Chris O'Leary in Charlotte

Chris O'Leary is an American blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter whose music draws on electric blues and blues rock. A former frontman for Levon Helm's Barn Burners, he has led his own band on albums including Mr. Used to Be, Gonna Die Tryin' and The Hard Line. Chris O'Leary toured as the singer and harmonica player in the Barn Burners before forming the Chris O'Leary Band. The concert album Live at Blues Now documents a later European performance by his own group in Basel.