hehad already written over 300 songs. And now, more than 4000 original songslater, he is still writing everyday as effortlessly as breathing. He has alsowritten 4 books and for the last 6 years he has been writing celebrity storiesevery month for a magazine sold in New England

and New York City

. He has played guitar and sang with Jesse EdDavis (who played on some of John Lennon’s solo albums), Tom Petty, Paul Simon,Gene Clark from the Byrds, Spencer Davis, Buddy Miles; he sang “We are theWorld” on the stage with Michael Jackson live on TV at the Grammy’s and he hasworked with everyone from Brittany Spears, Maria Carey and Johnny Cash to BobDylan and The Rolling Stones. Besides being a musician, he has worked with theproduction of concerts from 5000 seat venues to 100 thousand seat stadiums, aswell as being a touring stage manager. Charles Locke moved to Los Angeles

, California

in 2009.His full name is Charles Locke Govatsos and his stage name is Charles Locke. Heworked for promoters in Boston

from1993 to 2008: Live nation, Clear Channel, Don Law, AEG etc… He worked at TDGarden aka Boston

Garden

,The Comcast Center, The Orpheum Theatre, The Wang Center, The WorcesterCentrum, Bank of America Pavilion, and 100s of other venues. His last job in Boston

was working with Niel Diamond at Fenway

Park

for AEG in 2008. Many of hissongs were recorded live onto Digital Audio Tape on purpose, no overdubs, nomixing, no pitch correction, no nothing except go in the studio with the bandand do it live in two or three takes. When he left the studio, he was done. Andthen of course there are others that were laborious. And on some songs heplayed all the instruments and sings all the harmonies himself. His favoritemethod is to record live so what you play is what you get. ………………………………………………………………………………..

A quote from Martin Olson (Disney creator, best selling author and screenplaywriter )

"Charles Locke is one of the best and most prolific songwriters in Los Angeles

. I agree with the other comments about howclassic and catchy his hooks and melodies are. The most astonishing thing ishow perfect his lyrical sense is. I'd recommend musicians go see his classicband perform his originals in Los Angeles, and for singers to contact Charlesand cover his classic songs on their CDs."

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Got nothing but respect for your skill at turning out top hooks and wickedlyrics across any number of styles..from the clean, straight country of"empty heart" to the soulful ska sounds of "the day wemet". amazing melodies and damn catchy songs!

MikeWhitePresents

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Your music and skills shine through everything I've heard so far. You had mehooked with "No Place Like Home" and I've since discovered how verydiverse and talented you are. Wow! I'm hanging out here for awhile :-)

Delaney Simpson

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Your amazing...flat out..I call you the "Boston Songwriter Machine".You inspire me to write more and get better. I tip my hat to you and your trax!

Paul Amirault

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“Charles is a professional who commands 'lift off' at any event he produces. Heis by nature a 'people person' who will work with anyone successfully and withdignity. His performances are consistently climactic. If Mick Jagger isunavailable to host your next event, call Charles, he's your man.”

David McCormack

Have a great day, unless you made other plans… sincerely...

Charles

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Here's my email and other links to connect with me… please feel free to sayhello anytime.

Email

Charles@CharlesLocke.com

Facebook Personal Page

https://www.facebook.com/CharlesLocke

Facebook Music Page

https://www.facebook.com/CharlesLockeMusic

Reverbnation

http://www.reverbnation.com/CharlesLocke

Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/charleslockekeys

Twitter

https://twitter.com/CharlesLocke

Website

http://www.charleslocke.com

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/charles-locke-govatsos/51/171/a3b

iTunes – Album – Charles Locke

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/charles-locke/id471190466

Amazon – Album – Charles Locke

http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Locke/dp/B006DHBY0Y/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323512656&sr=301-1

iTunes – Album – Charles Locke and the Keys

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/c.l.k./id471190461

Amazon – Album – Charles Locke and the Keys

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/c.l.k./id471190461

Google +

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CharlesLockeMusic/posts

Soundcloud

https://soundcloud.com/charleslocke

Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/charleslocke