGAZINE (PG 137) HAS A SHORT PIECE ON CHRIS. 
IT HAS A PIC OF HIM IN HIS HOME, IN SAN FRANCISCO. HE 
HAS THE GOODWILL FURNITURE THAT HIS MOM PICKED UP FOR 
HIM WHEN HE BOUGHT THE HOUSE 10 YRS AGO. HE BROUGHT 
ALL OF HIS STUFF FROM HIS ROOM AT HOME WHEN HE WAS A 
KID AND RECREATED IT IN HIS BEDROOM, EVEN THE WALL 
PANALING AND LIGHTS. 


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12-31-99
On our Christmas Road Trip, we drove thru Stockton, 
CA on Dec 24. I always think of Chris Isaak when I go 
thru there, so my husband bought the local newpaper, 
the Stockton Record, which was advertising having all 
kinds of articles about him.
Well they lived up to their ad!! The Time Out section 
has all kinds of info on him. I wanted to do a direct 
link to it, but haven't been able to find it online, 
so I will just include some info. The articles are by 
Tony Sauro.  These quotes are from the one titled 
"HOME IS NEVER FAR AWAY"

   "And I have to say, quite honestly, that almost 
everything that I write I probably was thinking of 
Stockton a lot....
  It goes back to, like, me and my parents and my 
brothers and my friends. It's like the strength of 
those feelings. You can be in Paris or someplace else
that's pretty, but they don't have that connection 
that's strong. I don't know what it is. It's just 
because you grew up there....
I like my hometown, I don't think I want to forget 
that's where I came from....
  I liked a lot of things about growing up in this 
town. You can park where you wanted to. I could get 
to the movies and know people. The places I'd go and 
eat and stuff I knew people. After being here a 
couple of generations, you start to have connections 
every place."
   He says about going to the University of the Pacific, "I'd try to dress nice in the early days to make an 
impression. I was hoping to get it into their minds I was one of them.  But after three days, I was back to
drape suits and my hair was greasy. They weren't used
to it. Everybody else wore brown and I was wearing 
pink and lime. I just let my freak side fly...."  
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4-11-00
I went to a free Chris Isaak concert tonight to celebrate the opening of the Giants new baseball park. He was so great! The music was the best, Chris was so funny; he had me cracking up, lol. This is the first time I have seen him live and it was really fun. He stayed after to sign autographs, so I bought a tee shirt and got it signed. 

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5-25-00
Chris Isaak on Cable TV 
    
  Showtime has committed to 17 episodes of ``The Chris Isaak Show,´´ to premiere later this year. The show will mix fact and fiction, with a story line centered on the real lives of Isaak and his band members, as well as several created characters. 

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1-19-01
 
I do not think Chris is doing any concerts anywhere lately. I did see him on West 54th St, which was a really good show! We need a new CD Chris!!!! 

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 2-19-01
(From the San Francisco Chronicle)
   "As soon as he wraps production on The Chris Isaak Show, the rocker will head to the studio to record his next CD.
   "I've recorded a bunch of demo tracks and have a lot of songs ready," says Isaak, adding that the new album "will be rock 'n roll straight ahead". He quips, " Rock n roll is such a big open field to play in.... I'll be ripping everybody again."
   Isaak only has a couple more episodes to shoot of the 17 segments of his series ordered by Showtime. The show, which premieres March 12, takes a behind the scenes look at Isaak's life, and each episode features live performances...."
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4-4-01
   I've really been enjoying the Chris Isaak Show! It's really funny, witty, and has great music! It is not for kids though; definitely it is adult entertainment. Chris uses his real life for the basis of the show, so many of the things are like him in real life. 

   A few people have emailed me and asked if Anson is really a part of the band; he isn't. The rest of the band members are the real ones, but Anson is an actor, playing a band member. The lady who played Chris' Mom in episode 1 is really his Mom.
Many of the live music scenes were shot last summer in San Francisco. 

   Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Ave,  is a real San Francisco club and does have a lady in a fishbowl. Chris Isaak has played there in the annual fundraiser for an Oakland, CA teen drug treatment program called Thunder Road.

   Nightbreak, at 182 Haight St, is another San Francisco club that Chris has played at. He played there after his debut album, in 1985, and to try out material for his second and third albums.

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4-17-01 Trivia
Star of the Show Explains Everything 
"I'm just trying to be entertaining. It's kind of a cross between bowling and mud wrestling, with an occasional reference to Spinoza thrown in. . . . It combines music, nudity and snappy repartee. The only other place people can see that kind of stuff is when Congress is in session." 
Chris Isaak describes "The Chris Isaak Show" in Elle magazine.
(From SF Chronicle)
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6-27-01 
The last episode of the Chris Isaak Show is next Monday, boohoo. Hey Showtime and Chris, renew the show, I love it! It is so funny, I have enjoyed it so much. 
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1-2-02
The show new season starts on January 6, 2002, 10:45pm. Chris went on a USO tour with Jay Leno over the holidays. There is also a new CD coming out!
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3-27-02
The new CD, "Always Got Tonight", came out in Feb. I read they were supposed to do a concert tour for it, but haven't heard when it is. The show is doing reruns now. 
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4-30-02
Chris Isaak and Natalie Merchant are teaming up for a tour together, in June and July. 
The Aussies and new Zealanders get to see Chris Isaak in concert in Late May, early June. He is doing a concert in Seattle in Aug.  
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6-4-02
The last half of the new shows started today. Good show, like always! We need a DVD version of the show!

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