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Charles Watson & Hollow Council
MP3s at iTunes, Napster, and Amazon MP3 Stores For 2009 Christmas Sales
Time For Change,
Charles Watson & Hollow Council's hit album, is available at the major MP3
download store online. iTunes, Napster, and Amazon MP3
Apache Junction, Arizona,
November 19, 2009 – Charles Watson has it goin' on. Get your MP3 players
ready and loaded up with the tunes that rocked Sturgis 2008, Arizona's
biggest ongoing Rockfest, record breaking AAA Radio airwaves, and myspace
2009 big-time! Download individual tunes off the album or the entire album
of 12 outrageous Alternative Rock songs
Ready for the direct Links
to Charles Watson & Hollow Council MP3 downloads? Absolutely. Here they are:
iTunes
Napster
Amazon Mp3
emusic
Rhapsody
For
additional information on the news that is the subject of this press release (or
for copy or demo), contact Charles E. Watson, Jr. or visit www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com.
Charles Watson & Hollow Council:
Platinum
Plus International
Contact:
Charles Watson
http://www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com
and
MANAGEMENT
Robert Metzgar
Capitol Management Group
1214 16th Avenue South
Nashville, TN
37212-2902
800-767- 4984 (toll free)
capitalmanagement.com
Charles Watson & Hollow Council:
Another Stunning Announcement
OMG!
Charles Watson has a whole new project underway on Platinum Plus Universal's
2010 Nashville artist roster, and a line-up of pro players that are just
mind boggling! "Time For Change" was more than prophetic!
Apache Junction, Arizona,
September 6, 2009 – Charles Watson announced today that he has retooled the
band and, along with drummer Shane Walker and bassist, Josh Cummings, are working on another album with
a new agenda. Needless to say, from messages coming in from all point of the
globe who have been following Watson's career, fans, friends, and family are
beyond stoked.
The response was
unanimous. Spoiler? Listen for dueling classical guitars, mandolins, and violins,
world-class symphonic productions, including tributes to the heart and soul
of masters that made Nashville the epicenter of the world's recording
industry ... this is definitely going to usher in a new epoch in the
archives of music history. Stay tuned for more news and details.
For
additional information on the news that is the subject of this press release (or
for copy or demo), contact Charles E. Watson, Jr. or visit www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com.
Charles Watson & Hollow Council:
Platinum
Plus International
Contact:
Charles Watson
http://www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com
and
MANAGEMENT
Robert Metzgar
Capitol Management Group
1214 16th Avenue South
Nashville, TN
37212-2902
800-767- 4984 (toll free)
capitalmanagement.com
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Charles Watson & Hollow Council
Have a Stunning Announcement: It's a White Knuckle Ride
Summer
2009, Charles Watson & Hollow Council were approached by a major marketing
representative to submit a song for a product commercial focused on EXTREME
SPORTS ... unfortunately, this reviewer cannot disclose the details of this
great opportunity to the public at this time ... but as a result, there is
an amazing new song in existence called "White Knuckle Ride". That, I can
write about, and from first-hand experience since was in Charles
Watson's home studio when it happened!
Apache Junction, Arizona,
July 5, 2009 – One might not think that getting a
haircut could qualify as a life-changing event, but it was what prompted a
rocking, hard-driving tune out of Charles Watson when Josh Cummings came to
Watson and told him it was time for the maestro to do his magic asap due to a
serendipitous circumstance of sitting in a barber's chair next to a fellow
in Fortune 500 advertising. Watson
went to work right away. And magic is what
happened.
"Josh has a bass riff
he's been playing around with," Watson says to me.
