Charlie Winton (from the album The Soul and The Shadow

Charlie Winton (from the album The Soul and The Shadow available as a self-release)
While Charlie Winton never completely let go of his passion for music, his day gig in book publishing was the extent of his public creativity. Charlie worked on biographies by The Rolling Stones’ Bobby Keyes, Dee Dee Ramone, while still managing the words of Gore Vidal, Jim Harrison, and best-sellers including Black Hawk Down, Cold Mountain, and Gangs of New York. Standing up from his desk, Charlie Winton plugged in his guitar, collecting the words he has gathered to put to music, releasing his second studio album, The Soul and The Shadow.

The beat hurries an entry into The Soul and The Shadow, Charlie Winton urging a worldwide humanity to believe in yourself before taking aim at one particular heart for “True to You”.  Charlie Winton sticks to the genre that brings him on board for The Soul and The Shadow, wrapping the melodies in an Alt Country full-forward thrust, pointing fingers in “Runaround”, putting a roll to the rhythms underneath “Wild in the Street”, psychedelizing “Pandemic Blues”, and letting the drums be the undertow that pulls you in to the title track. Heading into a song with an unbridled charge is a go-to on The Soul and The Shadow however Charlie Winton slows the rhythm, giving “The Rider” his due on somber grace, sliding and strumming for the seasonal confessions of “Autumn Leaves are Falling”, and surfs a hushed rumble with “Sad Song Singing”.

For more information and purchase options, please visit the Charlie Winton website

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