Pianist Kris Tonner
Kris Tonner is a talented Pop singer and pianist/one-man bands. He has toured Australia, New Zealand & Hawaii with The National Band & Chorus and attended The prestigious Hartt School of Music on a singing scholarship. He has been a member of Fred Waring’s US Chorus. He has worked with The Five Satins, the 50’s group whose hit song “In the Still of the Night”, kept them famous for 40 years. In 1989, Kris joined a friend Ray Small and began work on “The Tournament” -an original musical that went all the way to off-Broadway status in New York City. He spent the next three years performing, directing and acting in many versions of the show. In 1990 he joined long time friend John Bristow as keyboard player and vocalist with X-EMPT, an original/cover rock band playing several venues in the Danbury, CT area. In 1990, he began performing five nights a week as a solo artist performing in the New York area.
In 1994, Tonner moved to Georgia to further his career as a solo & band keyboardist/vocalist. He immediately joined Atlanta’s
hottest blues band, Lou’s Blues Revue as lead keyboardist and vocalist. In 1995, he joined The Blast Band, an Atlanta-based musical super group as Lead Vocalist, Bassist and Keyboard player performing at venues in and around Atlanta. He is also written several of the band’s original songs.
In 2010, he was featured on Fox-5 Atlanta with the The Blast Band, performing for the Children’s Restoration Network, benefiting homeless children throughout Atlanta. Also, in 2010, again with The Blast Band, He was a part of a Guinness world record…The longest concert ever! Kris has played and/or recorded with: Richie Scarlet, Bobby Brown, The Drifters, The Gap Band, Taylor Dayne, The Five Satins, The Platters, Night Ranger, Ace Frehley, Leslie West, War, The Coasters and countless others. He lives with his family while performing and recording in the Atlanta area.