About

Montrose Records, Alto, NM

Rich Chorné is Performing/songwriter playing guitars and flute with multiple bands, and producing albums, five of his own to date. The latest CD, Mas, on the Montrose Records Label is currently spinning at radio stations in the United State and abroad. Mas tracks can be played on Soundcloud. As a band leader, provides special bands and music for weddings, parties, concerts, special events.

Rich is a Soloist, Singer/Songwriter, Producer, and Band Leader with a track record a mile long. 

He now lives in the mountains of Lincoln County New Mexico, but his history tokes him from El Paso, Colorado, Lubbock, Manhattan, New Jersey, and Maryland. 

He has shared the stage with many notable artist such as the late Johnny Johnson (Eric Clapton keyboardist), opened for Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jerry Lee Lewis, Double Trouble, Earth, Wind, and Fire, and many more.  He toured with  ZZ Top with the Jay Adams Band, toured as a keyboard tech for Hall and Oates,  and started out playing with El Paso Blues legend Long John Hunter, to name a few.  He formed his own bands in Maryland and New Jersey and produced 5 CD's which received extremely favorable reviews. 

Rich has performed at major festivals and events such as the Chesapeake Blues Festivals, Baltimore's Artscape, the Preakness, and Charlottesville's Friday concerts ,the Cowboy Symposium, and regularly performs at the Roswell Jazz festival. His songwriting has won awards from the Songwriter's Association of Washington and he is a registered BMI Artist.

A  native of El Paso, Texas, Rich Chorné brings to the table those Texas-foot-stomping guitar influences that will drive the average person into dance frenzy with the versatility of a life's work.