Chris Fox was born George Christopher Fox on Long Island on January 4^th 1944, at the age of 10/11 the family moved to Nassau and Fox attended Southern Senior School where he was taught music by Mr. Timothy Gibson. Chris spent the majority of his upbringing in Nassau (Fox, 2015). It is here where he attended both Southern Junior & Senior High School, where his passion for music was fostered and nurtured, allowing him to be the first Bahamian to attend Berklee College of Music. 

Fox receiving his degree from Lee Berk, 1978

Fox grew up listening to the musical styling of Freddie Munnings Sr, George Symonette, Blind Blake, Tony Seymour, Ray Munnings “Funky Nassau” and Smoky 007. Fox started off playing the guitar he recounts 

“I didn't get into music cause of the first song I remembered hearing, because the music at that time was guitar. I sat on long island, and on long island my uncle had a guitar and he would never let me play it.  So what I would do is get the repellent, some kind of can (spray can) and I would put nylon string on it, then put a piece of head on it and then make my own guitar.  So that’s what got me into music, not song, the love for the guitar.” (Fox, 2015)

After leaving high school Fox performed a clubs around Nassau including the La Cabaret Theater on Paradise Island (Fox, 2015). The theater became his main spot, it was from working there that he made the funds to go to Berklee to study music, it was upon his graduation from Berklee that his career really started.

After graduating Fox traveled with his old group the Mighty Makers for a few years and performed with them he recalls, “All over the United States, all kind of places. Canada, US, places like that, and then in Nassau we played all over the place like the Trade winds lounge and Paradise Island and other places. Usually our group the Mighty Makers” (Fox, 2015), then went solo around 1984. After leaving the group he recorded his first album “My whole life is music” in 1985 (Fox, 2015). Fox mentions that he got his music influences from the styling of Quincy Jones and Freddie Munnings Sr. who he recalls really influenced him to go to Berklee 

“he use to have this orchestra in the 70s, he had it to the cat and fiddle and he use to bring all the tops styles from away and his orchestra use to play in Oliver and he really influenced me to get into music and that’s how I really got to go to Berklee. I wanted to do the kind of stuff he did, write music for big orchestras and stuff” (Fox, 2015)

 His education in music really put his career in full force Fox became the first Bahamian to graduate from Berklee College of Music and the first Bahamian to lead an orchestra in La Cabaret Theater he recalls the experience “But they had a white orchestra from England, Don Reagan use to be in charge of the orchestra, so after they went the producers asked me to put an orchestra together for the show. So that’s how I became the first Bahamian to lead an orchestra in the La Cabaret Theater” (Fox, 2015). Throughout his career Fox described his top 2 favorite performances:

“I guess my recital at Berklee College of Music. I was the first Bahamian to graduate from Berklee College of Music so the room was full up of people wanting to see who this first Bahamian was.  So to me, I’m believing that one was and one on Paradise Island called my whole life is music with all my original songs. I wrote about 20 songs in all I wrote for the show.  So I had all the Bahamians, all the top artist like King Eric, Smokey 007, you name it and they came to perform my songs.  So those two, I’ll remember those two.  The one at Berklee and the one on Paradise Island.”

Fox has written over 100 original songs, he has produced 10 albums all of his own and produced music albums for some Bahamian stars like Ronnie Butler, he’s also a writer and has a book that will be released soon call “In Pursuit of excellence” (Fox, 2015). 

Fox resides at Nirvana,Love Beach and runs the Chris Fox Musical Institute where he does everything music from teaching classes to private lessons, sight readings for choirs, vocal training and more. Fox also has a band call the Nirvana Express who is currently participating in the Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival Competition.