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Good Time Charlie

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“The Godfathers of authentic rhythm and blues in Norway”, they have been called. Good Time Charlie (GTC) has always been a hard working road band, bringing their energetic music to venues all around the world – Norway, Scandinavia, southern Europe, and lately also to China. The solid backbeat and groove and over-all pure style have also brought GTC praise from legends as Lowell Fulson, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton and Jimmy Dawkins and John Mayhall. Musically, GTC have always had a dedication to tradition and style and the spirit of the music. They have been as much at home playing the raw Sun sounds of Memphis as the heavy Chess blues of Chicago, the deep New Orleans funk of the 60..s as well as the swampy moods of the Louisiana bayou, the shuffle of Texas R&B and the jump and jive of the West Coast.
With their forth album, “Mojo Energy”, the band has taken a step in a new and rawer direction. They now define their musical road as Garage Soul - a mix of the intensity of the 60s garage rock, combined with the explosive and melodic sound of authentic soul music. Get ready for plenty of nasty guitar licks, wailing harmonica, deep bass and rumbling drums! With “Mojo Energy” GTC prove that they still are one of Norway’s most progressive and hard working bands of their genre.
Quotes from some of the reviews:
-Dagbladet (Norway's largest paper): "A vastly energetic collection of party songs in the genre of garage-soul." 5 out of 6
-VG (Norway's second largest paper): "Authentic and superior! Mojo Energy is highly recommended!" 5 out of 6.
-Aftenposten: "Good Time Charlie's garage soul really rocks and groves. They are important carriers of the tradition of the good rock music. Mojo Energy steams of energy, but also gives space for some more quiet moments." 5 out of 6.
-BT: "Brilliant! This is strictly good, old, sparkling rock 'n' roll. Their best album so fare!" 5 out of 6.
-R.O.C.K.: "This is a diverse but rock solid and stylistic confident album." 6 out of 6.
-Kulturo.no: " It is a pity that this band is not bigger than it is, because these guys know their stuff better than most others" 8 out of 10.
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Member Since: 14/08/2006
Band Website: http://www.goodtimecharlie.no
Band Members: Arle Hjelmeland:
Lead vocals & harmonica
Steinar Karlsen:
Guitar & vocals
Øystein Lydvo:
Bass & vocals
Hans Petter Solli:
Drums & vocals

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Record Label: Good Time Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New single out today!

Today we are releasing the second single from our album. "Dealin' With the Devil" is a is a sneaky and groovy tune with lots of mojo energy. The song is  featuring Steinar on reversed g...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:11:00 GMT

Kickin Out the Jams

The last week has been busy but great! Last friday we played live on national television, NRK Vestlandssendingen. We did "Time is running out" and Steinar got so exited that he dived into the dru...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:36:00 GMT

GTC nominated for Spellemannsprisen 2008.

We are happy to announce that Mojo Energy is nominated for the Norwegian Grammy awards  Spellemannsprisen 2008! Good Time Charlie is nominated for the best blues record of the year together with two ...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:23:00 GMT

GTC B-listed at NRK P1

2009 had a jolly good start! Our last single, Dealin' With the Devil, got B-listed on NRK P1 last week - which is Norways' largest radio station. This means heavy rotation and lots of garage soul...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:22:00 GMT

New official picture!

We just received our new official band picture from our photographer Oddleiv Apneseth. And what a shot! It was taken right before xmas in Jølstervatnet at the west cost of Norway. Oh, my god it was co...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:19:00 GMT

Mojo Energy receives great reviews in the Norwegian medias!

Here are some reviews from Norwegian papers and websites the last weeks: Dagbladet (Norway's largest paper): "A vastly energetic collection of party songs in the genre of garage-soul." 5 out of 6 VG ...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:10:00 GMT

GTC in mono?!

Our release in Oslo this weekend was great fun! Since this was a morning job, starting at 18.00 (!), there were less drunk guys and dancing girls than we are used to. But the crowd at Mono seemed to d...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:46:00 GMT

Download song for free!

We celebrate all the good reviews by giving you one of the songs from the new album "Mojo Energy" for FREE! Download "Dealin.. With The Devil" on www.myspace.com/gtctcb- Good Time Charlie
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT

The first reviews are here!

Two papers published reviews of our new album  "Mojo Energy" today. Stein Østbø at VG calls the album"authentic and superior" and rolls the dice to a 5! BA's Per Randers Haukaas also gives the al...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:50:00 GMT

New album out now!

Good Time Charlie will release their fourth album "Mojo Energy" on September 8. You can check out six of the new songs on MySpace. -GTC
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:41:00 GMT