a New Mexico native, Kris Hollis Key settled in Oklahoma in the late 70's, after spending most of his young adult life touring in bands in the south and southwest. Engineering and producing from Sunset West Studios in Tulsa, his first release since leaving Oklahoma, (Return of Boy Howdy) was a mix of strong rockabilly blues and classic Tulsa sound. His new release (West of Texas) is a haunting and lonely pure rocking country with emphasis on life in a small western town, pure prairie blues and stylistic songwriting without any of the typical Nashville influence that is so prevalent today.Honest and powerful in its simplicity,NEWS FLASH:The new release (AMERICAN SPIRIT) is a classic mix of high desert western rock, pure prairie country blues. with a couple of twists of rockabilly salsa, a New rocking country gospel album in 2012 ( He put a song in my Heart .NOW NEW RELEASE for 2017 (GOING AGAINST THE FLOW) with the new band The Flying Dobermans..