Chris Wagoner

Chris Wagoner grew up in Iowa surrounded by a very musical family. Starting out on piano and saxophone, he was smitten by the violin in 4th grade (thanks Tom Schilke!). While studying music formally in college at the UW-Madison with Tyrone Grieve and jazz studies with Joan Wildman and Richard Davis, Wagoner was already playing blues, rock, jazz and country gigs in night clubs and honky-tonks all over southern WI. Wagoner became a music book author in 2008 with the publication of “The Hal Leonard Fiddle Method: Book 1”.

For over 30 years he has been a Madison-based musician, frequently works with his wifeMary Gaines.