Charlie Harrelson- born in Chicago, Ill. in 1956, grew up in Orlando Fla. and is a proud alumni of Boone High School. After graduation he moved to So. Florida and spent a few years studying music history and playing guitar with various bands in Miami. He now lives in a small town 75 miles south of Atlanta, Ga. with a modest recording studio set up in his den and always keeps a guitar ready to go when an idea hits.

During the mid '70's he met drummer Mark Bell and bass player Craig Whitaker and together they formed the progressive rock power trio Crystal Mythos. A couple recording offers where on the table before the disco revolution forced the band out of the limelight and they later disbanded. Simi-retired for more than 15 years before an indie film project called "The Tonearm Project" rekindled the musical flames. Teaming up with keyboard wizard and computer guru Jeff Williford stimulated Charlie into getting back to making music. The music performed by Williford and Harrelson on "The Tonearm Project" was never made available to the public but a bootleg demo circulated around the Indie community and created a small degree of interest from a few Internet distributors but no agreement was ever reached to make the music available.

Now that the music bug hit- Charlie turned to the Internet for support and the hope of new ideas. The Internet was thought to be full of answers but it was full of confusion so Charlie formed a music co-op organization known today as EvO:R.

As both a musician and the founder of a large musicians co-op. Charlie has not only kindled the musicial flames, he has started a huge fire with such projects as Life Without Light, Esoteric Visions (as he is rejoined with his former drummer Mark Bell), Tracks Across Amerca Vol.1-5, and spending time with Internet super group A.S.H. just to name a few.

Life without Light, 3 songs dedicated to the tragic 9-11 experience.

Two, a full length CD release offering with great reviews.

Lounge Lizard, a series of unreleased demos featuring multiple styles.

Esoteric Visions, as guitar player for the mind-game Quad-Cranium.

Tracks Across America, a compilation CD project with many members of EvO:R.

 I'll start this out by saying Charlie has some great guitar chops. He can do it all, and he does it well. TL2 mixes synthesized backgrounds with killer solo guitar. If you have any love for Steve Vai, you'll like TL2. He has the same way of speaking through his guitar rather than vocally. The guitar sound is great and he uses interesting beats and time signatures to keep things interesting. The mixes are excellent and boast nice production values where you can take in the entirety of the mix, nothing is lost in the booth. This is no triple A rookie, folks, this guys a real pro. Give him a listen.......IUMA Review

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