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Again this year there is a concert during Bragg Creek Days. The concert will be the Friday night of Bragg Creek Days, with the Breakfast and Parade early the next morning.

For more information on Bragg Creek Days please follow this link to the Bragg Creek Community Association web site.

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In keeping with the spirit of Bragg Creek Days, the concert will have a western theme ...

Charlie Major, Solo Acoustic Performance
Friday, July 20, 2007 - 7:30 pm, Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Charlie Major is all that’s good in country music.

His music is tough. Direct. Straight to the heart. Real. As honest as a farmer’s handshake. And sung for all the right reasons.

Meet Charlie on at his two-acre spread outside Ottawa, settle down with a cup of strong coffee as you look out over the berry farm on the next property, and talk about the music on what some people will call his “comeback record.”

If Charlie Major did need to back off from his career for a while, he certainly deserved the “vacation.” Through the mid-’90s, he’d won the Juno Award as Country Male Vocalist of the Year – three years in a row. There were five major Canadian Country Music Association awards, songwriting honours from SOCAN, and a BMI Award in 1993 for “Backroads” as the “Most Performed Song in America.”

Oh, yes, there was a double platinum album, another platinum one, and another, which went gold. There was a raft of hit singles — no less than 10 of which went to #1 on the charts. A Charlie Major live gig was a feel-good collection of songs like “I’m Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind,” “I’m Feeling Kind of Lucky Tonight,” “(I Do It) For the Money,” “I’m Somebody” and a couple of dozen more.

And the country music world loved Charlie’s music. Robert K. Oerman, Nashville’s elder
statesman writer and sage, said that the singer “has a tremendous gift for catching the ear and holding it.” New Country Magazine said he “has the ability to touch people with his lyrical arrows which fly swiftly and directly to the heart.” And Larry Delaney, Canada’s leading authority on country music and the publisher of Country Music News, sums up Charlie Major this way: “He is a master at making you believe.”

Inside Out, the new release on Stony Plain, is a collection of strong new tunes (with the exception of his classic "Backroads"), and they all have a strong autobiographical element to them. Major, like the very best country writers, writes what he knows about, and in recent years he's had the sort of domestic upheavals so many of us experience. On the upside he has a close relationship with his three sons, aged 24, 10, and eight.

“It just seemed that I took time off at the right time — women singers were swamping the airwaves, some of the big country festivals were in trouble, and the touring circuit was getting tougher,” he says. “So I stayed home, wrote about the things that were on my mind, and relaxed.

“I’ve really missed performing more than I thought I would — I just did a set of dates in Alberta and I felt it all coming back to me; the excitement, the adrenalin, the connection you can make with your audience. Now it’s time to go back to work.”

He’s finding a warm welcome. Said one radio programmer: “We’ve missed Charlie. Our listeners have missed him.” True enough: Major’s distinctive brand of straightforward, honest, blue-collar country rock has been part of the scene in Canada since the early ’90s. And it sounds great to have him back again. “I’ve been so fortunate,” he says. “I really am one of the luckiest guys in the world.”

Opening Act - Vissia Sisters

The Vissia Sisters are roots artists, presenting a flavorful blend of country, bluegrass, and folk music with rock influences.  Their talent and musical experience is well beyond their years, showing an impressive handle on song craft and the musical ability to both engage and entertain.  Impressive solo vocals are intermixed with spine-tingling, three-part harmonies solidifying the Vissia Sisters as one of Canada’s premiere young talents.

These multi-faceted musicians’ true passion lies in writing and performing their own material.  Their use of skillfully crafted harmony vocals and acoustic instrumentation create a distinctive sound that exemplifies a mature musical ability.

Web Sites

Charlie Major's website.
Vissia Sisters Web Site

Tickets

Limited Reserved Seats - $40.00
Adults - $30.00
Youths (6 - 17) - $27.50
Seniors 55+ - $27.50

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