Beam Me Up Charlie

Charlie McCoy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Step One Records
• ASIN: B000000P9G
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #481,338 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Katy Hill

2. Cold, Cold Heart

3. Funky Country Music

4. Peace in the Valley

5. Birdland

6. Southern Comfort

7. Mississippi Blues

8. Little Maggie

9. She Know How to Treat Me Right

10. Fingertips

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charlie McCoy Shows Us What He's Got!, November 8, 2002

By 

peter krampert (eharmonica.net) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beam Me Up Charlie (Audio CD)

Charlie McCoy has long been the pre-eminent harmonica player in Country music, appearing on over 6,000 recordings by nearly everybody in Nashville as well as playing on Rock classics by Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkle and more. While Nashville slipped into loungy, over-produced music, Charlie has kept the original soul of Country alive.

He's produced over a dozen solo albums in his career and this one is easily my personal favorite. It features two cuts from Area Code 615, an ill-fated project that Charlie participated in during the late 1960's. Consisting of Nashville studio great, the group was one of the first to explore the melding of Country and Rock musics. There are also cuts that explore the range of Charlie's immense talent; "Birdland" by Weather Report, "Fingertips" by Stevie Wonder and several Blues and Country tunes make this an amazing glimpse into a talent that usually gets relegated into the Country category.

If you want to see more of Country music's greatest harmonica player, I definitely suggest that you purchase this CD and give it a few listens.