Chris Colepaugh, born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, is a Canadian blues-rock singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the frontman of Chris Colepaugh and the Cosmic Crew. Formed in 1996 alongside bassist Lynn Daigle and drummer Craig Watson, the group recorded their debut studio album, Galaxy, in a single day in 1996. They followed with the studio albums Mazes and Mirrors in 1997 and 16 Second Solace in 1999. Beginning with his 2001 solo-performed album, Trip, Colepaugh performed all instruments on subsequent recordings while retaining the band name. Following a health hiatus in 2004 due to emergency gallbladder surgery, he returned with Your Backyard in 2006 and the live album Burning in 2009. His 2010 album, Missed a Page, received wide acclaim, winning the East Coast Music Award for Rock Album of the Year and earning Colepaugh the ECMA Entertainer of the Year award in 2011. He released the studio album RnR in 2016.
