Michael Hann

The joy of Chris Stapleton

He has a voice so wonderful you could bathe in it: rich and deep and smoky and warm and compassionate

Country star Chris Stapleton: a barrel-chested man with hair that tumbles down past his shoulders and a hat that could probably accommodate rather more than ten gallons. Image: John Shearer /Getty Images for ACM 
issue 02 November 2024

Chris Stapleton is a barrel-chested man of 46, who hides his face beneath a beard that must have taken years to grow, hair that tumbles down past his shoulders and a hat that could probably accommodate rather more than ten gallons. He sings songs about being imperfect, with a band behind him making a sound that one might have heard in 1972.

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