(HUDSON, N.Y.) – While Bobby Charles is hardly a household name, the late songwriter is known by many through songs he wrote including “See You Later Alligator,” “Walking to New Orleans” and “But I Do.” Fans of The Band, with [...]
Singer Shannon McNally squeezes herself in between a quintet of musicians and together they draw a set from the Dr. John-produced Small Town Talk, which features McNally’s interpretations of a great lost 1972 album and other tunes by late swamp [...]
South Louisiana’s Bobby Charles is perhaps best known as the author of iconic early rock ‘n’ roll songs including “See You Later, Alligator” and “Walking to New Orleans,” — hits in the hands of, respectively, Bill Haley and Fats Domino. [...]
Shannon McNally – Small Town Talk: The Songs of Bobby Charles (CD, Sacred Sumac Music, Pop) Upbeat bluesy pop with some twang and funky undercurrents. Small Town Talk pays tribute to the music of Bobby Charles, a man who was [...]
via My Spilt Milk Her new album pays tribute to the Louisiana songwriting great. In 2007, Bobby Charles was scheduled to play Jazz Fest. Anybody who knew the notoriously reclusive songwriting legend was taken aback by the booking because it [...]
via CMT Edge “Everybody’s heard Bobby Charles,” says superfan Shannon McNally. “If you have any kind of record collection, you know who he is even if you don’t know who he is.” Even if you don’t know the name Bobby [...]
CD/Vinyl + T-Shirt Bundle Limited Edition Vinyl CD iTunes T-Shirts Trucker Hats Stream Small Town Talk HERE on American Songwriter. Preview Small Town Talk HERE in The New Yorker. The ‘Small Town Talk Tour’ is officially underway! We kick it [...]
Shannon McNally met Bobby Charles in 2002. Charles, the late, reclusive singer-songwriter from Abbeville, wrote Bill Haley’s 1956 hit, “See You Later, Alligator,” Fats Domino’s 1960 classic, “Walking to New Orleans,” and Clarence “Frogman” Henry’s 1961 hit, “(I Don’t Know [...]
Bobby Charles helped shape rock & roll’s evolution during the ‘50s and ‘60s, writing a string of hits for artists like Fats Domino, Bill Haley & the Comets, and Clarence “Frogman” Henry. Raised in southern Louisiana, he also pioneered the [...]
via The Vinyl District “My most vivid memory of albums, vinyl albums, is the way they smelled. I don’t recall a time when they weren’t around. Even through my vagabond years when I couldn’t keep track of much, I always [...]
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