Chris Colepaugh

Chris Colepaugh is a blues-rock musician and front man of the band Chris Colepaugh and the Cosmic Crew. The band was founded in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1996. A busy touring band, Chris Colepaugh and the Cosmic Crew won the East Coast Music Awards Entertainer of the Year Award in 2011. The band has opened in Canada and the United States for headliners such as Big Sugar, Gov't Mule, and the North Mississippi All-Stars.

Career The Cosmic Crew Chris Colepaugh and the Cosmic Crew got together in 1996 with Chris Colepaugh on lead guitars and vocals, Lynn Daigle on bass, and Craig Watson on drums. Colepaugh, Daigle, and Watson recorded the group's first album, Galaxy in one day, and the band began playing regularly throughout Canada's Maritime Provinces.

Colepaugh's career took an unexpected hiatus when he required emergency surgery on his gall bladder in 2004, and suffered through a long recovery process. He did not return to recording until 2006, with the album In Your Backyard. The next release was the live album Burning (2009), recorded with bandmates Daigle and drummer Danny Bourgeois. Missed a Page won a prestigious East Coast Music Award in 2011 for best rock album, and Colepaugh also won the ECMA Entertainer of the Year award that same year. as well as appearing on albums by Dominique Dupuis, Jason Haywood, and others.

Colepaugh's most recent releases are spread out over the year of 2019 with one song being released each month.

Discography Albums Galaxy (1996) Mazes and Mirrors (1997) 16 Second Solace (1999) Trip (2001) In Time (2003) Your Backyard (2006) Burning (live album) (2009) Missed a Page (2010) RnR (2016)

Singles "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (2017) "Angels We Have Heard On High" (2018) "Louder" (2019) "Mama's Eyes" (2019) "Sunday Night" (2019) "Walk On" (2019) "I Want to See the Bright Lights" (2019) "Only One Left" (2019) "Could Have Been" (2019)

TV/film placement "Caught Up in You" - DeGrassi: The Next Generation (Season 8, Episode 8)

Awards 2011: East Coast Music Award: Winner, Entertainer of the Year 2011: East Coast Music Award: Winner, Rock Album of the Year 2010: Music New Brunswick Award: Winner, Musician of the Year 2010: Music New Brunswick Award: Winner, Rock Album of the Year