Welcome to Charles Murray's sacred cow barbecue resplendent with dense imagery, riotous humor, and laser chainsaw massacres, replete with thoughtful, yet artfully decadent, surprises on every cut. A guitar fingerboard master who salutes the chaos beneath a seasoned cynic's arched eyebrow through songs of cinematic opulence layered in a gorgeous harmonic sponge cake of reality cookies, wild-eyed flights of fancy, and futuristic flirtations with the great American songsmiths from Stephen Foster to the present day.

Charles relies on his background as a jazz guitarist and conservatory trained composer to create songs that are musically rich, inventive and run the gamut of American popular music styles from country, to blues, to rock, to Broadway, to jazz, to folk, with even an occasional excursion into dodecaphonia. An evening with Murray compels the listener to sit back with open ears and open mind, but always prepared for a chuckle.

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