I am, as usual, this
being the middle of the night, huddled over a keyboard clicking away on on
my NIP (literary masterpiece for sure), burning my eyes on small print,
listening from the other side of the studio. "It could become a cool
piece to intro something I've been working on ...." And so it was I was
privileged to engage in a conversation with the maestro himself about the
nature of extreme sports, being that we had such death-defying feats of
competition under our belts. It isn't everyone who knows what the world
looks like while flying upside-down, commanding gravity to degrees that one
small mistake or mis-judgment, or even unforeseeable mishap, could be a last
move of a sports career in the least, if not of a lifetime. What does
an extreme sport competitor really think about ... what does it take to hone
one's skills and physic to that level of heightened awareness?
At one point Watson says,
"Well, yeah, you can feel yourself slicing through the ether like a nine-ring blade
... we have an expression of going so fast your shadow can't even catch up with you
... I like that image."
Watson and I shared our
hair-raising stories of extreme training, feelings, and competitive events
all night.
"It's
a white knuckle ride," exclaims Watson. "That's it ... riding a
rollercoaster of adrenaline ," he sings to his guitar pickin' and then
looks up at me and says, "That's perfect!"
And it was. So was the
whole tune he came up with, guitar in hand ... got it all going. I felt the
hair on my neck stand up ... that's magic in my book.
Watson scored out the tune
and wrote line after
line of lyrics with "It's a White Knuckle Ride" for the chorus,
hook, and title ... shot it
off to Dunham a few days later to work out how he could make such intense madness fit his
vocal style. Dunham was inspired too ... added some lines about wanting
the world to see his greatness; that was how he felt about it - even though
he isn't an extreme sport sort, he was a weekend motorcycle dude back in the
day, Harley, of course, so his take on it made sense. Watson & Josh
worked out a killer bottom line. The maestro took the music to the
"Captain", drummer Shane Walker, and got the rhythm down to perfection. The
four came together and honed-in the song.
Another magical maestro,
Michael Wheeler, recorded Shane's drum tracks at Arizona Music Academy where he, Shane,
and Charles teach. Just have to mention that Shane is not only an awesome beyond words drummer, he
also rips on guitars and bass and is a pro trombonist ... a real musician's musician
who understands the full scope. And, just have to
say, Michael's set-up and recording was spot-on. Watson recorded his
crunch-grinding electric guitar chords. Josh came into Watson's studio and
recorded the killer bass line. Dunham and Watson
worked out the vocal lines and lyrics and Dunham recorded a number of vocal
takes at Watson's studio.
Then Watson spent many long nights mixing, tweaking, mixing,
listening. If any of you reading this are studio cats, then ya know just
what I'm talking about.
"Hum. Think I got it."
Watson muses out loud. "Check this out." He has removed his headphones. "What do you think?"
He cranks the tune out through the speakers.
Me? I'm still cranking out
the words on a non-stop creative marathon, my nightly meditation. The absolute truth.
I'm blown away. It was a white knuckle ride ... couldn't stay still ... I'm
on my feet rockin' away.
What was that voice coming
through the overhead speakers? What was that sound? Watson said he and
Dunham agreed on a megaphone sound for that part of the vocals ... perfect
... Watson also had punched in hard-core background vocals, punctuating the
chorus hook ... hairs stood up on my neck ... more of that magic stuff.
Well, have to say Watson
recorded some friggin' extreme mind-blowing guitar solo pieces along with the
immaculate grind-crunching chords and whatever-it-is he does with those strings and
things that shoot electricity into my veins ... some of which no
one else in the world heard but we two night-lurking addicts of Art. A
few cuts made it into the hands, ears, and hearts of quite a few friends &
everyone was totally stoked. It was a wrap. Next, the boys in the band got
their copies of the mix.
A few days later, I &
friend heard what came of the band members' review, described as the
final mix.
Nothing really had changed
except, "What happened to those
balls-to-the-wall guitar lines?" I asked.
Josh and Dunham said they didn't want any
guitar lines in it?
"Huh?" We said.
"Huh?" Well, still, that's Watson
for ya. He's all about 'the band'.
It's gotta be right for everyone ... he's really one of a kind.
So, hate to mention those
mind-bending electric guitar riffs were left out of that demo's final mix,
but fortunately some cuts of the original version are in the hands of a few
fans ... including me.
