Growing
up in the small town of Deport, Texas Chad Farris began playing guitar at
the age of eight. When he was 16, he started playing in bands as a guitarist
and backing vocalist. After several failed bands, he formed "Roman
Cult" in 1992 with some friends from Sulpur Springs, Texas. "Roman
Cult" was a three piece band and Farris was the lead vocalist as well
as guitarist. They started playing parties and local clubs in the area.
From there, they recorded a 4 song demo and started playing in the DFW area.
They once shared the stage with "The Nixons" at "Trees".
The
group disbanded when Farris moved to Alabama to attend college. He played
guitar with a few bands while in college until returning to Texas. Upon
returning to Texas he formed "Concrete Submarine". They played
a few parties of their own to pay their rent and many people would attend
their open practices but they never really took off. Upon the breakup of
"Concrete Submarine" the members of "Primrose" contacted
Farris. The formed the rock group "Deep". They saw much regional
success as well as putting on the largest concert in Lamar County history.After
"Deep", Farris again played with several other bands until 2000.
Longtime friend Allan Hubbard contacted Farris. He had an idea for a songwriter’s
night at a new club called the "South Main Depot". After about
a month, they changed it to open mic night and it took off from there. Open
Mic was frequently the top grossing event each week at the South main Depot.In
2004, Farris recorded an album entitled "Rust" Farris played all
of the instruments and performed all of the vocals. He also produced and
mixed the album. Farris says that "Rust" is his most honest work
to date.In October 2006, Farris starting hosting Open Mic at The Vault in
Downtown Paris, Texas. He wanted to extend an opportunity to other musicians
to play at a nice venue with a good PA system.
Farris enjoys performing as well as writing. His songs are always based
on an event that he has been through. His lyrics are meant to make the listener
think and make their own interpretation of his work. Farris is quoted as
saying" If you pay 5 bucks to see me, you will get at least 10 dollars
of entertainment." This is an understatement! If you have ever seen
Farris live, you will understand
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