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Biography
Charles Allen Ragan (born October 30, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and author. He is the guitarist and vocalist of the band Hot Water Music. Ragan has also authored a book and released a variety of solo material, including five studio albums, two soundtracks, and two live albums, among other releases.
After Hot Water Music’s split in 2006 on good terms, Ragan continued a solo career playing mostly acoustic folk inspired music similar in tone to a former acoustic Hot Water Music side project called Rumbleseat.
In a February 12, 2010, Chuck commented that he was working on an album with Brian Fallon, frontman for the Gaslight Anthem. Since then, Fallon’s vocals appeared on Ragan’s song “Meet You In The Middle.” Ragan released a four-way split with underground UK singer-songwriters Sam Russo, Helen Chambers and Jimmy Islip in 2011.
On November 21, 2013, Chuck announced that his next solo album with Todd Beene of Lucero and Glossary, Jon Gaunt, Joe Ginsberg, David Hidalgo Jr. of Social Distortion, Rami Jaffee of The Wallflowers and Foo Fighters, Christopher Thorn of Blind Melon that would be titled ‘Till Midnight and released in 2014 on Side One Dummy.
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