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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="231c2823.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Charlie West"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id112.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Title 112"><U><B>Sounds</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" The Charlie West Temporary A.M. Band"><U><B>Discography</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B>Lyrics</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Upcoming Shows"><U><B>Shows</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="news"><U><B>News</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="images"><U><B>Images</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews"><U><B>Press </B></U></A><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews"><U><B>Reviews</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Archives"><U><B>CHAZZ</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B>Contact & Booking</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B>Links</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> charlie west</div> <div> “the psychedelic folkster”</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Bio</div> <div> <IMG SRC="13ac6f60.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="246" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> I was born Charles West  in Baltimore, Maryland in the mid 60's. As a youngster, I listened to a variety of musical styles thanks,  in part, to my many siblings. I started playing the guitar at age 15, at which time a tortuous life of trying to get my message across began.</div> <bR> <div> I recorded my first album <I><U>Wasted Time </U></I>in 1988 under the name <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Archives"><U>Chazz</U></A>. The album received favorable reviews and generous air-play on college radio  stations on the East Coast.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> After realizing I needed to eat and couldn't do that on a musician’s salary, </div> <div> I got a real job. I got married, bought a house and recorded many </div> <div> more songs at Moss Studios for Parapsychosis Records <I><B>™</B></I>. Other bands have recorded there as well, including The Raindogs,The Guinness Pigs, and Alder Moon.</div> <bR> <div> “The Psychedelic Folkster”  moniker came about from a night of drinking.</div> <div>  I think it describes my folk-poppy-psychedelic-country-rock sound.</div> <bR> <div> I'm not dead yet.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>