Chris McDuffie

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Chris McDuffie
Nationality American
OccupationMusician
Known forMember of various musical groups

Chris McDuffie is an American musician. A keyboardist, he performed with the Elephant 6 band The Minders and appeared on their 1996 debut EP Come On and Hear. McDuffie later became a member of the pop/rock band The Apples in Stereo, first appearing on the album Her Wallpaper Reverie in 1999. [1] He left the band during the production of the 2002 album Velocity of Sound .

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Discography

With The Minders

With The Apples in Stereo

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References

  1. Strong, Martin Charles (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate U.S. ISBN   978-1-84195-335-9 . Retrieved 25 January 2011.