Charlie Baty

Charles Little Charlie Baty (born July 10, 1953 in Birmingham (Alabama) - † March 7, 2020 ) was an American musician ( guitar , also harmonica ) of blues rock and West Coast blues .

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Baty moved with his family to California at the age of 8, where he started playing the harmonica at age 12. After graduating from high school, Baty earned a degree in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley . In 1976 he founded the group Little Charlie & the Nightcats with Rick Estrin , where he switched to guitar. The band soon opened up for acts like Big Mama Thornton , Pee Wee Crayton , Charles Brown , Sonny Rhodes , Albert Collins , Floyd Dixon , John Lee Hooker and Gatemouth Brown , before performing at festivals with their own shows and releasing a first album in 1982 which was followed by numerous.

In 2008 Baty retired after 32 years with The Nightcats , which had been nationally known since the 1990s. Together with Mark Hummel , he recorded the live CD Remembering Little Walter with artists such as Charlie Musselwhite and Billy Boy Arnold . Between 2012 and 2016 he toured with Anson Funderburgh and Mark Hummel as Golden State / Lone Star Revue and recorded two CDs for the Electro-Fi label with this project . He then released the critically acclaimed Skronky Tonk album with Organ Grinder Swing ; it received four stars in Down Beat magazine . In 2018 he was on the road with Nick Moss and also performed with the Canadian guitarist JW Jones. He also recorded four albums with Big Harp George , the last one in January 2020. Most recently he was on tour with Sugar Ray and the Bluetones , on whose latest album he can also be heard. He was also involved in recordings with John P. Hammond , Too Slim and the Taildraggers and Kid Ramos .

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SURNAME	Baty, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Little Charlie (stage name); Baty, Charles (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 10, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birmingham, Alabama
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 2020