Chandler Kinchla, better known as Chan Kinchla, (born May 29, 1969 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is the guitarist for jam band Blues Traveler. May 29 is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Incorporated June 9, 1846[1] Government - Mayor Fred Eisenberger - City Council Hamilton City Council - Representatives 5 MPs and 5 MPPs Area [2] - City 1,138. ... Blues Traveler is an American alternative rock/blues rock/jam band formed in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1983. ...
Blues Traveler was formed in 1983 by four friends from Princeton High School: drummer Brendan Hill, guitarist Chandler "Chan" Kinchla, bassist Bobby Sheehan and a character of a young man, John Popper, whose eccentricities ran from his bomber hat to his choice of instrument, the undersung harmonica.
(Kinchla figures he did him a favor; the friend is now bassist for soul singer India.Arie.) Kinchla found himself attracted not only to the growing popularity of Blues Traveler, but the music as well.
Kinchla, though in his early teens, was one of the core group that watched the band at places like Dan Lynch's, Nightingale's and Wetland's Preserve.