Charlie Owen (musician)
Charlie Owen is an Australian guitar player who lives in St Kilda Melbourne Australia. He is a member of Tex, Don and Charlie, The Beasts of Bourbon, Tex Perkins and The Dark Horses, Large Number 12s, Maurice Frawley and The Working Class Ringos, Tendrils, the Divinyls and Tex Perkins and his Ladyboyz and was previously a member of Ninja Skill, Charlie Owen Quintet, Tango Bravo, The New Christs, Paris Green, Louis Tillett and His Cast of Aspersions and Catfish.[1]
Owen has produced albums by The Plunderers, Louis Tillett, Louis Tillett and Charlie Owen, Tex Perkins and Penny Ikinger and has contributed as a session player on albums by many artists including Tony Buck, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, Robert Forster, Spencer P. Jones, The Cruel Sea, Steve Prestwich, Conway Savage and Don Walker.[1] In June 1993 Owen, Chris Wilson, and three former members of The Triffids: David McComb, Robert McComb and Graham Lee guested on Acuff's Rose's debut studio album, Never Comin' Down.[2] In 2010, Owen worked on Maurice Frawley's tribute album with Paul Kelly.[3]
Australian Guitar magazine rated Owen as one of Australia's greatest guitarists.[4]
Discography
Charlie Owen
- Vertigo and Other Phobias - Red Eye/Polydor
"Turn the Light On"
Louis Tillet & Charlie Owen
- The Ugly Truth (1994) - Normal/Return To Sender
- Midnight Rain (1995) - Normal/Return To Sender
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Magnus Holmgren (ed.). "Owen, Charlie". Australian Rock Database. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- ↑ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Acuff's Rose'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ↑ Donovan, Patrick (1 April 2010). "From friends of Frawley". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- ↑ Karl Quinn (17 May 2012). "Long way to the top but Young's done it". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 November 2012.