In my
humble opinion ... there isn't any getting around it ... we rockers LOVE to
hear Watson shred ... especially with some kick-ass bass, powerhouse
drumming, great lyrics and multiple voices ... it's that signature magic
that's makes his bands more than just another bunch of dudes playing
musical instruments ... maestro magic. None-the-less ...
"White Knuckle Ride" is
exactly that ... and believe me, I can make magic pretty good sometimes too,
'cause I just made a long story short.
For
additional information on the news that is the subject of this release (or
for copy or demo), contact Charles E. Watson or visit
www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com.
Time For Change”, by
Charles Watson & Hollow Council, 2008 music album for compact disk and
digital distribution. Indy Label: Platinum
Plus Records, Nashville, Executive Producer: Robert Metzgar. Producer: Tony Migilore.
Recording Artist: Charles E. Watson, Jr, classical guitarist and composer;
Charles Watson.
Capitol Management Group, Nashville, TN.
Contact:
Charles Watson, classical guitarist
Charles Watson & Hollow Council
http://www.cewatson.com
http://www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com
Gothage Press
Arizona Music
Review: (excerpts from "Chronicling the career of classical guitarist,
Charles E. Watson, Jr. by Sixfeet Under)
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Arizona Alternative Radio KWSS,
106.7 FM, Introduces Phoenix Airwaves to Charles Watson & Hollow Council
June 4th,
Charles Watson & Hollow Council is featured on KWSS Arizona Alternative Radio, 106.7 FM,
interviewed by DJ Beef, and had four cuts off their Time For Change
album aired and put in rotation for the first time on a domestic major market radio station:
"Empty Man", "Liquid Sin", Fracture Me", and the album title tune, "Time For
Change". Charles
Watson & Hollow
Council will be in KWSS studios again June 25th for another live interview
with Beef, D-Rock, and the gang.
Apache
Junction, Arizona, June 6, 2009 – Alternative Rock band, Charles
Watson & Hollow
Council, has blown the lid off the domestic scene on major market radio with
not one, but four cuts off their album, Time For Change, including a
live studio interview with KWSS, Arizona Alternative Radio 106.7 FM.
Another interview with the band at KWSS studios in Scottsdale, AZ, is
scheduled for the D-Rock & Beef's Thursday night show June 25th.
Two songs off this
album charted Charles Watson & Hollow Council #1 for a record breaking official 45 weeks on AAA radio
last Fall, "Stop Wasting My Time" and "Stuffed Suits".
They now
have a grand total of six, I'll say that again, SIX tunes, that's 50% of this album,
with rotation airplay. KWSS introduced the domestic airwaves to Charles
Watson & Hollow Council
with "Empty Man"
(which has a fascinating YouTube music video and was selected for two compilation CD
series, one for Radio RNR, billed as the finest HotSpot for Rock on Internet
radio, and 3000 Indy Records 360), "Fracture Me", "Liquid Sin", a top ranking myspace play favorite, and
an extreme instrumental with classical guitar and keyboard orchestration, "Time For Change",
title song for the album, by Charles Watson.
And there's more. Yet, as
has been the case since it's inception, Charles Watson & Hollow Council, continuously on the
move to more exposure and broader markets with every twist and turn in the
mix, says to stay tuned for some near-future announcements. All in good time,
guys. All in good time. We're listening.
For
additional information on the news that is the subject of this release (or
for copy or demo), contact Charles E. Watson or visit
www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com.
Time For Change”, by
Charles Watson & Hollow Council, 2008 music album for compact disk and
digital distribution. Indy Label: Platinum
Plus Records, Nashville, Executive Producer: Robert Metzgar. Producer: Tony Migilore.
Recording Artist: Charles E. Watson, Jr, classical guitarist and composer;
Charles Watson.
Capitol Management Group, Nashville, TN.
