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Charlie Hunter - No Money No Honey
Charlie Hunter & Lucy Woodward from Grand Rapids Tip Top
1 Everybody Has A plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth
2 (Looks Like) Somebody Got Ahead Of Schedule On Their Medication
3 Leave Him Lay
4 We Don't Want Nobody Nobody Sent
5 Big Bills Blues
6 Latin For Travelers
7 No Money, No Honey
8 Who Put You Behind The Wheel?
9 (Wish I Was) Already Paid And On My Way Home
10 The Guys. Get. Shirts
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Charlie Hunter is not only a singular guitarist - he uniquely plays a custom-made seven-string ax that allows him to deliver bass grooves simultaneously with rhythm chords and solo notes - but he's also a creative whose style and expression continue to advance with each project he immerses himself into. Proof positive is Hunter's new album-and 18th as a leader-whimsically titled Everyone Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth, out July 22nd on GroundUP Music/Verve Label Group. The superlative ten-tune collection of songs-all originals except for one cover-is steeped in the blues and r&b. Hunter has enlisted a stellar support team of trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, cornetist Kirk Knuffke and drummer Bobby Previte who play live in the studio for optimum effect.

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  • Charlie Hunter goes 'SuperBlue' once again / jambands.com Q&A
    Posted At: October 15, 2023 12:00 AM
    As he has demonstrated over the course of his 24 years as a jazz/blues/r&b recording artist, Charlie Hunter is not only a singular guitarist (he uniquely plays a custom-made seven-string ax that allows him to deliver bass grooves simultaneously with rhythm chords and solo notes), but he's also a creative whose style and expression continue to advance with each project he immerses himself into. Proof pos...
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  • Charlie Hunter produces Rob Dixon's 'Coast To Crossroads', and it's a serious case of the funk / Something Else
    Posted At: August 1, 2018 12:00 AM

    Indianapolis legend saxman Rob Dixon has broken out with a serious case of the funk and it's highly contagious. Coast To Crossroads is a very rare date led by him - only the second one, not counting one co-helmed by Wes Montgomery's organ player Melvin Rhyne - and that was ten years ago. But Dixon has hardly been quiet. He's toured plenty lately in guitarist Charlie Hunter's band and the time together re...
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  • Ahead of two sets at Rudy's Jazz Room, Charlie Hunter discusses his passion for new sounds / Nashville Scene
    Posted At: February 15, 2018 12:00 AM

    When a piece of music stands out as unique and intriguing to Charlie Hunter, that's saying something. Innovative instrumentation and inspired collaborations have characterized his exemplary career of more than 25 years as a guitarist, bandleader and composer. In 1992, he made his initial impact on popular music playing seven-string guitar and organ with Michael Franti's group The Disposable Heroes o...
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  • Charlie Hunter set for 5 Points Music Sanctuary / The Roanoke Times
    Posted At: October 5, 2017 12:00 AM

    Seven-string guitarist Charlie Hunter is a musician's musician, a guy who with one instrument can sound like at least two guys. What can be lost in thinking of Hunter's brain-twisting instrumental abilities is that he is a hyper-creative guy with a plethora of intriguing original songs, often with entertaining titles. For example, the slinky, horn-accented title cut of his latest album is "Everybody Has ...
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  • Charlie Hunter Trio will kick off HopMonk Concert Series / Marin Independent Journal
    Posted At: August 4, 2017 12:00 AM

    I've often thought that Marin County has more guitar players per capita than anyplace west of Nashville. So, for serious players and hobbyists alike, this column is a heads up that Charlie Hunter, one of the most inventive and innovative guitarists of his generation, is coming to Marin on Sunday, kicking off the Novato HopMonk Tavern's Cookout Concert Series. That's not to say that general music fans won...
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  • Charlie Hunter talks with Jazz 90.1 before Rochester Jazz Festival show
    Posted At: June 29, 2017 12:00 AM

