Junior Balloon - Music

Charlie McAlister Charles Monroe McAlister Columbia South Carolina March 4 1969 - February 26 2018 Was An American Folk Singer Songwriter Musician And Artist. Charlie Was Born In Columbia SC And Moved With His Family To Georgetown SC Overseas To Athens Greece And Eventually To Mount Pleasant SC In 1979. He Attended East Cooper School Then Wando High School Where He Excelled In Art. He Attended The Chicago Art Institute And Lived In Paris France And Los Angeles CA Among Other Places. Charlie Developed Into A Prolific Artist In All Mediums From Painting Huge Canvases And Found Objects To Creating Sculptures Zines Puppetry Spoken Word Video And Particularly In His Signature Technique Of Creating Music Using Four-Track Tape Recording To Layer Found Sounds Voices And Instruments Into A Style That Is Playful Poetic And Uniquely Charlie. Through His Own Recording Label He Produced A Large Catalog Of Works From The Early 1980's To The Present And Collaborated With Many Other Artists From Around The World Who Shared His DIY Approach To Music. Charlie Truly Lived His Works And Drew From His Experiences Of Exploring The Marshes From Winyah Bay To Edisto In His Faithful Wooden Skiff With His Friends And Family Surfing Oystering Fishing Camping Sailing And Traveling Across The Country Performing. Catsup Plate Released "Mississippi Luau" In 1997 And In 2003 "Death Water Estates" A Compilation Drawn From Four Extremely Limited Cassettes That Were Originally Released In 1994. read less