Contact:
Charles Watson, classical guitarist
Charles Watson & Hollow Council
http://www.cewatson.com
http://www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com
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Charles Watson & Hollow Council Band Clinch 51 weeks on AAA Radio
Charts
“Stop
Wasting My Time” and “Stuffed Suits”, two singles off the 2008 album
titled Time For Change by the alternative rock band Charles
Watson & Hollow Council, have stayed on AAA radio charts for a
whopping “43 weeks” straight, announced their label executive
producer, Robert Metzgar on November 5, 2008. That was 8 weeks ago but
it isn’t old news. To date, Charles Watson & Hollow Council’s album
Time For Change has now been charted for 51 weeks, and still going
strong. This kind of run for a brand-spanking-new band with their
first album released August, 2008 is this Happy New Year’s Day
record-breaking news.
Apache Junction, Arizona, January 1, 2009 – Charles E. Watson, a
classical guitarist, is doing something new in the business of music.
He’s making the classical guitar popular in arenas of rock genre
listeners. This isn’t an easy crowd to please. The music either rocks
or it doesn’t, regardless of sub-genre appeal; and there are as many
interpretations of what that means as there are rockers. Multiply that
by 51 weeks charted on AAA radio airwaves and you’ve got a lot of
listeners across global spectrums liking what they hear from Charles
Watson and his band, Charles Watson & Hollow Council.
Two
singles off the 2008 music album, Time For Change, on Platinum Plus
Records, Nashville, “Stop Wasting My Time” and "Stuffed Suits”, have
continued to be charted for airplay on AAA radio stations for 51 weeks
straight, to date.//
This
music has everything, including sticky hooks and licks that stay in
your head, full-speed-ahead scaling you can’t believe is really
happening, grinding groovy crunches, “Iron Dog” Dunham’s haunting
vocals of uniquely crafted lyrics with harmony and other vocal backups
from guitarist and bassists, Josh’s aces and eights driving anchor bass
on "Stop Wasting My Time" and Watson on his fretless Alembic bass on
"Stuffed Suits". Johnson's exquisite drumming on the recordings are
performed in the live band by Shane Walker, a top power-house drummer.
So one of the stories goes, and of these, there are many, while
rocking-out in the crowd, the band was playing “Stop Wasting My Time”,
a chic leaned over and yelled, “This is the music I’ve waited all my
life to hear.”
The
current success of Watson’s entry into the mainstream rock music
market with his classical guitar, superb songwriting and arrangements
and first-rate band, is in the numbers. 51 weeks straight of AAA radio
charting is record-breaking. As Watson says, “It’s not supply and
demand. It’s demand and supply. I think it’s natural for people to
demand art as well as entertainment and I feel really good about the
great reception the music on this album is receiving.”
For
additional information on the news that is the subject of this release (or
for copy or demo), contact Charles E. Watson or visit
www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com.
Time For Change”, by
Charles Watson & Hollow Council, 2008 music album for compact disk and
digital distribution. Indy Label: Platinum
Plus Records, Nashville, Executive Producer: Robert Metzgar. Producer: Tony Migilore.
Recording Artist: Charles E. Watson, Jr, classical guitarist and composer;
Charles Watson.
Capitol Management Group, Nashville, TN.
Contact:
Charles Watson, classical guitarist
Charles Watson & Hollow Council
http://www.cewatson.com
http://www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com
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Final Fridays
Rock Fest Hosted by Nashville Recording Artists, Charles Watson &
Hollow Council Band
Final Fridays is
more than a last Friday of the month celebration at Crabby Don’s club
in Gilbert, Arizona. It’s a bona fied Rock Fest. Charles Watson &
Hollow Council announced today they will be hosting Final Fridays at a
Phoenix valley area bar and grill fully fitted with a professional
sound stage and square footage to accommodate the crowds gathering for
an evening of top rock band line ups.
