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Member Since: 5/16/2006
Band Website: www.charleyville.com
Band Members: We are Charles Villiers - lead vocals/guitar, Rosie Holmes - vocals/percussion/woodwind, Susanne Lambert - drums/vocals/woodwind
Influences: Charles's influences:Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Clash, Lightning Hopkins, Scott Joplin, Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, Julian Cope, Van Morrison- Astral Weeks, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Nick Drake, Pixies, Violent Femmes, Paul Simon, Neil Young, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Low, Talking Heads, White Stripes, Bonnie Prince Billy, Gillian Welch, Smog, Rocky Horror Show, Kevin Coyne, Frank Sinatra, Monty Python, Tom Waits, Radiohead/REM, Scott Walker, Aretha Franklin, Al Green.
Rosie's influences:David Shrigley, Don Alias, Kate Bush, Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkell, PJ Harvey, Sophie Calle, Deerhoof, The Arcade Fire, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon - Graceland and Rhythm of The Saints, Neil Young, Pooka, Gillian Welch, Smog, David Bowie, Sufjan Stevens, Thom Yorke, Tuung...
Susanne's influences: Jeff Buckley, My Bloody Valentine, Smog, Cat Power, ESG,The Dirty Three, Nick Cave, LFO, Jimi Tenor, Gonzales, Roots Manuva, Mark Eitzel, Mountain Goats, Prefuse 73, Blackalicious, Coco Rosie, Bat for Lashes, Jose Gonzales, Tinariwen,Micah P Hinson
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My Blog

Touchdown!

Well, England won last night which is a turn up. Maybe we're going to have a nice, cold winter, a rainy, soft spring and a sunny summer to boot. The blog has subdivided into three spearate contributio...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:32:00 GMT

dazed and infused

So it's time to sign off since i seem to have landed, slightly tripped out on jetlag and trying to make it through til at least dusk before i hit the sack. I'm back in the land of lefthand driving, wa...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:28:00 GMT

I feel....altered

it's all done and dusted, oh my,...sweet jesus,and looky herey ain't that the darnedest....i am on my own wee trip now, having waved off the duo aka charles and rose as they departed BOBLAND in t...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:13:00 GMT

what’s in da jewel box ?

Well, howdy there. I'm proud to say we played a convincing and adventurous set at the jewel box theatre seattle- opening with a new arrangement for karma song that finally feels totally right, with&nb...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:25:00 GMT

chica’s in chico

well, we didn't meet too many of them, but we did have ourselves a merry map quest adventure and found heat that made us hot foot it back to the safety and silver of the air con hire car at high speed...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:25:00 GMT

12 minutes in the woods

writing from Big Sur, CA among the protean redwood trees, which move about as quickly as this internet connection, and here we are at last at the charming Henry Miller Library and 'be zone'. Its actua...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:00:00 GMT

From the Lighthouse in Montara

Day five or something and we're in a hostel south of SF and begining to feel normal. Its been quite a ride. We gigged in Santa Cruz and Oakland, met real good folks and heard some good stuff too. Espe...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:24:00 GMT

Biggerrrr Than Brighton???

Well, we're here boys and girls and we're having fun, staying in motels, drinking bad coffee, swallowing whole words, thinking that we fit right in. The flight over was a tad gruelling, especially as...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:00:00 GMT