Charlie Robison
(born September 1 1964, Houston, Texas) is an American singer/songwriter, who was raised in Bandera, Texas. His brother is singer/songwriter Bruce Robison.
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Career
Before going solo, Charlie Robison was in the bands Chaparral, Millionaire Playboys, and Two Hoots and a Holler.
At one point, Robison was on Warner Brothers, but apparently did not see eye to eye about his musical career there and left to release some albums on his own. Among his releases was a live disc also featuring brother Bruce and Jack Ingram that was put out by Sony's Lucky Dog label. He then went to Dualtone Records.
Robison was a judge on the first season of the TV singing competition
Nashville Star
.
Five years after the release of
Good Times
, Robison released
Beautiful Day
on June 23, 2009 on Dualtone. This is the first CD he has self-produced.
His song "Good Times" was featured in the credits of HBO's original series "True Blood" in the first seasons third episode.
Family
He married
Emily Erwin of
The Dixie Chicks in 1999. They have three children together: Charles Augustus, called "Gus", born November 11, 2002
[1] and twins Julianna Tex (9:19pm, 6 lb 10 oz) and Henry Benjamin (9:29pm, 6 lb 14 oz), born on April 14, 2005.
[2]. All three children were conceived via invitro fertilization
[3] Charlie and Emily divorced on August 6, 2008, after nine years of marriage.
[4]
Discography
Albums
Year
| Album
| Chart Positions
| Label
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US Country
| US Heat
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1996
| Bandera
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| —
| Viero
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1998
| Life of the Party
| 71
| —
| Lucky Dog
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2000
| Unleashed Live
(w/ Jack Ingram and Bruce Robison)
| —
| —
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2001
| Step Right Up
| 27
| 23
| Columbia
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2003
| Live
| 51
| —
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2004
| Good Times
| 52
| —
| Dualtone
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2009
| Beautiful Day
| 33
| 25
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Singles
Year
| Single
| US Country
| Album
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1999
| "Barlight"
| 60
| Life of the Party
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2000
| "My Hometown"
| 65
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"Poor Man's Son"
| 67
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2001
| "I Want You Bad"
| 35
| Step Right Up
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"Right Man for the Job"
| —
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2003
| "Walter"
| 58
| Live
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2004
| "El Cerrito Place"
| —
| Good Times
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2005
| "Photograph"
| —
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2006
| "Wild Man from Borneo"
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| Why the Hell Not: The Songs of Kinky Friedman
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2009
| "Reconsider"
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| Beautiful Day
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"Down Again"A
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Tributes
He also appeared on
Kindred Spirits: A tribute to Johnny Cash
, singing "Don't Take Your Guns to Town".
In 2006 Charlie Robison performed "Wildman from Borneo" on the
Kinky Friedman tribute
"Why the hell not..." The songs of Kinky Friedman
.
See also