CHARLIE
HUNTER: 8 String Guitar
JOHN ELLIS: Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet,
Wurlitzer & Melodica
DERREK PHILLIPS: Drums
LIFE
IS WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU WHILE YOU’RE
BUSY MAKING OTHER PLANS.... and while CHARLIE
HUNTER’S other plans have included
other bands (most recently including GARAGE-A-TROIS
& GROUNDRUTHER) other
gigs (endless dates as a side-man, studio
musician and colloborator)
and other formations of his own band (from
duo, to quartet to quintet)
Charlie always fond himself going back to
where it all began - the trio,
which, after 15 years as a leader, has finally
become his band, the one
that’s gonna stick together, grow
old together.
Now together for over 5 years, having toured
the world (and beyond)
the CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO follows up 2003’s
“FRIENDS SEEN and
UNSEEN” with COPPEROPOLIS, same 3
guys, but different in one big
way - IT ROCKS. Literally - “I was
just feeling rocky I guess” says the
band leader. And the addition of John Ellis’
playing both the wurlizer
and melodica opened up a lot of space for
Charlie to simply shred. This
is the album fans (and Ropeadope) has been
calling on for years.
Pop it in, turn it up and rock it out. and
you shall see.
Produced by Charlie Hunter and Chris Finney
Mastered by Greg Calbi
Recorded @ The Truck Farm Studios, New Orleans,
La - during
Jazzfest 2005
Mixed @ Piety Recording Studios, New Orleans,
La
Mastered @ Sterling Sound, New York, NY
