My guest this week is the phenomenal guitarist Charlie Hunter. Through innovative use of 7 and 8-string guitars, Charlie has built a career on composing, performing and improvising while developing his mind-bending techniques of essentially playing guitar and bass at the same time on the same instrument. I've followed Charlie since his days in a Bay Area band called TJ Kirk, through his many solo, trio, quartet and collaborative projects. He was also involved in the early 90's hip hop and soul scenes, working with both Michael Franti and D'Angelo. Recently Charlie has hooked up with the spectacular singer, Lucy Woodward, and toured all over the world with their new group after releasing their latest record, "Music! Music! Music!". We got into all of it, and then some...

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