Chris Whitley-- a wildly inventive, incredibly talented guitarist and possibly the greatest songwriter of our time-- yet oddly, not the most popular. It's not always easy to find time to browse the web for every conceivable article, interview, photograph, review and casual reference to your favorite musician, especially if he hasn't graced the top 40 lately. Since you're not likely to find him on the cover of Spin, here are some places you can find him.

Now, I know this catalog is far from complete-- if you know of a link that really should be here, e-mail me and let me know! I'll try to slap it up here ASAP.

General Sites:

 Messenger Records
(Lots of info, especially on the Dirt Floor release, inlcuding audio samples and a press section.)
Chicken Club
(A great fan site in German--if you don't speak it, there are still some good pics!)
VH1.com Feature
 (An extensive feature with audio interviews and video clips!)
 Chris Whitley Guitar Tabs and Lyrics
(A long-awaited collection of just that! Guitarist's delight!)
Bootleg Central
(Superfan Maarten's complete list of CW bootleg recordings-- tape trader's heaven!)
 Comprehensive Chris Whitley discography
(Shane Brouse's extremely thorough list of all official recordings featuring CW!)
 Belgian Pop and Rock Archives
(Long-elusive information and photos from CW’s days in Noh Rodeo, his Belgian band of the mid-80s! Click the Noh Rodeo link in the fourth paragraph to get to the page.)
 Dirt Floor homestead
(Includes a cool forum where you can respond to poll questions about CW, and write your own!)
 Stillpoint: An unofficial Chris Whitley website
AMG Biography
(An interesting little bio that is linked on a few different online CD stores).
CDNOW biography
Another fab fan photo site!
iMusic overview
French Floor
(Comprehensive fan site in French)
Welcome Race Fans
 (Belgian fan concert reviews and a photo gallery!)
Rolling Stone Network
(Interesting links including a biography and photo gallery.
An item of interest: features an alternate cover pic of Terra.)
Sony CW site
(If you get a "Not Found", type Chris Whitley in the Keyword Search box).

Photo Pages:

 Eye-candy
 (An extensive site of photos by several CW fans.)
Mo-Kit Wong’s Concert Photos
(A huge Whitley fan presents her photos of both Chris and Dan Whitley, and some other artists as well!)
C. Taylor Crothers
 (This pro takes beautiful pics of Chris, and usually at least one is on this oft-updated site!)
Fantastic photos from Seattle!
(Thanks, Tyler, for some of the loveliest CW photos yet!)
 Oysterman9
 (Another fine rock photographer with pics of Chris!)
Cellophane
(Photos from Seattle in-store!)
Jeff Lang Photo Album
(Click "Photos" to see a 1993 pic of Chris playing with this Australian songster).
Photos of Chris in Rotterdam
CW in San Fran!
(More fine fan photos!)

Articles and Interviews:

Kenni.com
(Song Craft story from Guitar Player magazine).
Oregon Live
(August ’98 article from The Oregonian)
Dallas Observer article
HBO-- Reverb
My Human Gives Me the Blues
My Launch feature
Guitar Magazine
Salon Sharps and Flats
Boston Phoenix
News-Times
Sidewalk blurb
Best of '98, R&B/Blues
Billboard snippet
SONICNET
(Enter Chris Whitley in the "Search for artists" box, and you can get to a really inaccurate bio, reviews of all albums, and some other stuff.)
 Billboard Artist Feature
 (Long article with album sales stats!)