Bio

Hometown:

Tampa, Florida

Charlie Souza, honor roll nominee to the Florida Music Hall of Fame is a bass player, vocalist, performer, writer, producer in the business four decades with music released on Columbia Records, Atlantic Records Los Angeles, Polydor, Fantasy Records Berkley California, Laurie Records New York, Phoenix Records in Europe, independent Souzaphone Records and a new release on Wounded Bird Records in 2008, FORTRESS "Hands in the Till". Charlie has recently filmed and recorded a new DVD and CD of The Rascals Music titled "NEW RASCALS Reloaded" in 2008.

Currently touring with the NEW RASCALS with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Dino Danelli and Gene Cornish with Bill Pascali, formerly with the Vanilla Fudge, Charlie is also playing dates in Florida with his band The New Tropics and touring with Legends of Rock! http://www.LegendsofRockUS.com

Having toured collaborated and recorded with Tom Petty, Bill Champlin of Chicago, Joe Walsh pianist Rocke Grace, Jim Horn, Greg Allman, Cactus, White Witch, Gale Force with producer Wayne Henderson of The Jazz Crusaders, Native American actor Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Santana keyboardist Leon Patillo, and the Darrell Mansfield Christian Band, Souza has been blessed to play with all of these and more!

And in the new millennium, teamed up with former Robin Trower & Sly & The Family Stone drummer Bill Lordan, with saxophonist Adrian Tapia of Boz Scaggs and original Tropics brother, Atlantic Records recording artist Eric Turner of Fortress on this CD album Charlie Souza - Live Your Dream and "9 Ball in the Corner Pocket". These two CD albums were recorded in Anahiem and Hollywood, California and the latest CD recording "Livin' in Paradise" was recorded in Tampa Bay area recording studios including MCR Studios Tampa and Big 3 Studios St. Petersburg, Florida in 2007.

http://www.charliesouza.com