Chip is the type of guy who refuses to take himself too seriously, and if he ever did no one would be able to tell the difference.

Starting on guitar when he was eight, Chip grew wanting to become Porter Wagoner's replacement, but transitioned to playing bass in 1986 out of necessity: The Trademarks, a band he and his best friend Dave Taylor started, already had a guitarist who could pick circles around him and they couldn't find a bass player.  "I didn't want to be Speck Rhodes", he said, "But in the end they had to give me something to play. I was the only one who knew all the words to the stuff we were doing." 

Since that time, Chip has toured extensively with The Trademarks and another group he and Dave created, Old City Trio. He has also been a member of Here and Gone (where he first met Roger), Lee Station, The Bunkum Valley Boys, Grassroots Conspiracy, Hudson Hornet, The Swing Rays, New Acoustic Society, New Trad Ramblers and many others before joining Roger Brown and Borrowed Tyme. He's also seen duty on a limited basis with The Wildwood Girls, David Davis and The Warrior River Boys and Special Consensus while lending his talent as a session player on numerous recordings ranging in style from Country to Rockabilly.

"With the solid core of musicians Roger's put together here, the talent to take this wherever they want to go is palpable. Why the heck he asked a grumpy old man like me to play bass in a band with this much potential is a question for the ages, but I'm excited to be picking with him again nonetheless."

Chip calls Martinsville home along with his wife Nancy, their spoiled rotten Pitbull Kora and Nancy's cat Binx; who is secretly in charge of all decisions both foreign and domestic. 

Just ask her.