Post by lolly on Apr 23, 2009 8:06:31 GMT -8
With the storm over, Charlie Robison ready to get back to good times at TKE Elite
Charlie Robison has been through a lot over the last year.
He went through a divorce and then recorded what he calls the best album of his career.
“Always after the storm is over,” he said, “the times get pretty good.”
Audiences can share in that musical wealth at Saturday’s TKE Elite at the Neon Spur. Robison will be headlining the concert, a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association by Midwestern State University’s Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter.
Angry Jack and the Accordions will open the evening, followed by Hippie Potamus and then the Nick Thompson Band of College Station, Texas.
And the event will also include a silent auction.
Robison and former wife Emily Erwin (of the Dixie Chicks) divorced in 2008 after nine years of marriage.
“Me and the ex are best friends, and she’s actually here right now. We’re grabbing some lunch and then going to our son’s Easter egg hunt,” he said. “It turned out as good as a divorce could possibly be.”
After a few false starts over the last several years, Robison finally got his first record done since his last CD, “Good Times,” back in 2004. He wrote and recorded “A Beautiful Day” over the last year, and the album will be out in June.
The first single, “Down Again,” is being released next week.
Recorded in his brother Bruce’s studio in Austin, “It’s by far my favorite record I’ve done so far. I really, really like it,” he said.
“It’s a little bit more rockin’ and a little left of center than what I’ve ever done. It’s just different. It’s where I was coming from going through a divorce and all that kind of stuff, the music and the lyrics, you know.”
While the music on the new album is a little different, he said, “It’s still me.”
He wrote and recorded the songs pretty much at the same time.
“It’s was very much cathartic. It was my notebook pad therapist,” he said.
The album came together quickly, and the tone of the music was less something he thought about and more something that just came out the way it did.
“I feel more confident about this one than any of the other ones by far. I’ve always had a good feeling about CDs, but this one I can’t wait to get out there,” he said.
His new album has some covers of music written by friends, but mostly it’s his own compositions. He recorded with his band, and they will be touring for the next year and a half to two years across America, in Europe and Canada.
They will be playing three to four songs off the new album in Wichita Falls, and his six-piece band includes a drummer, bassist, pedal steel player, keyboardist and a lead guitarist.
The show will be a little different from the TKE show he played in 2008, he said, “But there’s always a common thread that runs through my shows. They should expect to have a good time,” he said.
Robison had a great time playing the benefit last year.
“Shows are always fun,” he said, “but if it’s for a good cause, it just makes it that much better.”
It’s the sixth year for the benefit sponsored by the TKE’s, which drew 900 people last year, said to James Walker, president of the 22-man TKE chapter at MSU.
Just the facts
Who: Charlie Robison in concert at the TKE Elite
Where: Neon Spur, 200 N. Burnett St. (across from the J.S. Bridwell Agricultural Center)
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Admission: 18 and older with ID
Tickets: $15 at Neon Spur, The Browse Shop (1111 E. Scott Ave.) and Cavender’s (4300 Kemp Blvd.)
Charlie Robison has been through a lot over the last year.
He went through a divorce and then recorded what he calls the best album of his career.
“Always after the storm is over,” he said, “the times get pretty good.”
Audiences can share in that musical wealth at Saturday’s TKE Elite at the Neon Spur. Robison will be headlining the concert, a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association by Midwestern State University’s Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter.
Angry Jack and the Accordions will open the evening, followed by Hippie Potamus and then the Nick Thompson Band of College Station, Texas.
And the event will also include a silent auction.
Robison and former wife Emily Erwin (of the Dixie Chicks) divorced in 2008 after nine years of marriage.
“Me and the ex are best friends, and she’s actually here right now. We’re grabbing some lunch and then going to our son’s Easter egg hunt,” he said. “It turned out as good as a divorce could possibly be.”
After a few false starts over the last several years, Robison finally got his first record done since his last CD, “Good Times,” back in 2004. He wrote and recorded “A Beautiful Day” over the last year, and the album will be out in June.
The first single, “Down Again,” is being released next week.
Recorded in his brother Bruce’s studio in Austin, “It’s by far my favorite record I’ve done so far. I really, really like it,” he said.
“It’s a little bit more rockin’ and a little left of center than what I’ve ever done. It’s just different. It’s where I was coming from going through a divorce and all that kind of stuff, the music and the lyrics, you know.”
While the music on the new album is a little different, he said, “It’s still me.”
He wrote and recorded the songs pretty much at the same time.
“It’s was very much cathartic. It was my notebook pad therapist,” he said.
The album came together quickly, and the tone of the music was less something he thought about and more something that just came out the way it did.
“I feel more confident about this one than any of the other ones by far. I’ve always had a good feeling about CDs, but this one I can’t wait to get out there,” he said.
His new album has some covers of music written by friends, but mostly it’s his own compositions. He recorded with his band, and they will be touring for the next year and a half to two years across America, in Europe and Canada.
They will be playing three to four songs off the new album in Wichita Falls, and his six-piece band includes a drummer, bassist, pedal steel player, keyboardist and a lead guitarist.
The show will be a little different from the TKE show he played in 2008, he said, “But there’s always a common thread that runs through my shows. They should expect to have a good time,” he said.
Robison had a great time playing the benefit last year.
“Shows are always fun,” he said, “but if it’s for a good cause, it just makes it that much better.”
It’s the sixth year for the benefit sponsored by the TKE’s, which drew 900 people last year, said to James Walker, president of the 22-man TKE chapter at MSU.
Just the facts
Who: Charlie Robison in concert at the TKE Elite
Where: Neon Spur, 200 N. Burnett St. (across from the J.S. Bridwell Agricultural Center)
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Admission: 18 and older with ID
Tickets: $15 at Neon Spur, The Browse Shop (1111 E. Scott Ave.) and Cavender’s (4300 Kemp Blvd.)