Chris Driesbach

This nice article appeared in the Lake City Graphic newspaper in Lake City, Minnesota on September 2.  It was written by Andrew Eggenberger.

Traveling Musician Returns to Lake City

Wow, is it great to be singing for actual people in the pews again in our churches!  I've been playing for empty seats and a video camera for what seems like forever, as I was blessed to be able to…

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I am the new owner of a three-wheeled contraption called a recumbent trike. It is an “off-road” model with bigger wheels, wider tires and extra low gears for climbing.  I have been mildly depressed as a result of three months…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I'm writing from my bus which is parked at an RV park in Alabama for the next 5 nights.  I had a wonderful 3 months in Florida in December, January and February singing for our WELS…

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Wow, am I enjoying my two and a half months in Florida!  It has been unseasonably warm this winter.  I'm wearing shorts and sandals almost every day!  My pleasure is only increased by listening to weather reports from my friends…

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Greetings from the road!  I am now firmly committed to the southern portion of the United States; strictly in the southeast district for the next three months.

Something I am really looking forward to is spending 10 days with my…

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Summertime in Wisconsin- the best!  I really enjoyed playing for the annual St Paul outdoor worship and summer picnic August 4th.  We'd planned an outdoor service in Union Grove, but the weather didn't cooperate.  No problem- it was sunny inside…

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In early September I purchased a 20-foot 10,000 pound gross weight flatbed car hauler trailer. I cinch the van to the trailer with some things called chain binders, and they attach it quite securely. This is a big improvement over…

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Some of the excitement of living on the road includes vehicle repairs! I tow a minivan with my bus, using a tow-dolly. There are interesting mechanical limitations to this system including the fact that backing up isn't an option because…

With some little buddies who sang along!

Greetings from the road! I know my freezing friends in the Midwest don't want to hear about this, but I've just spent 6 weeks in cargo shorts and sandals hanging out in our churches in Florida. I got to play…

Adorable duet- Chris & Esme.

Michigan welcomed me (minus most of their usual snow) in November and December. I visited churches as far south as Detroit and St. Joe, and as far north as remote Beaverton. As an Alabama native, I decided it was too…

I appear on two recent editions of the "Gird Up! Podcast," narrated by one of our teachers (Charlie Ungemach) at Siloah Lutheran Church in Milwaukee. Here's the link- "Gird Up! Podcast" Check out episode 65, "Fizzy Water with Chris Driesbach"…

I'm pretty excited about my new recording project; a brand-new collection of my favorite hymns! I had so many friends help me with it that I decided to call it Hymns With Friends. This was put together at a new…

Please visit Christine Backus' Blurb site which features her new book "Sing Me Home," written about her son Robert who recently went to heaven by way of brain cancer at the age of 41. She named the book after my…

I've been a busy little piano-player for Jesus lately. In May I made it to Seattle to play in several of our churches there and enjoyed staying with my son Chad and his family. The big star of this outfit…

Greetings from the road! I've been enjoying the center of the country in Nebraska for the last week or so and am now roaming rural South Dakota. Highlights include playing for two different Lutheran schools in the same day: St…

Having some singing fun with the elementary students at St. John's in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

Here's a nice article about me written in the Temple Daily Telegram of Temple, Texas. Article by Melany Cox. Click here.

New in sheet music is "Sing Me Home," including vocals, guitar chords, and piano accompaniment. See the "Sheet Music" page for details on how to order.

This concert at Grace Lutheran in Tucson, Arizona, was streamed live on February 9, 2018. In case you can't catch a concert this winter, here's one in its entirety. Also available on the "Videos" page.

Now and then, Chris lets his song-writing partner, Jayne Nitz, hijack his website to promote her own music. If you're a Sunday School teacher, LES teacher or youth choir director, Northwestern Publishing House just published her new kids' song, "My…

It's good to be home in Alabama for Christmas! I had many interesting and rewarding experiences singing my new songs from Jesus Wins! (newest CD completed December, 2016) for many of my fellow believers in Minnesota. But just before I…