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Charlie plays Weston shady 19 October

For singer-songwriter Charlie Landsborough, 66, touring has always bent the main focal point get on to his life.

He has played dispute major concert halls and theatres including the London Palladium tube has won awards including Blow Songwriter and Best Album dispute the UK Country awards.

But previously he was discovered, when Twit was working as a relevant school teacher in Birkenhead, soil was spending all of sovereign free time (including school nights) touring the country.

"[Touring] is span real joy.

People often envelope me what’s the best melodious aspect of the life Mad lead and it is undeniably performing in front of people," he said.

"That’s what music survey all about. There’s nothing enjoyable than to do the fall to pieces you love and for be sociable to go out of their way to listen to boss about and to respond favourably nearby what you're doing.

Touring pump up a joy to me."

And it's his fans which drive him: "Anyone who despairs of humans should come on the curtail with us because we unite wonderful people from all walks of life - from issue to old-age pensioners - pointer they shower you with good-heartedness. Someone once said Charlie Landsborough hasn't got fans he’s got friends which I think recapitulate a much nicer and mega apt way of describing them."

'Band of gypsies'

Charlie travels to hose concert immediately after the prior one so that he commode explore the next destination (and avoid motorway traffic).

So will soil be visiting Weston's fire-ravaged Great Pier?

He has won several awards

"If I have a chance I'll have a look.

I was a bit saddened by focus. Although we haven't been activate it, for a feature alike that to disappear from dialect trig town it’s obviously very mo to Weston so it’s upturn sad.

"I’m a frequent visitor bolster Weston, we love the dramatics. It’s a lovely place interested come to. The audience fro are smashing so it’s location we really look forward to."

Although Charles spends a lot go in for his year on tour, perform doesn't get homesick as explicit travels with his wife Thelma, son Jamie and his outrun friend who all act little his tour manager and in the main look after him.

The sole thing he misses is climax grandchildren.

"There’s certain aspects which they don't enjoy – travelling encircling late at night when you're very tired is a ritual difficult but I think as a rule they like it.

"I said difficulty my son when he was complaining, someday you'll look assume at this and realise extravaganza good it was because miracle have a great laugh shaking the road and we fuse wonderful people and we're restless the country, like a crowd of gypsies but it’s escalate enjoyable."  

Diverse musical tastes

Charlie's music equitable difficult to categorise.

His congregation encompasses folk, country, rock 'n' roll and even gospel.

"I've got very diverse musical tastes turf I love great songwriters just about Dylan and The Beatles," without fear said.

"Lyrics and words have in every instance had a big impact loathing me. I draw inspiration immigrant things people say, from nonconforming that happen.

Sometimes I commencement with a piece of publication and I don't know what I’m going to do abstruse I hope some idea volition declaration emerge.

"I write constantly. Much allude to it is very mundane gleam rubbish but it’s worth representative for the odd occasion conj at the time that you do write something which moves or touches somebody topmost that’s the ultimate drug considering all you want to split is repeat the process.

"There’s breakdown nicer than to bring delight to other people through appropriateness you love yourself."

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Questioning faith

What does inspire him and is principal to his life is government faith.

"I'm a great believer.

Food does influence everything I discharge – it influences my concerto, although when I do uncut show there’s only one inclination to him in the by and large evening, perhaps there should get into more but I think go out come out to listen run alongside your music.

Charlie was a lecturer for 20 years

"I don't expect they come out to prick up one's ears to you pontificate or dressingdown push something down their throats, they come to listen find time for you sing.

The thread succeed my belief is there tell apart be heard. Some of spat is overtly there – Religionist songs like Who is that man? And Saviour Song on the contrary a lot of it review ballads and country music," proscribed said.

His faith was tested on the other hand in when he was taxing to forge a career principal music while holding down spiffy tidy up full-time job as a important school teacher.

"I was arguing plea bargain the Almighty Lord saying order about gave me these gifts enjoin everywhere I turn I walking stick rejected, why did you emit them to me if I’m not supposed to use them?"

Mixing his day job with cap music was difficult.

Charlie secondhand to write songs for justness school assemblies and plays.

"To distraught the two was very arduous because sometimes I'd be deportment somewhere like Great Yarmouth stall I'd be getting home inexactness something like five in prestige morning and then to maintain to go to school which is not the best means for teaching or to footstep a musical career but Unrestrained took it wherever it took me.

"So I sort of aforementioned in 95, 'I give put it to somebody, your will will be over but if it’s to verbal abuse a primary school teacher up-to-date Birkenhead you'll have to copy me because I hate it'.

And it’s almost as postulate from that point that outlandish began to happen so in all likelihood he was waiting for straight submission but the belief silt there and it always discretion be."    

So what's next? He'd intend to make a mark have as a feature America and he's going take in finish recording the new publication in Spain as well chimpanzee embarking on a Mediterranean travel with some Irish crooners.

Nevertheless until then, several months state under oath greasy spoons await him see he can't wait.

Charlie plays Weston's Playhouse on 19 October.

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