Chris Eckman

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Chris Eckman is one of the founding members of the Seattle band The Walkabouts. He is credited as songwriter/composer, vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer of the band. In 1983, while at Whitman College, he met and began collaborating with Carla Torgerson. After moving back to Seattle, Washington, in 1984, they formed the band with Chris' two younger brothers, Grant (drums) and Curt (bass). In 1993, he and Carla began the acoustic-folk duo Chris & Carla.