Charlie began playing the guitar at age eight and was soon accepted into The Fine
Arts Center where he studied Jazz throughout high school. Before leaving to further his musical studies at the University of North Texas, he was awarded the Outstanding Senior Guitarist award in 1999. It was in Texas that he fell in love with the acoustic guitar after trading in his electric for a vintage archtop. Next up was a move to Asheville, North Carolina to start the progressive bluegrass band, Steel String Theory. He recorded Curve in the Road with SST in 2004 and produced The North Buncombe Years for the band in 2006 along with Charlie Chamberlain Christmas(2008) and a yet to be released record of original compositions. Now living in Chapel Hill, NC, Charlie continues to write and produce music for televison and film and performs throughout the U.S. and Europe with the Nashville based, modern country band, The Ranchhands.