Chris grew up in the rural town of Hagan, GA, graduated from Claxton High School, and is a singer / guitarist / songwriter that has been touring the southeast for the last 27 years. Chris earned a BM in music from Georgia Southern University. While in college, his band Wallace Green recorded two albums; wonderllamasoup (1996) and evandrool (1999).

While attending GSU Chris studied classical guitar and voice. Chris performed the first student Guitar recital at GSU and was a key member in the development of the program. Works on Chris' senior recital included selections by Carcassi, Sanz, Randy Rhoads, and works of Mitchell's own composition.

Interested in visual art as well as performing arts, Chris began studying graphic design in 1996 and started a graphic design house (Pladd Dot Graphics) to meet the design needs for his musical endeavors. Pladd Dot Graphics currently handles all of the artist's printed and web publishing as well as a small host of regional clients throughout the Southeast.

In 2007, Chris took time to produce an album for his former student and colleague, Mary Hannah Riggins. The collaboration resulted in Damsel in Distress-a-lot, Mary Hannah's debut album on Pladd Dot Records. The label's second release would come when Chris and his wife, Ashlee, recorded her debut album, a lullaby album (2009).

Chris' first instructional guitar book, Lessons for Life (and guitar), was also published in February 2009. Chris published Away in a Manger - 12 Christmas songs for easy guitar (2010) and Halloween Night - 13 Songs that go Bump in the Night (2011).

In 2011, Chris launched a manufacturing division of Pladd Dot Music and began manufacturing guitars (Chris Mitchell Guitars, or "CMG") and amplifiers (Devilcat Amplifiers) in the company's 7,500 square foot Statesboro, Georgia factory. That same summer, the guitars won the prestigious "Best In Show" by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) in Nashville, TN. Both companies now have national distribution from Maine to California along with international sales. You can check them out at: www.cmgguitars.com and www.devilcatamps.com

2019 saw the release of Chris' first solo album, the pieces of smalltown, which as it's namesake suggests, offers an edgier "americana roots" tour of the artist's soul - tracing Mitchell's history to the "small towns" he knows and loves. There are plans for a Christmas album in the future, marking the artist's fourth album.

In 2025, Chris published Piano Chords for People In A Hurry, a chord book for piano players that focuses on a "Real Book" style approach to learning chord theory.

Chris maintains a guitar studio of about 15 students a week and manages all aspects of Pladd Dot Music, Pladd Dot Publishing, and the manufacturing division that manufactures CMG Guitars and Devilcat Amplifiers. Pladd Dot Music currently has over 175 students enrolled in private lessons and has a retail division that caters to the Statesboro and Savannah area. He's still an active musician, performing regularly.

Chris lives in Statesboro with his wife Ashlee and their French Bulldog, Capo.