He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied music theory and sang with a very successful band named Crosswind. He then worked for a Manhattan jingle house in New York City doing music for commercials. He later left New York and was a DJ in Dallas for many years, but it wasn't until he moved to Denver that he rediscovered how much he enjoyed making people smile with his own music. 

Denver became his home in 1995 where he joined his father's business, the Queen Anne B&B. Chris started the band Southern Cactus in 1998 to do what he loved most, singing. His parents and his brother, Dave, have been his motivation to keep moving forward and find more ways to keep people happy by writing more music of his own.

Chris has booked the band all over the state of Colorado, including the last 4 years in the Taste of Colorado and an invitation to open for Diamond Rio. As the lead vocalist, Chris can sing all types of music, but prefers country rock and classic rock n roll. Chris has recently retired the Southern Cactus band and started up The Chris King Band with happily some of the best musicians in all of Colorado.