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Charlie Burchill

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Charles "Charlie" Burchill (born 27 November 1959 in Glasgow) is a Scottish musician and composer, best known as the guitarist of Simple Minds. [1]

35 relations: Alternative rock, Association football, Celtic F.C., Chorus effect, Delay (audio effect), Echo & the Bunnymen, Effects unit, Fan (person), Gibson ES-135, Gibson Explorer, Gibson Firebird, Gibson Les Paul, Glasgow, Gretsch White Falcon, Guitar, Guitarist, Jim Kerr, Keyboard instrument, Mandolin, Mark Burchill, Mick MacNeil, Musician, New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84), New wave music, Percussion instrument, Pop rock, Post-punk, Rock music, Saxophone, Simple Minds, Singing, Songwriter, Sparkle in the Rain, Violin, Will Sergeant.

Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Celtic F.C.

The Celtic Football Club is a professional football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premiership.

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Chorus effect

In music, a chorus effect (sometimes chorusing, choruser or chorused effect) occurs when individual sounds with approximately the same time, and very similar pitches converge and are perceived as one.

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Delay (audio effect)

Delay is an audio effect and an effects unit which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time.

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Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978.

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Effects unit

An effects unit or effects pedal is an electronic or digital device that alters the sound of a musical instrument or other audio source.

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Fan (person)

A fan, or fanatic, sometimes also termed aficionado or supporter, is a person who is enthusiastically devoted to something or somebody, such as a singer or band, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie or an entertainer.

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Gibson ES-135

The Gibson ES-135 is a semi-hollow body electric guitar made by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.

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Gibson Explorer

The Gibson Explorer is a type of electric guitar that made its debut in 1958.

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Gibson Firebird

The Gibson Firebird is a solid-body electric guitar manufactured by Gibson from 1963 to the present.

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Gibson Les Paul

The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar that was first sold by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1952.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Gretsch White Falcon

The Gretsch White Falcon is an electric hollowbody guitar introduced in 1954 by Gretsch.

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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Guitarist

A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar.

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Jim Kerr

James Kerr (born 9 July 1959) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and the lead singer of the rock band Simple Minds.

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.

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Mandolin

A mandolin (mandolino; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is usually plucked with a plectrum or "pick".

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Mark Burchill

Mark James Burchill (born 18 August 1980) is a former Scottish professional football player and coach.

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Mick MacNeil

Norman Michael "Mick" MacNeil (born 20 July 1958, Isle of Barra, Scotland) is a Scottish songwriter and keyboardist.

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Musician

A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented.

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New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)

New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) is the fifth studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds.

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New wave music

New wave is a genre of rock music popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s with ties to mid-1970s punk rock.

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Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument.

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Pop rock

Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is rock music with a greater emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude.

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Post-punk

Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments.

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Simple Minds

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Sparkle in the Rain

Sparkle in the Rain is the sixth studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released in February 1984 by record label Virgin in the UK and A&M in the US.

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Violin

The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.

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Will Sergeant

William Alfred Sergeant (born 12 April 1958 in Liverpool) is an English guitarist, best known for being a member of Echo & the Bunnymen.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Burchill

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