Charlie
Souza, a nominee to the
Florida
Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame is
a bass player, vocalist, performer, writer, producer in the business four
decades with music released on Columbia Records, Atlantic Records Los Angeles,
Polydor, Fantasy Records Berkley California, Laurie Records New York,
Phoenix Records in Europe, independent Souzaphone
Records with a new release on Wounded
Bird Records
in 2008,
FORTRESS "Hands in the Till".
Charlie has recently filmed and recorded
a new DVD and CD with the NEW RASCALS titled "NEW
RASCALS Reloaded" to be distributed world wide.
Currently touring in the
NEW RASCALS with Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame's Dino Danelli and
Gene Cornish and
Bill Pascali
(formerly with the Vanilla Fudge),
and is also playing dates in Florida with his band The
New Tropics. Charlie
with Danny Roberts, both 70's ex Tom Petty-Mudcrutch members started a
project in '07, "The
MUDBREAKERS" and
in 2009 Souza has recorded
a live DVD with Rock
Legacy Band and is preparing
to tour with band mate Bill Pascali in the new group's
"Legends of Rock Show".
Charlie
has also toured, collaborated and recorded with Tom Petty, Bill Champlin of Chicago,
Joe Walsh pianist Rocke Grace, Jim Horn, Greg Allman, Cactus, White Witch, Gale
Force with producer Wayne Henderson of The Jazz Crusaders, "Fortress"
on Atlantic Records, Native American actor Floyd
"Red Crow" Westerman, Santana keyboardist
Leon Patillo, and the Darrell Mansfield Christian Band.
In
the new millennium, Souza teamed up with former Robin Trower & Sly &
The Family Stone drummer Bill Lordan,
with saxophonist Adrian Tapia of
Boz Scaggs and original Tropics
brother, Atlantic
Records recording artist
Eric Turner of
Fortress on albums
Live Your
Dream and "9
Ball in the Corner Pocket". These two CDs were
recorded in Anahiem and
Hollywood, California.
Souza's
latest CD "Livin' in Paradise"
was recorded in Tampa Bay area recording studios including MCR Studios Tampa and
Big 3 Studios St.
Petersburg and contains the song "Carry
Me Back to St. Petersburg" which was voted the
winner of the official city song contest. Charlie also has a book coming out
entitled "Live Your Dream!" published by Florida
Books & Videos in Orlando and is currently serving
on the Board of Directors for The
Florida Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame!
More info
at www.charliesouza.com/bio/index.htm
E-mail:
NewTropics@tampabay.rr.com