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Kingdom ~
"A
long lost AOR-star that has recently resurfaced is Charlie
Souza one-time bass player for pomp legends
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say resurfaced, the fact is he's never been away! Having carved out a successful
career as a session musician, as well as releasing several CDs, Charlies profile
has never been higher. The one thing that will appeal to all fans of Pomp Rock
is the fact that Charlie has reissued the legendary Fortress album, "Hands
In The Till", onto CD for the first time. This album really is a one-off
all time classic of it's type. Full of glorious up-tempo eighties pomp rock, this
1980 release by Fortress is music from a bygone era when albums like this were
ten-fold, and often got overlooked - as was the case with this album. Led by the
golden-coated vocals of Jim West, the Fortress brand of rock was well recieved
by yours truly at its time of release. Songs like "How Do I Exist",
"Hands In The Till", "Kisses", the Axe-like "Requiem"
and the utterly immense "Mystery" are still firm favourites to this
day. Their Axe meets Roadmaster style of pomp was tailor made for
the eighties, but still sounds fresh to this day. Check it out at www.charliesouza.com."
Robbie Evans ~
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