Chris Whitley: Dirt Floor. After making a brilliant debut with 1991's raw-boned, searing Living With The Law, Chris Whitley has struggled to live up to his commercial and critical potential ...

DIRT FLOORChris WhitleyMessenger RecordsStripped down to the essentials of his craft, Chris Whitley is at his purest and most elemental on the rootsy, subdued “Dirt Floor,” his first release ...

Like many a bluesman of yore, Chris Whitley has faced his share of demons -- and stared at least most of them down. Since his still-revered Columbia debut of 10 years ago, ...

Musician Chris Whitley has died. His first album, Living with the Law, ... Whitley made great records like "Dirt Floor" and "Soft Dangerous Shores" by writing and recording in a sort of adrenalin ...

Chris Whitley, a chameleon singer-songwriter who oscillated between roots rock ’n’ roll, blues and alt-rock, has died. He was 45. ... “Dirt Floor” was Whitley 1998 album.

Bluesman Chris Whitley's career has flourished in the indie-label world of shoestring budgets and ... A turning point came in 1998 with "Dirt Floor," recorded in one day with one microphone in a ...

Chris Whitley, 1960-2005. By Salon Staff. Published November 22, 2005 10:15PM (EST) --Shares. ... "Dirt Floor," in memory of Whitley and his art. There's a dirt floor underneath here ...

Singer/songwriter Chris Whitley died Sunday (Nov. 20) in Houston at the age of 45 after battling lung cancer. ... ‘Dirt Floor’ in his honor ...

During the past 15 years, Houston-born nomad Chris Whitley has tried to dodge the blues tag, saying it doesn't appropriately capture his self-described "psychosexual, socio-spiritual love songs ...

Chris Whitley never treads the same ground twice: His albums each take a different instrumental and tonal approach, from the stripped-down voice-and-guitar setup of Dirt Floor to the muscular ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Chris Whitley, a chameleon singer-songwriter who oscillated between roots rock 'n' roll, blues and alt-rock, has died. He was 45.

Neil Young once said that “Heart of Gold” put him in the middle of the road, but traveling there was boring, so he headed for the ditch. Singer-songwriter CHRIS WHITLEY has a similar penchant ...