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1965-69: Played folk music along with my own music in Gaslight Square, St. Louis, MO. Also played on downtown street corners; bass for a 9 piece soul band called THE ENTERTAINERS, THE PHANTOM FOUR, THE ACOUSTICS, THE DEVASTATORS, STEVE & THE SHUTDOWNS; drums in THE X-CELLS as I learned the technique of synchronizing three tape recorders to produce pseudo multi-channel recordings. In 1967 formed THE BEASTLY CONSPIRATORS OF SUCH, playing guitar, oil drums and "prepared" tape recorder. Formed THE JOINT SESSION, a 3 piece group which was my first to exclusively feature my music, save for the "acid rock" renderings of pop tunes. Soon joined popular St. Louis group; THE OFFSHORE MOVEMENT; and by mid- 1969, OFFSHORE MOVEMENT was performing three hour sets of my music in St. Louis and surrounding area clubs (The Castaways, Electric Circus, Rainy Daze, etc.). The group opened for a number of major concert bands, Muddy Waters, The Flock, Rotary Connection, Albert King, Illinois Speed Press, John Lee Hooker, et al; and received support from St. Louis radio stations KSHE and KADI - and an enthusiastic following. 1970-79: Formed CHUCK PHONY. I also played acoustic guitar and harmonica in college coffeehouses. In late 1971 joined with San Francisco's IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAYS' Linda LaFlamme as their harmonica player in TITUS' MOTHER. Joined prototype PAVLOV'S DOG and quit before they got recording contract. In 1975 taught myself keyboards on upright French grand piano and Mini-Moog. Made tape "OF THIS URTH" and used the group name PLANET URTH, played keyboards, guitar and vocals. I received response from BILL BRUFORD (drummer for YES, KING CRIMSON) to a tape I sent him. He evaluated the music thoroughly, urging me to persevere. 1980-84: Began working with THE AMERICAN WAY (with BLACK SABBATH's drummer). In October joined THE Z BROTHERS. Recorded first album of my music titled "HUG THE WIND". Became associated with Star Marie, managing editor of CONCERT SCENE MAGAZINE. She contacted several record companies in my behalf. I wrote articles/reviews for CONCERT SCENE and STAGE PASS. Also played in another PLANET URTH. Worked for Clayton Studios in St. Louis, recording for radio & TV commercials. In 1984 joined with FULL HOUSE. 1985-89: In April 1985 joined THE AGENTS. Played various clubs in Laclede's Landing, St. Louis. After they broke up, I formed HOI POLLOI, added digital sequence recording plus rack of digital synthesizers to existing equipment. HOI POLLOI disbanded. I immediately joined FANFARE as their guitarist. AFTERTOUCH MAGAZINE published my programs for Yamaha DX7 synthesizer and my articles on modulation controlled velocity, etc. Recorded commercials for RALSTON PURINA as I continued to master the possibilities of credit cards. I quit FANFARE and took temporary job as sound technician for NETWORK. KEYBOARD MAGAZINE ran a feature article on me in their November 1988 issue. Began construction of my recording studio. 1990-92: Completed URTH STUDIO. Began work on compact disc of my music, performed every part, produced, mixed, etc., titled "THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY". Recorded for McDONNELL-DOUGLAS' COMPUTER ANIMATION/MOTION PICTURE DEPT. Article in the St.Louis POST-DISPATCH. Received more letters of encouragement from BILL BRUFORD and also KATE BUSH. Completed "IMAGINARY THEMES FOR GUITAR & KEYBOARD", compact disc prototype of instrumental music. Performed as solo act at Patricks, St. Louis, et al. 1993: Guest appearance on cable video call-in show. The producer had contacted me after he purchased my "PERSISTENCE" CD. Rearranged "IMAGINARY THEMES FOR GUITAR & KEYBOARD" into "DIARY OF DREAMS". Completed another CD prototype titled "ACCIDENTS" (alternative/pop/rock) and several videos from each of the CD's. Sold keyboard samples for the Ensoniq EPS to RUBBER CHICKEN SOFTWARE. (just cluck on the name for a hyperlink) . 1994: Signed contract with worlds largest sound effects company, SOUND IDEAS, in Ontario, Canada. Composed 10 themes (50 tracks) of music in the "Romantic/Pastoral" style for their music production library for use in film, TV and radio industry for their clients located on every continent. Manufactured limited CD editions of "CHARLIE FAEGE & THE OFFSHORE MOVEMENT THE EARLY RECORDINGS, VOL. I", "DIARY OF DREAMS", "RELICS" and "ACCIDENTS". 1995: Released "ACCIDENTS" and "IMAGINARY THEMES, VOL. I" . IMAGINARY THEMES received airplay from St. Louis Radio Stations KDHX -FM, KCLC-FM and Classic99 - KFUO FM, Saint Louis . Completed "FORBIDDEN & ACCEPTABLE THEMES" CD. Satisfactory sales on "Imaginary Themes" made my next project possible. Also finished my novel, Evertil Infinate. 1996-97: Released "IMAGINARY THEMES, VOL. I & II", a two disc CD set. Guitar Performance CD for sampling from titled "MUST BE PRESENT TO ATTEND", "TRANCES" , "STRANGE POPPIES", ORCHESCAPES" and "ASPECTS of URTH" were also completed. As if that weren't enough. And it isn't until I'm finished, you know. WHERE ON URTH TO GO: http://members.aol.com/EVERTIL/newhome.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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