Chris Hayes

Christopher John Hayes was born on November 24, 1957 in Sacramento, California. He got his first guitar when he was nine years old, and he took whatever lessons he could - from folk to jazz (he is now a self-confessed jazz freak). He quickly became so proficient with the guitar that he started teaching it. He was pursuing his first love, jazz guitar, on a full-time basis, with several different bands (his first band was called "The Rubber Band"), and, when he was 20, he went to Europe to back-up the world famous blues singer Little Esther Phillips. When he returned to San Francisco, he looked around for a new band to play with, and he heard that Huey Lewis was on the look-out for a guitarist. He tried out for the position and although he still had a lot to learn about rock and roll (he used to hate it as a kid), he became a member of the band. He comes from a musical family, but as Huey says, "[he's] the pick of the litter!" His sister, Bonnie Hayes, is a celebrated Bay Area singer an