Apache Junction,
Arizona, December 26, 2008 – There’s no question that the Phoenix,
Arizona valley area is hip to live music venues rivaling Seattle and
Denver in the West as hot-spots for emerging musicians and attracting
recording artists of renown longevity; and it’s not just the great
year-round weather that makes Phoenix an attractive place for
musicians. Music abounds from every neighborhood garage to a plethora
of bars, nightclubs, restaurants, art galleries, wine and cheese bars,
performing arts centers, museum events, street fairs, ongoing
festivals and benefits, city grassy knoll arenas, red brick and
fountain plazas, and every venue possible that can boast live music in
situ.
Expensing a
state-of-the-art sound stage with knowledgeable sound techs on-board
and plenty of space to rock their crowds, might say Crabby Don’s in
Gilbert is no exception, but for the fact that they have topped the
charts with Final Fridays hosted by the alternative rock band Charles
Watson & Hollow Council. The last Friday of each month, at this bar
and grill, has become a venue for concert style lineups hosted and
organized by the hottest 2008 Platinum Plus rock band out of Arizona
with a chart record-breaking album Time For Change. ...//
Time For
Change Album by Charles Watson & Hollow Council Band on Platinum Plus
Records, Nashville Charts 43 Weeks on AAA Radio
Still number one. Charles Watson &
Hollow Council album Time For Change has stayed on the AAA radio
charts for 43 weeks, announced today by the album's executive
producer, Robert Metzgar, today.
Apache Junction,
Arizona, November 5, 2008 – When news comes straight from the desk of
the Holy Grail incarnate Guru of the music industry, you'd better
believe something important is happening. Classical guitarist,
Charles E. Watson, Jr. found his mentor in Nashville when he said he
wanted to blow-out the mainstream rock genre with his new brand of
guitar playing and an alternative rock band. Legends Hall of Fame
Producer, along with a plethora of just as impressive and significant
inductions and titles, Robert Metzgar, didn't blink. And that was just
the beginning.
The resulting
album, Time For Change. Two of its tunes, "Stop Wasting My Time" and
"Stuffed Suits", have rocked the AAA charts to record-breaking heights
with 43 weeks of play. According to the buzz on such things, there are
three main factors that boost today's music sales. One is the live
performances of the artist(s). Two, is the promotions of the same.
Three is AAA radio play. Did Charles Watson & Hollow Council hit the
jack pot? They're three for three and still going strong.
"Stop Wasting My
Time", said M. E. Kibler, lyricist of this song, in an informal
interview at Solidspace Studio, "Is metaphor." The music and vocal
delivery are impassioned.
"Stuffed Suits"
is a fantastic mix of progressive rock and protest-style social
commentary a little punked out. Just one spoiler is that this song
features a cleverness that draws you right into the call and response
male chorus chant, "Stuffed Suits".
For
additional information on the news that is the subject of this release
(or for copy or demo), contact Charles E. Watson or visit
www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com.
Time For Change”, by Charles Watson & Hollow Council, 2008 music album
for compact disk and digital distribution, release date August 29,
2008. Indy Label: Platinum Plus Records, Nashville, Universal Records.
Executive Producer: Robert Metzgar. Producer: Tony Migilore. Recording
Artist: Charles E. Watson, Jr, classical guitarist and composer;
Charles Watson.
Capitol Management Group, Nashville, TN.
Contact:
Charles Watson, classical guitarist
Charles Watson & Hollow Council
http://www.cewatson.com
http://www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com
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Charles
Watson, Arizona Classical Guitarist, Rocks Denver DNC Crowds After
Sturgis 2008 Rally
After a week playing Sturgis 2008
Rally, Charles Watson stops off in Denver
to play three of Denver's hottest blues clubs. Notably, his stint in
Denver begins at Ziggies, one of the most famous blues clubs in the
country.
