Christoffer Andersen, Date of Birth

    

Christoffer Andersen

Norwegian musician

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1980

Profession: musician, guitarist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Christoffer Andersen

  • Christoffer "Kid" Andersen (born January 15, 1980) is a blues guitarist from Herre, Norway. By age 11, Andersen had gained the attention of Norwegian blues guitar teacher, Morten Omlid, who steered him towards traditional blues music.
  • In 2001, at age 21, Andersen moved to the United States, joined blues frontman Terry Hanck's band, and quickly became a figure on the West Coast blues scene.Andersen later played in Charlie Musselwhite's band and got a Blues Music Award (formerly W.C.
  • Handy Award) for best contemporary blues album for Charlie Musselwhite's Delta Hardware.
  • Then, when Little Charlie Baty retired from touring, Andersen took his place as guitarist in the Nightcats, and the new name of Rick Estrin & the Nightcats was formed.
  • Andersen has also done extensive touring with Elvin Bishop on the Red Dog Speaks Tour.
  • He is married to American Idol finalist Lisa Leuschner.
  • They currently reside in San Jose, California where Andersen is CEO of Greaseland Studios.In 2013, Andersen was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Gibson Guitar' category.
  • In 2014, 2015, and 2016 he was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Best Instrumentalist – Guitar' category.In recent years, Andersen gained a reputation of record producer using his own recording facility "the Greaseland Studio".
  • He produced the last two albums of Rick Estrin & The Nightcats: One Wrong Turn (2012) and Groovin' in Greaseland (2017).
  • In 2017, he also produced several albums including Stompin' Ground from Tommy Castro.
  • In 2019 he co-producer Junior Watson's, album Nothin' to it But to Do It

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