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"As a WELS Christian singer and songwriter bringing my music to WELS and ELS churches all over the US, I am living proof of the power of the Holy Spirit, who gave me the gift of faith after I had lived 42 years as an atheist."

Concerts and worship

I sing original Christian music in a variety of styles

My 65- minute concert is entitled "A Visit with a Christian Songwriter and Former Atheist."  I can also add my music, as much as you'd like, to your worship service.  I love to tell the story, in words and music, of how God brought me to faith.

Concerts at your church's school

Kids need to be uplifted too!

I have ten original songs from my kids' CD, Feed Your Faith, and would be happy to add a school kids' concert when I visit your church.  Sometimes I can even persuade them to sing along...

Upcoming events

Latest CDs

Hymns with Friends

Chris's friends join in with this collection of beautiful hymns. Get the CD, download, or just listen on the Music page.

On the Road For Jesus

This brand-new CD combines favorites from Let Christ Be Known and Jesus is the Man!  Get the CD, download, or just listen on the Music page.

Recent News

October ends, new website begins!

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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Better way to tow a van

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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"Excitement" on the road

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…

Florida notes

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…
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Goodbye to Michigan, hello to Florida

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…
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Great podcasts for you

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"…

My new CD - "Hymns With Friends"

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…

Sing Me Home

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…

Thank you, Jesus!

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…

Return to the Nutcracker Suite

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…
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Two Rivers Fun

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

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

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.
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Complete concert video!

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.
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"My Passover Lamb" song for kids

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…
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"Feed Your Faith" sheet music now free!

Hard to believe it's been 10 years since Feed Your Faith was released! In commemoration of this event, sheet music for this CD will now be free of charge. See the "Sheet Music" page to request.
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Christmas Greetings

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…
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Advent concert...

...in this lovely location, Pilgrim Lutheran in Minneapolis. Thank you Jodi Nelson for the photo-
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Safely home

Safely back home in Huntsville with my wife and home church after a lovely trip to Michigan in September and October. Highlights include bumping my total of churches played to 773, as I sang at The Corner Church in Wayland…
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Just...

...the coolest picture! Parked at St. John's in Woodland, Wisconsin.