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Isaak, Chris
Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist
Forged His Own Identity
Played Nightclubs
“Wicked Game” Led to National Fame
Selected discography
Sources
Chris Isaak’s moody, anachronistic music is an unlikely addition to the pop charts, but after years of near-obscurity the handsome Californian is on the brink of major stardom. Virtually since his debut album appeared in 1985 Isaak has had a cult following—and the raves of critics—but he broke through to the public’s attention in 1991 with the top ten hit “Wicked Game.” Since then Isaak has been quite happy to bring his jazz- and rockabilly-influenced sound to large theaters and concert halls. “I’m doing the same thing, but more people are watching,” he told the Boston Globe. “It’s real strange to me that it’s happened so quick. We’ve been doing this for years, but it just seems like all of a sudden people are showing up and paying attention. But you know, we’re diggin’ it.”
Success has been slow in coming to Isaak because he places artistic merit before marketability. A number of his early albums failed to sell because his fifties-style rockers and ballads sounded so different from sta
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Friends of mine have joked over the years that when it comes to music, I’m stuck in the past. They’re largely right. Most of the stuff I listen to is at least a few decades old, but it’s not because I yearn nostalgically for an earlier chapter in my life (I don’t). I just like the music styles and offerings of certain eras more than others (including some before I was born).
Very rarely does music take me back to specific moments in my life, but it does happen. “Hold On to the Night” by Richard Marx evokes the memory of a particular high school dance. “Someone” by the Rembrandts will forever be intertwined with a doomed relationship (though I still think it’s a great song). Extreme’s “More Than Words” brings me back to my coming-of-age teen years working at a local restaurant (where a number of lifelong friendships began).
And then there’s singer Chris Isaak. It’s not a specific song of his that embodies a life-moment, but rather two full albums: Forever Blue and Baja Sessions.
The years I look back on
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