Charlie Hunter was born on May 23,1967 and is an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader.
11 Facts About Charlie Hunter
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Charlie Hunter attended Berkeley High School and took lessons from rock guitarist Joe Satriani.
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Charlie Hunter has stated that busking in Paris gave him on the job training.
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Charlie Hunter co-founded Garage a Trois, a jazz fusion band with Stanton Moore and Skerik, and Groundtruther with Bobby Previte.
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Charlie Hunter performed on three songs on D'Angelo's album Voodoo, including "The Root".
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Charlie Hunter has stated that the session for the song was the most challenging session he has worked on.
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Charlie Hunter was an inaugural member of the Independent Music Awards' judging panel to support independent artists.
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Charlie Hunter currently plays 6 and 7 string guitars made by Hybrid Guitars Co.
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Charlie Hunter played chords and lead guitar solos on the bottom five strings, and simultaneously played bass lines on the top three strings.
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In 2006, Charlie Hunter removed the top guitar string and had the neck of his guitar reworked and now plays a modified 7-string on the formerly-8 string body.
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Charlie Hunter has mentioned that because of his small hands, he had to move out of position to make use of the 8th string and thus wasn't using it much.