About Me

Chris Vincent is a New Orleans-based songwriter and slide guitarist who channels American roots music through a raw, deeply human lens. With a signature style that fuses the haunting pull of Delta blues, the improvisational swagger of hard bop jazz, and the grit of roots music, Vincent’s playing is unmistakable: weathered, rhythmic, lyrical and full of soul. It all comes to life on his beloved 1947 Gibson L7, affectionately named Gloria, known by many by name. Vincent lives and writes in the French Quarter, where the endless circus outside his door spills into his songs. “There’s a show out there every day—joy, heartbreak, madness, music—it’s all part of it,” he says. The chaotic beauty and elegant decline that is New Orleans is etched into his sound so much so that it almost becomes another member of the band. His latest album, Good Crook, arrives like a bolt from out of the blue. Recorded in just two sessions—one with legendary New Orleans jazz drummer Johnny Vidacovich, the other stripped down with just Vincent and the guitar—the record was tracked entirely live, in single takes. No overdubs, no polish, no autotune—just pure, human performance. It’s a bold, “AI-proof” approach that favors soul over perfection, and results in something deeply alive. Chris Vincent: Blues as it Could be; Roots as it should be.