After a decade of playing guitar in Chicago blues bands and the California rock scene traversing diverse musical landscapes as Chris Winters, “Chili” came forth and burst onto the scene, and Terrible Lizard was born.

The music, based on the musings and secret rock ‘n roll longings of an incurable rocker split the seams of the poor wretch and spewed forth such a smattering of rock’ n roll juice and vibe that a remedy was sought. Chili contacted a familiar cohort, “the Kid” (Stephen Howard).