Apache Junction,
Arizona, August 15, 2008 – Denver is filling up for the DNC convention
slated in the mile high city. Arizona classical guitarist, Charles
Watson, just ripped for a week with his band at Sturgis 2008 Rally in
Sturgis, SD, but he isn't finished. First up is Ziggies in Denver,
Colorado's oldest blues club, playing a Special Event Saturday evening
from 4 to 7 pm on August 16. Watson is appearing at Bushwacker's Blues
Bar to open for The Incidentals, Tuesday night, August 24 at 9:30 pm.
Tuesday night, August 26, he is playing at the 3 Kings Tavern, at 9
pm. ... //
Charles Watson
& Hollow Council Book Sturgis 2008 Rally in SD, One of the Largest
Venues in the World
So one of the stories goes, "It
took me 5 years before I could get booked at Sturgis," said a well
known Country music star, who will remain anonymous, when he heard the
news that Charles Watson and band had just snagged one of the most
enviable gigs in the world.
August 2 through 8, 2008, when Charles Watson & Hollow Council will be
playing in Sturgis, SD, is three days short of two weeks before
Watson's album "Time For Change", is even released.
Apache Junction,
Arizona, August 2, 2008 – Charles Watson and band are ecstatic. They
are also in South Dakota playing on stage at the Sturgis 2008 Rally,
one of the largest venues in the world. "It was kind of a last minute
thing," says Watson. "We were going, then we weren't, then we were,
then we weren't, and had just about resigned that something as big as
Sturgis wasn't going to happen quite yet." Then a last minute
confirmation came with a phone call and they were out the door and on
the road. ...//
Platinum Plus
Records, Nashville “Time For Change” Album Beats 2008 Presidential
Candidates to the Slogan Punch
“Time For Change”,
a song off Platinum Plus Records, Nashville, new recording artist's
album, Time For Change, says it all for this Presidential election
cycle's theme. Everybody wants to claim "they" are the agent of
change. But Charles Watson, Arizona classical guitarist, beat them all
to the punch and is this Happy New Year’s Day record-breaking news.
Apache Junction,
Arizona, January 1, 2008 – Last September 2007, the first US
Presidential nominee ad to run with the 'agent of change' theme was
from the Hillary Clinton camp launching advertisements in Iowa and New
Hampshire. Since then, everyone in the race has followed suit trying
to come up with a different way to say that 'they' are the one to
initiate 'change'. A year ago, Charles Watson, Arizona classical
guitarist, had already announced the title of his new album would be
Time For Change and had begun composing his title song, "Time
For Change".
Maybe that was
prophetic of Watson. Maybe he was way ahead of the wave. Who knew
what the year 2007 would usher in? Charles Watson was all about doing
something new in the world of rock music, bringing the classical
guitar into a genre where no one had ever ventured, to showcase new
techniques and direction for new sounds and ideas. The title song,
Time For Change, is an extreme classical guitar instrumental of
deep passion and moving passages of contemplative extravaganzas of
guitar work. Anyone interested in change they can believe in? Check
out Watson's Time For Change. ...//
October Marks
Charles Watson & Hollow Council Debut Public Performance
Usually the band comes first, then
the recording contract, then the album release, but there isn't
anything "as usual" about Charles Watson & Hollow Council,
an
alternative rock band who just finished recording a history making
album, Time For Change. Now they are out rocking the Phoenix, AZ
valley area in anticipation of the album's finalizing mixing and
mastering.
Apache Junction,
Arizona, October 10, 2007 – Charles Watson & Hollow Council,
alternative rock band with a classical hook and a blues edge, having
formed as a band to record the album, Time for Change, on Platinum
Plus Records, Nashville, will debut the music live on stage at Crabby
Don's in Gilbert, AZ on October 19, 2008. This is their first public
performance as this band. The drummer, Jesse Johnson, and the
guitarist, Charles Watson, have been playing together long enough to
have been through a couple 10,000 hours of music. Josh Cummings,
bassist, vocalist, and hand drummer, has played bass with Watson and
Johnson since 2004. For Chris Dunham, lead vocalist and co-song writer
with Watson, this is a return to the stage for a hard rock vocalist
and dramatic actor since the mid 90's. This opening night is also an
especially looked-forward to event for those who know the fellows in
the band and have been anticipating just such an occasion. The
world-at-large will be ushering in a new era ...//
Fourth
of July Celebrated in Style by Charles Watson & Hollow Council in Nashville Upon
Completing Recording “Time For Change” Album
“Time
For Change” album project with Platinum Plus Records, Nashville is almost a
done deal for this alternative rock band from Arizona. This Fourth of July, Charles Watson
& Hollow Council, the newly donned name, is in
Nashville for explosive celebrations as only Music City, USA can do. With the
recording sessions completed, now comes the final mix, and, no doubt,
another celebration.
