Chris Whitey Sims
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Chris Whitey Sims | |
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| Born | May 28, 1966 Fort Hood, Texas |
| Occupation(s) | Musician (1980–2001), Newspaper Editor (2001–present) |
| Known for | The Leaving Trains |
| Children | 3 |
Chris Whitey Sims (born 1966) is a musician, songwriter and first amendment activist known for his work with The Leaving Trains, Graveyard Rodeo and his current band Tender.[1]
In 1991 Falling James Moreland briefly disbanded The Leaving Trains to form The Power of Sky. Along with Power of Sky's bassist, Chris Whitey Sims, Moreland reassembled a new Leaving Trains with Bobby Belltower (who had briefly played in the previous incarnation of the band) and Lenny Montoya. This lineup produced two albums on SST Records: Loser Illusion Part 0 released 1991 (SST284), and The Lump in My Forehead released 1992 (SST288), with James Moreland and Chris Whitey Sims as primary songwriters.
Chris Sims also performed with Pepper Keenan in Graveyard Rodeo, a local New Orleans band in the mid-1980s as featured in Life, Death and Heavy Blues from the Bayou.
Sims also appears on The FuckEmos album "Airshow" released by Man's Ruin (MR-181) in 2000.[2]
Reshaping the musical direction of the Leaving Trains
(The Leaving Trains sound) changed early in 1991, when (Falling James) Moreland hooked up with his new bandmate and writing partner, Chris Whitey Sims. "He's very caustic and insulting and macho," Moreland said. "He really sets people off because he's so insulting. Because of him chiding me and kicking me, I got to the point where I stopped writing about myself and my horrible love life, and we started writing about anything around us."[3]