Franco-American bluesman, as he claims, Charlie One.Finger is an unusual “busker” ... because rather than occupying a part of the sidewalk to get some tips, he decided to be a roving singer... to meet "his audience".
Playing his cigar box guitar (rudimentary 3-string guitar made from a used cigar box) and a plastic megaphone for any sound system, this improbable cousin of the ZZ TOP (beard and black sunglasses de rigueur) follower of the Do It Yourself, preaches the street blues music to whoever wants to hear it through a rather heterogeneous and sometimes surprising play-list.
He gets his nickname from the fact that he plays his cigar box guitar almost exclusively with a single finger or a bottleneck (glass or metal tube).
His musical bases are rudimentary, but his energy is limitless to "honor his audience".
A kind of street one man band in the purest tradition of New Orleans, driven by an unexpected and uncontrollable electric energy.
A “one-man-blues-band” with sometimes deplorable humor !
Over the course of his performance, some will notice that he uses the songs to tell "his life", and to reveal a little of his personal history, his disappointed loves and small happiness.
Don't be intimidated by his apparent bad mood, this broken heart is a very sensitive person.
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