If there is now a versatile restless minded artist in Memphis scene, undoubtedly it could be no other than singer Charles Ponder From opera to funk, Charles has performed the most varied styles one can imagine He has also collaborated in numerous recordings like Art Of The Motorcycle: Songs Of The Open Road and has prominently contributed in the great two and four volumes of the collection Fried Glass Onions: Memphis Meets The Beatles, where the Beatles’ songs are performed with amazing arrangements and rhythms coming from Memphis soul and Stax sound Passionate lover of musical theatre and late 50’s and early 60’s doo-wop music, Charles has become a prominent vocalist, gifted with an extensive huge range of tone qualities This is his first album recorded under his own name, where you will find a sophisticated variety of genres, always framed in what is known as American roots music that, along his career, have helped him to define his musical experience In the album Ponder is surrounded by a good number of high professional musicians, which gives as a result a first class recording