Chris Owens(II)
- Actress
Daughter of Fred Moore Shaw Sr. (1898-1977) and Thelma Leona Martin
(1906-1998). Grew up on a cotton farm and went to Texas Weslyn College
to be a nurse. Moved to New Orleans, LA to be with her sister while
continuing her passion for music. Met and married a Chevrolet car
salesman Sol R. Owens in 1956 (no children). Started the 809 club that
year and then expanded to another building in 1968 which is the Chris
Owens Club on Bourbon Street. People confuse her with a stripper but
she did not remove her clothes. Instead she danced and sang Latin music
until Castro took over Cuba then her music styles changed. At age 81
(born October 5, 1932 in Avoca, TX she does not perform daily any
longer and the nights she doesn't the club is a disco. But she remains
a vision of loveliness with a drop dead figure to this day. Sadly her
love of her life and dance partner Sol passed away in 1979 (much older
he was born 1915 in Mississippi)and she also took on the management
role with some help. A statue in was erected in 2006 of Chris Owens at
the New Orleans Musical Legends Park.