Chris Michie

Chris Michie (January 12, 1948 – March 27, 2003) was an American guitarist and composer, best known for his work with Van Morrison.

Chris Michie was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1948 and moved to Madison, Wisconsin, when he was a teenager. He attended the University of Wisconsin. After Beautiful Vision, Michie then played guitar and toured with Van Morrison as a band member until 1986, playing on the albums Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983), Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast (1984), A Sense of Wonder (1985) and No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (1986). Other band members of Van Morrison's band were David Hayes and Mark Springer. Michie would also play lead guitar on the album Sneaker Waves with them and play in a band with them called The Adapters.

Michie worked as a freelance guitarist in the San Francisco Bay Area. He worked with Boz Scaggs, Maria Muldaur, Jerry Garcia and Link Wray. Michie composed soundtracks for the TV show Starsky and Hutch. He also served as musical director for David Soul. His final project was to compose the soundtrack for The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill. The movie was released posthumously, and was dedicated to him.

Michie was married to Deborah Brown Michie for thirty five years and had a daughter, Claire, with her. He died at his home in Fairfax, California, in 2003 from melanoma after having the disease for six years.

Discography Bridge (1981) Guitars and Oranges (1993) The Night Flight (1994) Following Old Joe Clark (1995) Seven Rivers (1997) Tough Love (1998) The Goyer Golf Suite (2001) The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2005)