Charlie Souza

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Charlie Souza

Background information
Born	(1948-01-24) January 24, 1948 Tampa, Florida
Genres	Rock and roll
Occupations	musician, producer, writer
Instruments	Bass, vocals
Associated acts	Mudcrutch, The New Rascals, The Tropics (band)
Website	charliesouza.com

Charlie Souza is a bass player, vocalist, musician, writer and producer. He is best known for playing bass in Mudcrutch.

Career

Souza toured with the The New Rascals, featuring Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Dino Danelli and Gene Cornish of The Rascals, with Bill Pascali (formerly with the Vanilla Fudge 2001) from 2006 to 2011. In 2008, the group performed on a live video recording, New Rascals Reloaded with Eddie Brigati, and on a digital audio recording titled New Rascals LEGENDS covering songs of the Young Rascals (also known simply as the Rascals), such as Groovin' and Good Lovin'.

Souza also toured, collaborated and recorded with musicians including Tom Petty; Greg Allman; Bill Champlin of Chicago; Mike Pinera, Malcolm Jones and Joe Lala of Blues Image; Cactus; White Witch (band); Gale Force with producer Wayne Henderson (musician) of The Jazz Crusaders; Native American actor Floyd Red Crow Westerman; Santana keyboardist Leon Patillo; The Darrell Mansfield Christian Band; comedian Fred Willard, and The Tropics (band), a '60s pop group from Tampa, Florida, winning first place at the International Battle of the Bands in Chicago in 1966, which led to a Columbia Records recording played on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.

Souza's music has been released on Columbia, Atlantic, Polydor, Fantasy and Laurie Records. Fortress on Atlantic Records was an '80s melodic metal group with a release on Wounded Bird Records in 2008, Fortress "Hands in the Till".

Souza recorded his solo albums Live Your Dream and 9 Ball in the Corner Pocket, together with former Robin Trower drummer Bill Lordan, and Tropics guitarist Eric Turner of Fortress. These two CDs were recorded in Anaheim and Hollywood, California.

Souza's song Carry Me Back to St. Petersburg off the Livin' in Paradise CD, recorded by his band The New Tropics in Tampa Bay area studios, was voted the winner of the official city song contest.^[1]

Bibliography

Live Your Dream A Music Autobiography. Janson Media Group, 2011. Tales of The Tropics, Tom Petty's Mudcrutch, New Rascals, Gregg Allman, Cactus, many Rock 'n' Roll friends! A story of real musical roots! The Life and times of Charlie Souza
"Florida's Famous and Forgotten" by Kurt "King of the Oldies" Curtis. Softcover, (2) Book Set 1024 pages. The Tropics chapter, pages 828 - 842.

References

↑ Kameel Stanley. Tampa Bay Times. Winner of the Official City Song Contest for St. Petersburg, Florida. November 15, 2009

External links

v t e Mudcrutch

Tom Petty Mike Campbell Benmont Tench Tom Leadon Randall Marsh Danny Roberts Jim Lenehan

Albums	Mudcrutch Extended Play Live

Songs	"Scare Easy" "Shady Grove" "Lover of the Bayou"

Early Recordings	"Depot Street" "I Can't Fight It"

Also appears on	Playback

Documentaries	Runnin' Down a Dream The Story of Mudcrutch

Heartbreakers albums	Greatest Hits Anthology: Through the Years Damn the Torpedoes

Tom Petty solo albums	Full Moon Fever Wildflowers Highway Companion

Production	Ryan Ulyate Tom Petty Mike Campbell

Related articles	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Traveling Wilburys

Persondata
Name	Souza, Charlie
Alternative names	Charlie Sousa
Short description	American musician
Date of birth	1948-01-24
Place of birth	Tampa, Florida
Date of death
Place of death

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