Christopher Walsh was born in Manhattan and grew up in Montauk before moving back to the city, where he worked as a musician and journalist, including several years at Billboard magazine. In 2012, he returned to the South Fork, working as a longshoreman in Montauk before taking on a full-time gig covering politics and the environment for The Star. Occasionally, he comes out of music retirement to play guitar or piano with rock ’n’ roll bands.