Lightnin' Charlie The Travelin' Troubadour                                              LC at the ACMA's Pickin' Porch 10/26/06 Bristol, TN/VA
                        compliments of David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier                                                             compliments of Rick Rouse

               
                Me and my presidential choice for 1976                The Lightnins (Beth and Charlie) rockin' the gospel           LC's Lincoln Limo tag says it all...C'mon get rhythm
                                                                                                        Little Chicago Blues Festival (2006)

     Billy Crawford, Harmonica Todd, Keith Chinault, Lightnin' Charlie, Charlie Aesque, Barrelhouse Chuck

LC with Fountain Of Life Bible Church Pastor Vic Young and drummer "Frog" Nelms
Freedom Hall Civic Center, Johnson City, TN 2-1-09

Rockin' The Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2006

                                                                  
  11-year old Lightnin' Charlie 
 winning his junior high school's
 "Nifty Fifties" Contest

                                                                                             photos compliments of Lee Harrelson
                             
                                         LC and the Upsetters headlining the BMW MOA International Rally, Gray, TN, July 16, 2009

                       
                     LC at the Pickin' Porch 7/5/07 photos by Rick Rouse                  Teddy Helton joins LC at the Pickin' Porch 7/5/07

LC with Stars and Stripes - July 4th, 2008 Jonesborough, TN

 
LC at the Historic Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA December 2007
performing at the Annual Community Christmas Concert
photos courtesy of Jennifer Ferreira


Bald Is Beautiful Baby!

                           
                    2005 Marquee Magazine photo shoot             LC in headdress, Halloween 2004              2005 Marquee Magazine photo shoot 
                       compliments of John Edwards                    compliments of Gary Cooper (really!!!)              compliments of John Edwards 

A valentine from my friend and Lightnin' Bug Bracken

            
         My Twin Brother (Of Different Mothers)
Harmonica Todd Levine (HT)

         
       HT at the 2007 Chicago Blues Festival

   
Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds) & HT                  Barrelhouse Chuck
                                                                                     at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL

Barrelhouse Chuck and Harmonica Todd
Bogota (Columbia, South America 2009)

    
Lightnin' Charlie w/Chuck "Honeyboy" Pearson on drums (1992)

Me at 17...do I look like a televangelist?

                  
                            LC (1994)                                        LC at ACMA's Birthplace Of Country Music             Getting a little help from my friends                  
                 compliments of Mary Ann Zotto                              Pickin' Porch Stage 12/13/07
                                                                                                compliments of Chris Rector

  
     Me - obviously digging the new fall programming of 1964                                  At home in Maitland, Florida 1965

              
                                          No caption necessary                                                              Don't Touch That Dial! sessions
                                                                                                                                Classic Recording Studio, Bristol, Virginia 1997

Happily signing my new book
"OFF THE RECORD ~ The Trials And Tribulations Of A Travelin' Troubadour"

 

 
Music On The Square, Jonesborough, Tennessee, August 2007
with George Hammonds (Bass), Joe Dean (Drums)

         
LC and the beloved George Hammonds, September 2007, Renaissance Center, Kingsport, TN

George's Last Show - Bristol, Tennessee, September 2007

HT & LC at George Hammonds Memorial, October 2007

                                      
                                               Katherine McPhee and Lightnin' Charlie                Taylor Hicks (leering at my wife), Beth, and Chris Daughtry  
                                                                American Idol Final Four (Season 5) backyard at Graceland, Memphis, TN 2006   

                                          
                                                 Lightnin' mugging and hugging his "number one"                             LC & Mannequin Cowgirl (a fan)    

LCU 2007 (Lightnin' Charlie, Chris Carroll and Joe Dean)

My first real-cool ride...a 1968 purple Schwinn Stingray
now all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth...

          
      The Money Shot
   Don't Touch That Dial! photo shoot 1997
(this is pre-photoshop - them's real dead presidents!)

LC playing a cut 'n' stab crime scene in High Point, NC
surrounded by Police tape ("Do Not Cross")
what a way to make a living...

Beth and Lightnin' Charlie with the Gaither Homecoming Gang

Beth and Russ Taff                                                                             Lynda Randle and Charlie

The Great Jake Hess and Charlie                                                                Jessy Dixon and Charlie

The Isaacs and Lightnin' Charlie                                                          Gordon Mote and Lightnin' Charlie

          Beth and Guy Penrod                                     Beth and David Phelps
  Lightnin' and Sonya Isaacs                                                                Jeff Easter and LC                                                Beth and Wes Hampton

            Ernie Haase and Beth                                          The Booth Brothers with Beth                                                          The Booth Brothers and Baldy (me!)

     
LCU 1995 (Mark Ryalls and Leroy Kopp)                Arty Lightnin' Charlie                 
                                                                                          

LC (Little Chip) that's me making a perfect F-chord 1966

LC & friends in Lightnin's '66 Cadillac Coupe DeVille

 
             Singin', slidin', and smilin' away the Old Year at The Cranberry Thistle, Jonesborough, TN, December 29, 2007 (photos compliments of Charlie Sorrell)

 
LC at UMOJA ("Unity") Celebration Of Culture Concert
Science Hill High School, Johnson City, TN 4/12/08

My mother and bible 1943

LC at Soberfest, Bristol, Tennessee 10/25/08

Sittin' in with The Thunderheads at Soberfest
(Carnell Cross, drums; Billy Crawford, guitar; Charlie Aesque, bass)

LC & The Thunderheads (joined by an up-and-coming guitarist: Billy Crawford's son Tyler)

Guitars, Cadillacs, Hillbilly Music

  
Baby Lightnin' sporting 1962's Most Promising Hairstyle
 
 

                    
                         Mister Clean                                            LC getting down (to my wife's level...)

  
Beth & LC at Rhythm & Roots Reunion, Bristol, TN/VA, September 2007

  LC showing folks what he does best of all
...sit down !!!