Rescheduled date
CHARLIE WINSTON+ guests - Max Greenwood & Emily Jane White
English singer-songwriter and internet sensation Charlie Winston & his band come to the Village as part of his rescheduled Irish tour in February. With a French number one single under his belt for “Like a Hobo” Charlie stops off in Dublin to check in on his Irish fans. Tickets are €15 plus booking fee from Tickets.ie, Ticketmaster outlets & WAV.
“I started playing these chords on my guitar and I knew I had something,' recollects Charlie Winston of the week in August 2004 when he composed his song 'Like A Hobo', 'Then I took an evening to myself with a bottle of wine to write the chorus. As I played it through I felt strongly this idea of wide open spaces, of a man travelling alone, embracing solitude.'
The song was potent, everyone Charlie played it to was touched by its Ennio Morricone-gone-folk buzz and heartfelt zen-outsider lyrics. So much so that he'd run into acquaintances and they'd ask, 'How's it going with the hobo life then, Charlie?' He laughs at the memory, 'I'd think to myself, 'I'm not really a hobo, I'm still living in an apartment in Stoke Newington doing tiny gigs round London'.'
'The song became a mantra for me,' he admits, 'and that's why I never grow bored of singing it.' And he must have sung it thousands of times since those days for slowly but surely it became a European hit, notably in France where it reached the No.1 spot. Yet as he's the first to tell you, Charlie Winston is no freight-hopping busker…
Tickets: €15 plus booking fee
Doors: 7.30pm
http://www.charliewinston.com/http://www.myspace.com/charliewinstonWatch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nOd5_Bdc8I
