Bringing over 33 years of experience to BLUE EMERALD BAND, Charlie, a native of Newton, New Jersey, spent most of the last 29 years performing with BLUE EMERALD BAND.  He has been billed with such greats as MOLLY HATCHET, LESLIE WEST, ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION, COMMANDER CODY and DAVID BROMBERG.  Charlie's musical influences are many and varied but he credits LOWELL GEORGE, RICK MEDLOCKE and PAUL RODGERS as his main vocal influences. Charlie's cutting edge guitar and gutsy vocals are a driving force behind BLUE EMERALD BAND.