    Charlie Hunter's 'Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth', the title of which refers to a quote once uttered by heavyweight boxing champion Iron Mike Tyson, was recorded 100% live in a studio in Hudson, New York. Released July 22 on GroundUP Music, the recording has Hunter return to his quartet to perform 10 all-new Blues, Rock, Jazz and Latin-flavored songs alongside bandma...
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  • Charlie Hunter featured on St. Louis Public Radio - Jazz Unlimited
    Posted At: June 22, 2017 12:00 AM

    Jazz Unlimited for Sunday. June 25, 2017 will be "The Keys and Strings Hour + New Music."  This edition will be in two parts.  The quieter side of jazz will feature vibes and guitars with Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola, Victor Feldman, Ralph Towner & Gary Burton, Jim Hall & Ron Carter, Joe Pass, Quadrant, the Trio Da Paz & Joe Locke, Dan Rubright & Steve Schenkel, Milt...
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  • WMSE's Dr. Sushi will chat with Charlie Hunter in advance of 'Colectivo' show
    Posted At: April 1, 2017 12:00 AM

    Charlie Hunter, it seems, has always loved a good groove - from his early days in the San Francisco Bay area playing with the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy to his work with his own trio and with T.J. Kirk, the three-guitar band that drew its name and inspiration from Thelonious Monk, James Brown and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. He is both incredibly swift with technique and open to the spontaneity of improvisa...
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  • Charlie Hunter - Everybody Has A Plan makes 'glide Magazine top 10 jazz albums for 2016'
    Posted At: December 20, 2016 12:00 AM

    As 2016 comes to a final close, Glide recently chose its top rock/folk/alt/singer-songwriter albums of the year. However it would be wrong to leave out a list of the top jazz oriented albums of the year. Glide's resident jazz critic Doug Collette has chose his top ten albums in the jazz world of 2016. Lets take a look! Charlie Hunter- Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth: Returnin...
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  • Charlie Hunter - Everybody Has A Plan Q&A with VORTEX
    Posted At: December 9, 2016 12:00 AM

    Charlie Hunter may not quite be a household name, but some of his fans certainly are. Wielding a renowned talent for simultaneously balancing driving bass grooves with independent melodic and lead figures on custom seven- and eight-string guitars, Hunter has been sought for high-profile work with D'Angelo, Frank Ocean, Norah Jones, Christian McBride and Snarky Puppy. John Mayer, who collaborated with Hun...
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  • Charlie Hunter plays Ronnie Scotts / The Times review
    Posted At: November 30, 2016 12:00 AM

    Best album title of the year? Charlie Hunter must surely be a contender for Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth, a phrase borrowed from the boxer Mike Tyson. No one suffered any physical assaults at Ronnie Scott's, but there was a gloriously physical dynamic to a quartet display that generated almost as much electricity as a Mingus Big Band set. At the centre of it all, H...
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  • Charlie Hunter plays Thekla / Bristol24/7 review
    Posted At: November 23, 2016 12:00 AM

    "Sorry we're late", Charlie Hunter greeted the crowd. "We got lost … in this boat." He was clearly impressed, however, with the novelty value of the Thekla as a gig space and, anyway, the delay let a slightly less small crowd assemble. Neither poor attendance nor an idiosyncratic venue dampened his ebullient nature and he launched, grinning, into the first number, a straight blues workout that sho...
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  • Charlie Hunter - Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth / Jazz Weekly review
    Posted At: October 11, 2016 12:00 AM

    8 string guitarist Charlie Hunter gets down to the roots here with drummer Bobby Previte and a two fisted horn team of Kirk Knuffke/ct and Curtis Fowlkes/tb. The feel hear is earthy rhythm and blues, and it works out quite well, as Hunter keeps to toe taping lines and simple grooves with the horns serving as framework on "We Don't Want Nobody Nobody Sent" and "No Money No Honey." Lots of blues and blue f...
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  • Charlie Hunter: Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth / relix review
    Posted At: September 16, 2016 12:00 AM

