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Chris Eldridge

Musician · b. 1982 · Fredericksburg, Virginia · chriseldridge.net
Best known for Guitar

Chris Eldridge is one of the defining flatpicking guitarists of his generation, founding member of Punch Brothers and the Infamous Stringdusters, son of Seldom Scene banjoist Ben Eldridge, and Tony Rice's protege at Oberlin Conservatory.

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  • Born June 27, 1982 in Fredericksburg, Virginia; nickname "Critter."
  • Studied guitar with Tony Rice in a week of private lessons at Rice's home in North Carolina during a break from Oberlin; briefly played in his father Ben Eldridge's Seldom Scene after graduation.
  • Co-founded the Infamous Stringdusters in 2005; the band swept the 2007 IBMA Awards with Emerging Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year for Fork in the Road.
  • Recruited by Chris Thile in 2007 alongside Noam Pikelny, Gabe Witcher, and Greg Garrison to form Punch Brothers; the quintet has recorded seven Nonesuch albums beginning with Punch (2008).
  • Won the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album with Punch Brothers for All Ashore in 2019; received the Americana Music Honors & Awards Instrumentalist of the Year the same year.
  • Released the duo albums Avalon (2014) and Mount Royal (2017) with guitarist Julian Lage.
  • Played guitar in the house band on A Prairie Home Companion / Live from Here with Chris Thile from 2016 through 2020; appeared as Mike Timlin in the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).
  • Co-founded Mighty Poplar in 2020 with Pikelny, Andrew Marlin, Alex Hargreaves, and Greg Garrison; their self-titled debut album was released in 2023; named Visiting Associate Professor of Contemporary American Acoustic Music at Oberlin in 2020.

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