HOLLOW COUNCIL   Press Kit Brochure updated 4/09   (prints 2 pages)

 

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THE PLAYERS
Charles E. Watson GUITARIST / KEYBOARDS / BACKUP and HARMONY VOCALS (b. 1977 Santa Barbara, CA & Arizona resident) is a North American composer and guitarist. A child prodigy from a family line of musicians and artists, he began composing and virtuoso public and professional performance on the guitar at age 9.  Watson is also an accomplished pianist and known for his transcriptions for guitar of piano masterpieces from the Romantic and 20th Century musical eras and for his contemporary scores and symphonic productions for modern dance troupes. A second generation student of Joe Pass, he has been teaching theory, technique, and performance for piano, guitars, and drums at Arizona's foremost music academy, Arizona Music Academy in Tempe, AZ since 2000. A seasoned guitarist, performer, accomplished technician in the recording studio, he performs at many venues as a solo classical guitar artist as well as touring with his band, Charles Watson & Hollow Council. INFLUENCES Fernando Sor, Andres Segovia, Isaac Albeniz, J. S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, B.B. King, Angus Young, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery, Frank Zappa, Joe Satriani, Al Di Meola ...
 
Shane Walker DRUMMER (b. 1977, Arizona resident)
Shane Walker has played and studied drums since he was 5 years old and teaches beginner, intermediate, and advanced drums at Arizona Music Academy, Arizona's foremost music school in Tempe, AZ. Shane has played in numerous bands throughout his life and came onboard with Charles Watson & Hollow Council in 2008. He is degreed in music studies and a proficient musician, a drummer who is all about the details and experienced in all genres and styles of music and drumming. He is also plays trombone, guitar, and bass.  For Shane, music is a way of life. His knowledge, skill, and adeptness at drumming marks him as one of the greatest drummers of the 21st century; a seasoned performer, his arrangements are progressive and extraordinarily dynamic.
 
Josh Cummings BASSIST / HAND DRUMS / BACKUP and HARMONY VOCALS (b. 1977 Fort Sill, OK, Arizona resident) Josh Cummings is an all around musician, playing electric, acoustic, and bass guitars, is an accomplished vocalist, and Josh plays conga, bongo, djembe and doumbek hand drums, as well as a variety of African, Egyptian, and Celtic drums, and has played hand drums with touring Renaissance Festivals for almost a decade. Josh previously was bassist and backup vocalist for Charles Watson's band Occision for 3 years. Josh Cummings and Charles Watson, as a hand drummer and guitarist duo eclectic act, have also performed across the Phoenix valley as the Van Gogh Effect since 2005

 

 


  

                                
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