Who is Chaz?

Chaz Winzenread has been a professional musician and guitar teacher for 20 years. He is a graduate of the world-renowned Guitar Institute of Technology at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. During the span of his career music has taken Chaz all over the world performing and recording with Artist such as Jason Bonham, Sammy Hagar, Anton Fig, Tony Levin and Healing Sixes. In 2001 he performed on Healing Sixes' major U.S. and European release with famed Rock Producer Kevin Shirley (Black Crows, Led Zeppelin, Joe Bonamassa) at the ledgendary Hit Factory Studio in New York City. Pre-production was recorded in NYC at Avatar Studios (formerly The Power Station). Chaz has performed live all over the U.S., Europe, Asia, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico and Honduras. In 2004, Chaz relocated to the Tampa-Saint Petersburg area of Florida where he remains a vital part of the music scene with the band Four Star Riot. Well versed in both Guitar (electric and acoustic) and bass (4,5 ,and 6 string) Chaz possesses years of real world performance experience.

"Chaz is one of those rare natural talents that's equally comfortable on Guitar and Bass." - Jason Bonham (Bonham, Foreigner, Led Zeppelin, Healing Sixes)

"He's really brilliant. He came in, and right away he absorbed so much." - Steve Alex (Four Star Riot)

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