Rockie Charles

Although a longtime veteran from the music industry, singer/guitarist Rockie Charles and his soulful blues sound only began attracting attention through the middle-’90s. Given birth to Charles Merick in Boothville, LA on November 14, 1942, he initial emerged through the early ’60s in some New Orleans R&B rings, taking motivation from Earl Ruler and Chuck Berry; auditions for the Minit and Imperial brands proceeded to go nowhere, but through the middle of the 10 years, Charles cut a small number of edges for Dark Patch, including “Sinking Such as a Dispatch.” He shortly relocated to Nashville, where he supported performers including O.V. Wright, Small Johnny Taylor, and Roscoe Shelton. Upon time for New Orleans in 1970, Charles set up his very own label, Soulgate, credit scoring a local strike using the one “The Leader of Spirit”; nevertheless, using the rise of disco, his fortunes dwindled, and he spent the greater area of the following two decades functioning being a tugboat captain and oyster fisherman. In 1994, nevertheless, Orleans Records manufacturer Carlo Ditta taken care of immediately an advert Charles had put into an area entertainment newspaper, and 2 yrs later, the vocalist finally released his debut single LP, Born for you personally.