    Besides having some of the best album titles ever (Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid is another), Charlie Hunter happens to be one hell of a jazz guitar player, songwriter and bandleader. Everybody Has a Plan… is his 19th album and one of his most potent. Over 10 mostly original tracks, Hunter, who handles bass duties on his seven-string axe, and his ...
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  • Charlie Hunter - EHAPUTGPITM featured on Jazz Unlimited: St. Louis Public Radio
    Posted At: August 29, 2016 12:00 AM

    Jazz Unlimited for August 28, 2016 will be "The Keys and Strings Hour + New Music."  The Keys and Strings hour for August will present the quieter side of jazz with four female modern jazz pianists: Lynne Arriale with new music from Geri Allen, Hiromi, and Renee Rosnes.  New music with Dr. Lonnie Smith's Evolution group, vocalist Camille Bertault, pianist Bill Carrothers, Pierre Dorge and the N...
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  • Charlie Hunter's new album packs a punch / Lexington Herald Leader
    Posted At: August 5, 2016 12:00 AM

    Charlie Hunter is nothing if not resourceful. Halfway through his fine new album, "Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth," the guitarist hunts and pecks out notes with cornetist Kirk Knuffke in purely exploratory fashion. Drummer Bobby Previte gradually joins in to sustain the barest suggestion of a groove. Then trombonist Curtis Fowlkes adds the closest thing the tune has to a bass li...
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  • Charlie Hunter - EHAPUTGPITM makes 'Dirty Dog: July Pick of the Month'
    Posted At: August 4, 2016 12:00 AM

    On Charlie Hunter's - Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth on Ground UP (Verve), Mr.Hunter has cultivated his own "sound" since he first emerged on the Jazz scene in the early 1990's. Eighteen albums later, he's still playing his unique 7 and 8 string guitars allowing him to simultaneously play basslines, rhythm guitar and solos. All but one of the pieces are his originals with th...
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  • Charlie Hunter set for UK tour / Jazzfm
    Posted At: August 3, 2016 12:00 AM

    Influential American 7 string guitarist Charlie Hunter has announced a UK tour during November 2016, presented by Manchester's Band on the Wall. Included on the tour are 4 shows over 2 intimate nights at London's Ronnie Scott's. This comes in conjunction with the release of his critically acclaimed new album for Snarky Puppy's GroundUp imprint called ‘Everybody Has a Plan Before They Get Punched In...
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  • Charlie Hunter - EHAPUTGPITM is KIOS: Jazz CD of the Month
    Posted At: August 2, 2016 12:00 AM

    Settle in with a cool beverage on a hot summer night and you will find plenty of toe tapping moments to enjoy on the new one from guitarist Charlie Hunter. Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth(Ground Up Records) was recorded 100% live in a studio in Hudson, New York and has a rock solid groove that makes you feel right at home. Charlie Hunter has a true gem of a date her...
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  • Charlie Hunter - EHAPUTGPITM gets 4 star review in Downbeat for September
    Posted At: July 28, 2016 12:00 AM

    Charlie Hunter, who simultaneously limns bass lines, chords and melodies on his seven-string guitar, showcases a dandy new quartet featuring longtime and sometime collaborators Bobby Previte (drums) and Curtis Fowlkes (trombone), plus robust 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll winner Kirk Knuffke (cornet). As usual with Hunter, Everybody carves a deep groove, with lots of space between the instruments and elbow r...
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  • All Music gives 4-star lead review to Charlie Hunter - Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth
    Posted At: July 22, 2016 12:00 AM

    Charlie Hunter's Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth is not only his first recording for a major label in nine years, but his first with a larger-than-trio-sized band since 2003. His personnel include drummer Bobby Previte, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes (who both played on 2015's Let the Bells Ring On and 2003's Right Now Move), and cornetist Kirk Knuffke. The album's tit...
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  • Charlie Hunter - 'No Money, No Honey' / NPR: Songs We Love
    Posted At: June 16, 2016 12:00 AM

    Charlie Hunter, it seems, has always loved a good groove - from his early days in the San Francisco Bay area playing with the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy to his work with his own trio (check out "Funky Niblets") and with T.J. Kirk, the three-guitar band that drew its name and inspiration from Thelonious Monk, James Brown and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. These days, Hunter plays a seven-string guitar with...
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