Charlie Souza Band / New Rascals / Tropics
Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States | INDIE
Music
Press
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Discography
Make it Right (In the Gulf of Mexico) Souzaphone 2010
NEW RASCALS: LEGENDS ~ Digital Release 2010
Fortress "Hands in The Till"
Atlantic Records 1981/Souzaphone Records 2003/ Wounded Bird Records 2008
FORTRESS II "The Treasure Found" Souzaphone 2007
Livin' in Paradise ~ 06/24/07
The New Tropics Live DVD .- 2005
The Compilation CD 2005 ASCAP
BACCHUS ~ REVISITED Souzaphone Records 2003
The Tropics Then and Now "Still Get a Chill" 2003
The Tropics Anthology 1965 - 1969 All Origional Recordings
Souzaphone 2003
.The Rose ~ Unplugged version of this song feels great! Nice mix of acoustics. 2002 ASCAP
Motormania II ~2001 - Phoenix Records in Hamburg.
9 Ball in the Corner Pocket ! ~ 2001 & 2009 ~
Special Thanks to Eric Turner and Bill Lordan & Manager Peter Bennett
Live Your Dream! ~ 2001 Second edition released
2001 Souzaphone Records Publishing Company ASCAP
Live Your Dream! ~ 2000 & 2009
http://liveyourdreambook.com
The Tropics "Still Get a Chill" First Edition 2000
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Playback - 1995
Leon Patillo ~ "Don't Give In" Myrrh Records 1982
Former Santana keyboard player...
Darrel Mansfield "Get Ready" 1981 Gospel Album @ Artistdirect.com
Chi Coltrane ~ Silk and Steel ~ AVI Records 1980
Torill - Over and Over - AVI Records 1979
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman (native American actor)
"Custer Died for Our Sins" 1978
Gale Force II ~ Fantasy Records 1977
.Gale Force "Blown Away!" Fantasy Records 1976
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers ~ Shelter Records 1976 .
White Witch "A Spiritual Greeting" Capricorn Records ~ 1974
Talkin' Bout Love ~ The Tropics 1969
Groovy Christmas ~ The Tropics ~ 1968
Time (Take The Time) ~ The Tropics ~ 1968
Black Jacket Woman ~ The Tropics 1966
It's You I'll Miss ~ The Tropics 1966
I Want More ~ The Tropics ~ 1965
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Bio
Charlie Souza is a bass player, vocalist, performer, writer and producer who has been in the business over four decades. His music has been released on Columbia, Atlantic, Polydor, Fantasy and Laurie Records. FORTRESS on Atlantic Records was an '80s melodic metal group and still is a cult favorite in Europe with a release on Wounded Bird Records in 2008, FORTRESS "Hands in the Till". With releases on independent Souzaphone Records and Phoenix Records in Europe, Charlie has recently filmed and recorded a Live DVD with the NEW RASCALS "NEW RASCALS RELOADED".
Charlie has toured with the NEW RASCALS Featuring Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Dino Danelli and Gene Cornish with Bill Pascali (formerly of the Vanilla Fudge), and is also playing dates in Florida with his band, THE NEW TROPICS (TNT).
Charlie has also toured, collaborated and recorded with Tom Petty; Greg Allman; Bill Champlin of Chicago; Mike Pinera, Malcolm Jones and Joe Lala of Blues Image; 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 and Fred Willard among many others.
Charlie has also teamed up with former Robin Trower and Sly & The Family Stone drummer Bill Lordan, with saxophonist Adrian Tapia of Boz Scaggs, and original Tropics guitarist, recording artist Eric Turner (Fortress) on albums Live Your Dream” and "9 Ball in the Corner Pocket. These two CDs were recorded in Anaheim and Hollywood, California. Charlie's song Carry Me Back to St. Petersburg off his New Tropics "Livin' in Paradise" CD, recorded in Tampa Bay area studios, was voted the winner of the official city song contest.
Charlie also has a book coming out entitled "Live Your Dream!" More info at www.liveyourdreambook.com
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