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Chris Stamey, born in Chapel Hill in 1954, formed the band Sneakers with drummer Will Rigby while attending UNC in 1975 and later played in the dB's. In the late 1990s he produced records for other artists at his Modern studio in Chapel Hill, and in 2010 he directed the first Big Star's Third concert at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro.
Source: UNC Libraries, Southern Folklife Collection: Chris Stamey Collection, 1975-2006
1954– · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Poster by Casey Burns for the Chris Stamey Experience and Hotel Lights at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, 26 June 2004, oversize number 35 in his series of concert posters from 1997 to 2006.
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