Apache Junction,
Arizona, July 4, 2007 – "It's a crazy night in Nashville," says Charles. Charles Watson & Hollow Council,
after their
third and last recording session for Time For Change on Platinum Plus
Records, Nashville, are out on
the town. Fireworks of extravagant measure are not rare on this particular
date's eve, but, for Charles Watson, Chris Dunham, Jesse Johnson, and Josh
Cummings, they are right where they want to be ... //
The name of
this band is a new revelation as of their third recording session.
With the addition of Josh Cummings for the last session to record
three of the bass lines, notably Watson recorded all the bass lines
for the album thus far, Johnson was all about calling the band "Empty
Men" after the first tune Watson wrote for the album, Empty Man.
Vocalist, Chris Dunham, came up with synonyms for that: "hollow" and
"council" ... they all agreed, Hollow Council it was. Since the
recording contract is between Watson and Platinum Plus Universal to
put a 12 tune album on Platinum Plus Records, Nashville label,
Watson's name is required for the recording artist credits, so Watson
submitted "Charles Watson & Hollow Council" for the recording artist
and, although they refer to themselves as simply "Hollow Council",
Charles Watson & Hollow Council is the way it's going down in
history.//
Arizona Classical Guitarist Brands Alternative Rock Band Trade Name: Charles
Watson & Hollow Council
Sorry Shakespeare. A
rose by any other name is something else. Name recognition is everything,
especially in the era of the www. Arizona classical guitarist, Charles E.
Watson, Jr, has declared a dba Recording Artist band name for his
Alternative Rock “Time For Change” album project with Platinum Plus
Records, Nashville: Charles Watson & Hollow Council.
Apache Junction,
Arizona, June 21, 2007 - Punch in some letters of the alphabet,
any alphabet, put in some spaces here 'n there, use a symbol or number
or few, enter search, and you've got hundreds of thousands of results
showing up, retrieved from the largest information archives in the
world, the World Wide Web. Charles Watson, Arizona classical
guitarist, has a big chunk of relevant and top ranking search results
establish since going online in 2000. Charles Watson & Hollow Council
are online on www.myspace.com/hollowcouncil and have a commercial
site, www.charleswatsonhollowcouncil.com, and the words are showing up
all over the web.
"Josh Cummings, our
bass player, was the finishing touch," says Watson.
Cummings, a
multi-talented musician, friend and associate of Watson's, was
otherwise committed in a world music hand drum troupe playing
Renaissance Festivals around the country. Cummings joined up with
Watson, Dunham, and Johnson in the Spring of 07 and will be traveling
to Nashville for the third and last recording session for the album
next month. He also will be recording back up vocals and hand drums.//
Charles Watson and Band Members in Nashville, TN Recording “Time For Change” Album
First in Order for January 2007
“Time
For Change” album project with Platinum Plus Records, Nashville has a
ground-breaking new sound for the mainstream rock genre charts, featuring
the extreme classical guitar work of Arizona’s foremost guitarist, Charles
Watson. After months of preparation and putting together his alternative
rock band, Watson and fellow musicians are scheduled to begin the first
recording session January 8 in Nashville, TN, and is this Happy New Year's
record breaking news.
