Defying Categorization
Was it a plus or a minus that Chris Whitley defied labels?
Genre Schmenre?
Read this review from Playboy Magazine [June 1995, p.30]. Was Chris’ “defy[ing] categorization” a benefit or a detriment?
Clearly, many (most?) music critics didn’t know how to classify Chris’ music, which box to put him in. Consider some titles of articles written about Chris:
For most of his adult life, Chris W…
