Seasoned showman, author, Blue Chip Recording Artist, and entertainer extraordinare Lightnin’ Charlie has been voted “Favorite Musician in the Mountain South” for several years in a row, for lots of reasons. According to Rootstime (Belgium), Charlie is an “authentic American original!”. Hailing from Johnson City, TN, located in the upper East Tennessee mountains within the Tri-Cities, TN/VA, Lightnin’ performs over 200 shows per year, and has for over 30 years. Playing everything from blues to soul, country to folk, gospel to rock ‘n’ roll, Lightnin’ delivers a mighty mix he calls “Good Music for Good People”. This cheerful earful has garnered his recordings absolutely rave reviews from all over the globe, and made his live shows the stuff of legend, amassing legions of faithful fans he calls “Lightnin’ Bugs”! LC won the Piedmont Preservation Blues Competition and finished third in the world in the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Competition, catapulting Lightnin’ Charlie onto the world stage. But the blues is only the beginning…Lightnin’ makes his living playing a wide variety of American roots music styles, both electric and acoustic, and Lightnin’ Charlie’s music could, according to News & Neighbor, “bring joy to watching paint dry!”. LC is on constant rotation on radio stations worldwide, including Sirius/XM Satellite Radio (Bluesville), and amazon.com says they’ve “never heard anyone quite like him!” Rlrouse.com puts it this way: “There are only two kinds of people in the world…those who love Lightnin’ Charlie, and those who haven’t heard him yet!”