Apache
Junction, Arizona, January 1, 2007 – Charles E. Watson Jr. decided on the
title for his album during late night hours of working on the music while
talking to a friend about all the changes taking place. “Time For Change,”
Watson says, “Is the title of an instrumental I've been working on since
last summer. I'm going to put it on the album. Making changes, no pun
intended," he chuckles, "applies to each one of us in the band as well
as the overall concept for the album. It’s not just a quip. Seems it’s
just time for change in so many ways. It’s crazy; I think this
collection of songs and music are some of the best I’ve written so
far.” Watson and fellow band members are preparing to leave for
Nashville to begin a first of three recording sessions January 8 at
Chelsea Studios. ...//
Charles Watson Destined to Make History in
Mainstream Rock
Charles
Watson has put together a brand new alternative rock band
slated to record a debut album with Platinum
Plus Records, Nashville. Charles E. Watson, Jr., classical guitarist from
the Phoenix, Arizona valley area, landed his recording contract to release
his next classical guitar album, but this isn’t going to be just any
ordinary classical guitar album. Watson has put together a unique group of
musicians, a drummer and vocalist, to launch his classical guitar based
alternative rock music and is destined to make history in the rock genre
charts.
Apache
Junction, Arizona, October 25, 2006 – Charles E. Watson, Jr, also known
among classical guitarists as C. E. Watson, is all about the classical
guitar. In fact, he’s got a new band and song list for recording an album
on Platinum Plus Records, Nashville in 2007, featuring his classical guitar
work all rocked out and electrified. Notably, Watson’s executive producer
is Legends Hall of Fame Producer, Robert Metzgar, who’s all about making
history in the music industry with a fame for producing
star-power recording artists ...//
Arizona Classical Guitarist
Charles Watson Recording Contract with Platinum Plus Universal Records in Nashville
Arizona classical guitarist, Charles E. Watson, Jr., has made
plans with Platinum Plus Universal and Legends Hall of Fame Producer Robert Metzgar to record a
twelve-tune music album on Platinum Plus Records, Nashville. With a couple
dozen private label albums under his belt, Watson's fired up and ready to go
for another batch of hot compositions and fret board work on a profound
respect commanding label with a who's who of the music industry team beside
him.
Apache Junction, Arizona, April 20, 2006 – Charles E. Watson Jr. started a
buzz by circulating his classical guitar private label 2005 album on CD,
Path of the Raven, for his promotional demo. The buzz about this
phenomenal guitarist in Arizona reached the very heart of the music
industry, Robert Metzgar, in Nashville.
The producers and surrounding entourage of people on this project are the
Who's Who of the music business
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"TIME FOR CHANGE" 2008 album on CD
CHARLES WATSON & HOLLOW COUNCIL
"Charles Watson, acclaimed
Arizona electric and classical guitarist, has put together a group of
musicians that are flat-out the new rock band to listen to, Charles
Watson & Hollow Council, with a 2008 album straight out of Nashville's
best. "Time for Change".
Time For Change 2008 album
features the flamboyant finesse of Charles Watson's finger-style and
fret board innovations on a souped-up State-of-the-Art Godin classical
guitar, masterful drumming by Jesse Johnson, a highly creative drummer
of extraordinary style and diversity, Charles Watson on an Alembic
fretless bass on 8 of the 11 band recorded songs, Josh Cummings' bass
lines on three songs, and Chris Dunham delivering his unique style of rock vocals, with harmony by Watson,
and other vocal backups by Watson, Cummings, and Johnson along with
guest vocals by Susie Marshall and Spike Jones..
Charles Watson &
Hollow Council is hard hitting alternative rock with a
classical hook and a blues edge, a revolutionary and fine tuned
Arizona based rock band with sophisticated instrumentation, driving
rhythms, and progressive dynamics ripped with infectious hooks. These
musicians' backgrounds cover a broad array of music genres that come
through in the unique and exciting concert sound rocking audiences
with captivating music extravaganzas."
Gothage Music Review
~ January 2008 by Sixfeet Under
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