Michael Charles and his Band
Moonlight Label's premier artist, Michael Charles hails originally from Australia and brings with him a wealth of talent, history, and discography.
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I'm Nobody's Fool I'm Nobody's Fool
The Tune (the chords my daddy taught me) The Tune (the chords my daddy taught me)
Shots Of Jack Shots Of Jack
Work So Hard Work So Hard
Play A Simple Tune / Theme From Come Melodia Play A Simple Tune / Theme From Come Melodia
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Michael Charles - Silenced [Official Music Video]
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The concert by Michael Charles and His Band will take you on a guitar driven journey through forty years and forty releases of original music. The precision and level of energy is just spectacular and will leave you astounded by the driving force, the contemporary blues, and the soulful ballads of Michael Charles.Band/artist history
MICHAEL CHARLES BIOGRAPHY
Michael Charles' musical pilgrimage began over six decades ago in his homeland Melbourne, Victoria Australia.
While enjoying a successful musical crusade of touring, recording, and numerous television and radio appearances in his homeland, Michael received an invitation from Buddy Guys management to appear at the infamous Legends in Chicago, Illinois USA. Graciously accepting the honor, Michael Charles traveled the twelve thousand five hundred miles and took the stage with Mr. Buddy Guy. After numerous trips back and forth, Michael made the monumental and life changing decision to make America his new home. Charles worked the whole Chicago blues circuit performing with Mr. Buddy Guy, Phil Guy, James Cotton, Eddy Clearwater, Junior Wells, George Baze, as well as touring with blues legend, Jimmy Dawkins.
Through the next thirty years, and now a nine times Grammy elected artist, Michael Charles enjoyed being featured in numerous television and radio broadcasts and several music magazines, along with gracing countless stages and pages including Chicago Blues Fest, Philadelphia Jazz and Blues Fest, Windy City Live Television, WGN TV, JBTV, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, and The College Music Journal.
In October of 2015 Michael Charles received the extreme honor of an induction into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame. Michael has received endorsements from Vertex and LR Baggs and in Canada from Godin / Seagull Guitars. Michael Charles discography is comprised of thirty-seven releases including a double CD thirty year anthology.
In 2016 Australian film producer started work on a documentary chronicling the musical career of Michael Charles. The Documentary was released in March of 2018 and the DVD in 2019. "Soundtracked", the CD soundtrack to the documentary was also released in 2019. In 2020 Moonlight Label released The Early Years" , a CD of the complete 45 r.p.m. singles released 1984-1988 by Michael Charles in Australia before he moved to the U.S.A. in 1990.
Also, in 2020 19, the downloadable album of all the Alone and Acoustic songs recorded during the pandemic became available. In August of 2021 and partially sponsored by the Illinois Arts Council Association a 2 CD and 1 DVD Box set chronologizing the entire pandemic experience from the recording studio was released and 2022 saw the singles of Key To The Highway and Charles new original song Silenced.
At this time Michael Charles is traveling his sixteenth consecutive international tour NO DETOURS" 2023, which will once again take him to the far corners of the USA, Canada, and Australia. The 2023 tour promises a multitude of concerts and publicity appearances as MC performs a whole new list of cities, festivals, and music venues and revisits some favorites from the last fifteen tours.
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Happy Easter Micheal All the Best to you in 2014 :) kgtf L&P Always Deb x
Fantastic stuff! No beating songs like this :)
The Blues is Alive & Well ~~~~You do it all Justice my friend..Fab cover song Top Shelf excellent writing & truer lyrics if ever sang ..love that pickin n swagger ...you are the Blues Big Congrats, its an honour to listen to you .. :)
GREAT JOB>>>>JUST LOVIN YOUR style>>>Drumnjon
YOU GOT IT>>>>OH YEAHHHH!@....Drumnjon
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