"Christopher Dale is infectious and virtuoso. He rocks, he croons, he blows bubbles, he opens a vein and lets it bleed!" - Mike Sager, Writer at Large, Esquire Magazine

Thanks for dropping by my cyberspace home! Kick off your shoes, get comfy and hang for a while.

Let your eyes and ears be your guide as you soar over to the “Listen” page for a sonic selection of full-length tracks from my catalog of CD releases. Think of the “Watch” page as your own little MTV channel (when MTV still played music videos. Remember that?) for viewing a collection of “official” music videos, like the ever popular “Waitress”, and live performances. Stalk me in the real world through the “Shows” page but be careful, I always have a 6 string in my hand! Learn more about my past indiscretions from my “Bio” page. Check out my many disguises on the “Pics” page. And one of my personal favorites, the “People” page will expose you to some of the unique musical interactions I’ve had with friends, family and fans such as, my grandpa’s voicemail rant about singer Michael Bolton and “The Unicycle Girl” from Ohio.

By scrolling down on this very “Home” page, you can read through the “Blog” posts, as featured in my weekly newsletter. And while you’re at it, why not just make your life a little easier by signing up for my aforementioned “newsletter” at the upper left-hand corner of this page as it will be effortlessly delivered to your “inbox” or “virtual lap” while providing you with a fresh and new perspective on such topics as, “Handshakes” and “Leftovers”, as well as updates on shows, new music and video releases.

Music is a journey and Journey is also the name of a kick a** rock band!
I hope this is the beginning of a long and meaningful musical relationship.
“Don’t stop believing……”

-C. Dale

For me, the most opportune and beneficial time to listen to music, is in the car. Traffic jam? No problem, I’ve got The Eagles telling me to “Take It Easy”. Someone just cut me off? A few boisterous choruses of AC/DC’s “Highway To Hell” can certainly help release some tension. Seriously though, as I stated in my song “Hilary”, “You’re the DJ that gets me down the freeway. Now everything is alright, I get to where I’m going and I’m not uptight!”, I find that listening to the radio, yes I said “radio!”(I don’t have a CD player and my state of the art cassette player doesn’t work anymore), can really help take your mind off things and make it seem like you get to your destination faster.

When on the road, I do wonder what other people are listening to at any given moment. Well, with the exception of the Hip Hopster next to me at the stop light, who’s bass speakers are rattling my windows. I’m also pretty sure the person flying by me on the I-5, at 100 miles per hour, isn’t listening to “Stuck In The Middle…..with you”.

……Patience
Writing songs, well ones that I care to share, can sometimes take what seems like an eternity. Kinda like waiting in that loooooong line for the porta potty at a huge music festival sponsored by Coors Light. But when it starts to flow……ahhhhhh! For those of you I haven’t visited in awhile, as I parked myself in So Cal for the past couple of years, dishing out details about shows miles and miles away from you, I appreciate your patience! For those of you in San Diego, thanks for your continued support and for being the guinea pigs, who provide me with the valuable feedback/reaction to the new songs, I need in order to continue to edge ever closer to recording my next CD.

I’m fascinated by the way songs can randomly enter your head without being prompted by the radio, internet, etc. I’m outdoors on Mission Bay hanging with some friends when suddenly “Fernando” by ABBA pops into my head. Was it something someone said?! After a few moments of trying to solve the mystery of this sudden Swedish Invasion, I could only pin it on a “Random Act Of Songness”. “Fernando?!” Really?! This of course led me through a medley of ABBA hits including “Chiquitita”, “Take A Chance On Me”,
“Dancing Queen” and the show stopper, “S.O.S.” CRAZY! Uh oh, OZZY!!!! Here we go again…….

Have you ever sang in the shower and you thought there was nobody else around who could hear you? I just finished belting out, “Zestfully clean, Zestfully clean! You’re not fully clean until your Zestfully clean!” and a voice shouts out, “Are you going to be covering that one at your next Handlery gig?” DOH!

Had the pleasure to guest on the 347 Steps podcast on Apr. 3rd discussing such topics/stories as the sport of Over-The-Line, Playing songs at 3am in a NJ bar parking lot for the Chief of Police, as well as 3 live song performances, “Waitress”, “Spice Of Life” & “Dog Gone”. Whoa! They like me. They really really like me!

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It’s been a magical musical tour playing with drummer Bill Coomes over the past 7 years. From local SD clubs like Anthology, Belly Up, to many outdoor festivals, US & AUS tours, it’s been quite a ride. Thanks to all of you who came out to Bill Fest on Sunday to watch The Man, The Stick, The Machine rock out with 4 bands that all had 1 thing in common, Billy on drums! We all were blown away by the turnout and love! We wish NashBill the best as he heads to his new musical home in the South!
Thanks to Kent La Gree for taking some video footage of the event!

Hashbrowns at the, OMG I LOVE THE, Waffle House! If I die tomorrow, cover me like a biscuit with gravy! Music Row, full of quaint little houses converted into office spaces, made me feel right at home. I even offered to take out the trash after my meeting with music publisher Bobby Rymer. Catching up with friends and former SD residents led me to the stage at Benchmark to play a few tunes with Deadline Friday/Citizen Band guitarist Mike Spurgat as well as a kitchen concert at Don & Tara Ross’ on Easter. All in all, not sure why it is when people say, “things are going south”, it sounds like a bad thing?

Last Friday night’s show at Wynola Pizza Express, just outside of Julian, CA, found me breaking new ground, once again! Not only was it the first time I played in a barn, in which they make some pretty darn good tasting pizza and house some of the best music fans you could ever hope to roll in the hay with but, I also managed to take the term wardrobe malfunction to another level.

Two-thirds of the way through the show, I kindly asked my friends Podunk Nowhere to cover me for a song while I tended to nature’s #1 call. Once inside the confines of my own private stall, It was then that I discovered I had no access to the relief I was seeking due to the fact that I had my boxer underwear on backwards. Now I once wore a girlfriend’s G-string for good luck but, pounding 2 glasses of water before driving an hour and a half, then having 2 adult beverages and 3 more glasses of water at the show, before I needed to go?! Now that’s ridiculous!

It is with a heavy heart, but a thankful liver, that I must dispatch such news as this. Drummer, singer, band member, thought provoking philosopher and friend Bill Coomes, will now be making music and mayhem in notorious Nashville. For those of you who have ever had the pleasure of experiencing a live, ultra sonic C. Dale Trio “Wet Willie”, you know what we’ll all be missing! Chemistry! Whenever my voice has the chance to blend with band mates Matt Silvia & Bill Coomes to create those goose bumping 3-part harmonies, my ears state matter of factly that, this is what I was born to do and who I’m supposed to be doing it with!

To know Bill and his natural talent, you can only be excited for what his future holds and wish him well! This isn’t the end of our magical, musical journey, just a change in frequency. I have found that it can be pretty easy to take for granted, those who regularly stand before and/or beside you. Now, on the much fewer occasions that we’ll undoubtedly come together, I will cherish it all the more!

My continued love affair with sandwiches and my friends at Sandwich Emporium, have brought inspiration to my taste buds, which resulted in me writing a little tuna for my local sammy shop.
Took it and turned it into a video with a cameo from my talented young singer/songwriter friend Jake Allen. Jake likes it! He really really likes it! “Sandwich Emporium, yum yum yum yum yum….YUM!”