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Upcoming Gigs:
Sept 17
WDVX Blue Plate Special
Knoxville TN
Sept 20
Brackins
Maryville TN
Oct 10
Ka-Tiki
Treasure Island FL
Oct 11 (10am)
Saturday Morning Market
St Petersburg FL
Oct 11 (9pm)
Dunedin Brewery
Dunedin FL
Oct 17-18
Beached Whale
Ft Myers FL
Oct 24
House of Blues
Orlando FL
Oct 25
Beach Shack
Cocoa Beach FL
Hé Toi!
Chuck and the boys are just wrapping up another fantastic tour of Switzerland. Plenty more details to follow.
Charlie backs up
Darrell Nulisch in FL
Blues and soul master Darrell Nulisch blew down to Florida for a couple of dates, and your favorite local boy was tapped to back him up and open the show. Darrell lays down some rootsy harp-driven blues and sings his ass off on some great soul ballads. Right up Charlie's alley, and he was tickled pink to be a part of it.
Friday night we did a gig at the Bradfordville Blues Club in Tallahassee, an excellent old-Florida venue where Chuck has played a couple of times before. Saturday it was the Suncoast Blues Society's anniversary bash at good old Skipper's. A fantastic party - kudos aplenty to the SBS - and the best turnout this smoked gator has seen at Skipper's in a long time. Darrell had the crowd in the palm of his hand from the downbeat to the encore.
Bluescoast Sessions welcome
Lucky Peterson, Sauce Boss
The Bluescoast Sessions, a series of informal jams with the greatest blues musicians from Florida and beyond, continued in April.
Lucky Peterson is simply one of the greatest bluesmen alive. This man lives and breathes the blues, and it was a great honor to trade licks with him. Lucky stopped in on his way to the Tampa Bay Blues Festival. His set later on at the Ringside was one of the best blues shows I've seen in my life (and I have seen quite a few!), with a nonstop barrage of magical guitar lines holding the audience spellbound.
Bill Wharton, aka the Sauce Boss, is a real Florida bluesman, a mean steel guitar player and a super guy. We had a ball making up a crazy song about Fly Gumbo. This night was exactly what the Bluescoast Sessions was meant to capture.
Some fine day, the pick of the Bluescoast Sessions will be released on a big fat CD.
What A Scene!
The Charlie Morris Band's new live CD has hit the airwaves. It's spinning on blues shows in the US, France, Spain, Norway, Denmark and Australia.
"The Charile Morris Band is fantastic!"
- Wayne Winkler, WETS, Johnson City TN
"This is a lot of fun!"
- Derral, KCHO, Reading CA
Listen to some of the new tracks and order the disc from any major online retailer.
CMB Goes Wild in CH
Charlie's tenth winter tour of Switzerland was the greatest one yet, with SRO crowds and a record number of CDs sold. We also did a recording session and a live radio show, and booked three festival gigs for the summer. What a scene!
Jimmy Griswold opens the
Bluescoast Sessions
We finally managed to get the first of the Bluescoast Sessions together, and look what happened! This project will bring all the biggest Blues stars from Central Florida (and beyond) to jam in a casual and relaxing (in other words, boozy) atmosphere, and the cream of the sessions will be released on CD some fine day. Jimmy Griswold was the first guest star, and we really made him feel welcome!
CMB kills at the
Montreux Jazz Festival
In July, the Charlie Morris Band had a weeklong stand at the Montreux Jazz Festival. We had an absolute blast! Standing-room-only crowds plied us with champagne and whiskey, and all sorts of great musicians, including Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn, came by and sat in with us.
Power to the People!
BAAMO and WMNF have released a new CD, Power to the People, with 15 songs of protest and political punditry by various artists. One of Charlie's new songs, I Don't Know My Neighbors Anymore, was selected for the disc. It's an acoustic version, recorded during Charlie's appearance on WMNF's Live Music Showcase. Later, Charlie recorded an electric version with the full band, which will be on the next CD (yeah, yeah, one o these days, right?).
Chuck and the band also played at the Power to the People concert on November 4 at Skipper's Smokehouse, which featured 30 bands! They played Neighbors along with a tune by Iris Dement and one by John Prine.
Charlie's been a big fan and supporter of WMNF for many years, and has appeared live on several different shows, including the Florida Folk Show and the Afternoon Blues Show. It was an honor to be a part of the Power to the People CD and concert!
Swiss Milkmaid Tour
In January and February 2007, the Charlie Morris Band made their eighth tour of Switzerland, a 15-date outing dubbed the Swiss Milkmaid Tour.
Had a great time at some old favorite venues and a couple of cool new ones, got into all the usual mischief.
Son of a Gator!
Hot on the tail of their live CD, Live at the Gator n Chips, Charlie Morris and band did a 14-date UK and Switzerland tour. Check out the photos!
It was a return to the scene of the crime, as the new live CD was recorded in the UK on the Fall 2005 tour. This time the gator travelled with us in the form of a guitar strap, which was much less dangerous for all concerned (although a couple of people did get bit).
The first leg of the tour was in England, where we played three pubs and a festival. On October 7th, we played to an excellent crowd at the Banbury Festival. The band played a set on the main stage, and Chuck did a solo set on the acoustic stage.
Next we crossed the creek to Switzerland for a return engagement at the Dixie Jazz Club in Sargans, then our first concert in Schaffhausen, at a famous local venue called the Dolder 2.
Crawlin' through the South
Here are some pix from the Crescent City Crawl tours (2003 and 2004). CMB has been going to sip from that simmering saucepan of sin since 1998. Tallahassee, the Panhandle, Mobile, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mississippi...pretty bluesy country, man!
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