Bio
Charlie After Perfomance With Country Legend Mac Davis, Palace Theater, N.Y.C. - 1993
Charlie Performing with Guitar Virtuoso Marc Yaxley
Playing the harmonica professionally for over 37 years, Charlie studied music at Kingsborough College, N.Y.C. He could be found most any night sitting in and jammin' on his harp as part of the N.Y.C. country music scene during the 70's and 80's. He polished his craft by playing harmonica alongside some legendary musicians such as multi instrumentalist LarryCampbell Kenny Davis, Tommy Joe White, and Mike Heaphy to name a few, in clubs such as O'lunneys and the Lone Star Cafe.
He also performed for over 30 years as a touring musician and session player. His harmonica can be heard in some popular television shows including the Biography Channel and most recently, Pawn Stars
From 1991 -93, he played harmonica on Broadway, N.Y.C. with the Palace Theater orchestra in the Tony Award Winning Musical "The Will Rogers Follies".
Charlie has worked with Larry Gatlin, Mac Davis, Keith Carradine, Mickey Rooney, and Dominick Chianese (Uncle Junior Sopranos) He has also shared the stage with The Judds, George Strait, Alabama, Randy Travis and The Charlie Daniels Band.
In addition to teaching his very popular harmonica program in the schools, He also performs in numerous musical theater productions. His ability to play well on both diatonic and chromatic harmonica, read music and perform everything from "Smokin Country Blues" to Flute - Like arrangements of Celtic Music, keeps him in high demand throughout the U.S.A. He is especially well known for his soulful playing in the Tony Award Winning Musical, "Big River, The Adventures Of Huckelberry Finn"
Since 1996, He has been the featured harmonica player for The State Theater Of North Carolina (Flat Rock Playhouse) He scores original harmonica parts and plays in numerous shows there.
In 1989, Charlie appeared as a cowboy harmonica player in a national Mcdonalds television commercial.
In 1983, he insituted the blues harmonica program at the New School for Social Research, N.Y.C.
He has been awarded a North Carolina Regional Artist Grant and is a member of "The American Society Of Composers, Authors and Publishers" (A.S.C.A.P.)
*Charlie is available for musical theater and recording work (All U.S.A.)