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Chris Cates 365

Prolific songwriter, producer and performer Chris Cates, posts a new song almost every day from his career as a writer, producer and performer and blogs about it.

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About Chris

Chris Cates is a man of many hats in the entertainment industry. TV, Radio, even modeling among other things have been part of Cates’s long career but his music (writing, producing and performing) is his lifelong passion.

You will believe that as soon as he picks up his trusty Gibson and gives it his all; whether it’s on TV, at a private party or on the big stage at a rock festival. Two people or two thousand, it doesn’t matter.

‘Carolina Songs‘, Chris’s latest album with his band The Master Plan touches on rock, blues, beach music, country, soul, and jazz to create the signature Chris Cates style.

Cates’s upbeat and emotional songs take the listener from the mountains to the beach of the Carolinas and back again. Like driving down I-85 with the windows rolled down and the music turned up. Listen to Carolina Songs

Cates currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina where he tours with his award winning band Chris Cates & the MasterPlan, as a solo artist and with his wife, gifted speaker and author Adair Cates.

Cates can also be found in his hometown of Morganton, working with Simply Green Recycling, his family’s new eco-business. Together with his brother Bryan and dad Jim Cates, Chris has personally recycled close to one million pounds of recyclable materials (paper, cardboard, cans, plastic etc). An endeavor that is literally changing the carbon imprint of three NC counties, saving the landfill and making sure that all of those materials will be used again.

No stranger to the golf industry, Cates also performs hilarious original ‘golf music’ from his hit rock n’ roll golf comedy cd “Triple Bogey with 17 Holes to Play” at major golfing events around the world.

Recently UNC TV featured Cates and “Carolina Songs” on it’s ‘Carolina Now’ show and Cates has been featured on WBTV, WSPA, Mountain TV Network, WLOS and in many magazines and newspapers across the Carolinas (Chris Cates News & Press).

Look for Cates is his band The Master Plan in your town spreading good times and Carolina songs.