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Chandler Kinchla, better known as Chan Kinchla, (born May 29, 1969) is a Canadian-American musician best known as the guitarist for the jam band Blues Traveler.
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Jul 9, 2021 · Blues Traveler guitarist Chan Kinchla says the New Jersey band's main goal at their founding was to tour forever, not the Top-40 success it achieved in the mid-1990s. Kinchla spoke with WGLT's Jon Norton ahead of their show in Bloomington this weekend.
The group added guitarist and football player Chan Kinchla. Although he was a promising athlete, Kinchla decided to commit to playing music instead after a knee injury. Popper met bassist Bobby Sheehan and the two became good friends, with Sheehan becoming the new bass player for Blues Band in 1987.
Read more about Chan Kinchla GRAMMY History and other GRAMMY-winning and GRAMMY-nominated artists on GRAMMY.com
In our phone conversation, Chan Kinchla shared some stories from these last 25 years. We learned the identity of the girl who inspired their biggest hit, how the Letterman thing happened, and the real story behind the band name.
Chan Kinchla was born on 29 May 1969 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and composer, known for Kingpin (1996), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) and The Meddler (2015).
