Charlie Gillingham

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Charlie Gillingham

Background information
Birth name	Charles Thomas Gillingham
Born	(1960-01-26) January 26, 1960
Origin	Torrance California, United States^[1]
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Instrumentalist
Instruments	Hammond organ, accordion, piano, keyboards, bass guitar
Years active	1990–present
Associated acts	Counting Crows, Low Stars, Feeder, American Music Club, Train, Cracker, Matt Nathanson

Charlie Gillingham (born Charles Thomas Gillingham, January 26, 1960, Torrance, California) is a keyboardist andi multi-instrumentalist best known for his performance on the Hammond B-3 organ, accordion, piano, and keyboards for the band Counting Crows. He has also played the bass guitar in live shows during certain songs such as "Holiday in Spain".

Gillingham attended Richard Henry Dana Junior High in San Pedro, California, and also attended Miraleste High School in Rancho Palos Verdes his sophomore, junior and senior year. He was a member of Slip Stream, Clark, Kent, and the Reporters, Midnight Radio, Zip Code Revue, and played keyboards on Train's 1998 debut album.

In 2004, Gillingham was nominated for an Oscar as co-composer of the song "Accidentally in Love". He was put forward in the category Academy Award for Best Original Song with his fellow songwriters Adam Duritz, Jim Bogios, David Immerglück, Matt Malley, David Bryson and Dan Vickrey.^[2] The track was used in the film Shrek 2.

Gillingham studied philosophy and artificial intelligence at University of California, Berkeley. Before entering the music industry, he worked as a software engineer in the field of artificial intelligence.

Recordings

Apart from his work with Counting Crows, Gillingham also contributed to the following recordings:^[3]

Low Stars - Low Stars - 2007
Comfort in Sound - Feeder - 2003
Propeller - Peter Stuart - 2002
Nowhere is Brighter - Garrin Benfield - 2002
Still Waiting for Spring - Matt Nathanson - 2000
Train - Train - 1998
Whatnot - Cola - 1997
The Golden Age - Cracker - 1996
Abundance - Zip Code Revue - 1996
Slipaway - Jerry Shelfer - 1992
United Kingdom - American Music Club - 1990

References

External links

Charlie Gillingham at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Gillingham, Charlie
Alternative names
Short description	American musician
Date of birth	January 26, 1960
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v t e Counting Crows

Jim Bogios David Bryson Adam Duritz Charlie Gillingham David Immerglück Millard Powers Dan Vickrey Steve Bowman Matt Malley Ben Mize

Studio albums	August and Everything After Recovering the Satellites This Desert Life Hard Candy Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings Underwater Sunshine

Live albums	Across a Wire: Live in New York City New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall February 4–6, 2003 iTunes Live from SoHo August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow

Compilations	Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...) Aural 6

Singles	"Mr. Jones" "Round Here" "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)" "Rain King" "A Murder of One" "Angels of the Silences" "A Long December" "Daylight Fading" "Hanginaround" "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" "All My Friends" "American Girls" "Miami" "Big Yellow Taxi" "If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)" "Holiday in Spain" "She Don't Want Nobody Near" "Accidentally in Love" "1492" "You Can't Count on Me" "Come Around" "When I Dream of Michelangelo"

Concert videos	August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall

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Charlie Gillingham

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