Along with a solo career as an Americana singer/songwriter, Chris Maxwell is also half of
the production duo Elegant Too. Hailing from Little Rock, Arkansas, Maxwell's musical career began in the early '80s with the group Jubilee Dive. His next band, the Southern alt-pop band the Gunbunnies, released the 1990 album Paw Paw Patch, which was produced by Jim Dickinson, who also worked with Big Star, the Replacements, and the Rolling Stones.
After the group disbanded, Maxwell founded the junk-rock outfit Skeleton Key in 1994 with
former Lounge Lizards bassist Erik Sanko. He left the group in the late '90s and formed
Elegant Too with Phil Hernandez in 1998. He has released three solo albums: Nothingland,
New Store No. 2, and Arkansas Summer.
