Today is the 85th birthday of our great friend Samuel Charters

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Samuel Charters, Ann Charters. Beat Thing! at Uppsala English Bookshop

Today is the 85th birthday of our great friend Samuel Charters, legendary music historian,  writer,  record producer,  musician,  and poet. Over the last couple of decades Sam and his gracious wife Ann have often read at our bookshops, both together and separately. Sam's readings often tend to end with dancing. One of the magical moments was when Sam read from his book The Day is So Long and the Wages So Small about his trip in 1958 to the island of Andros to try to track down and record a legendary mysterious guitarist. You could hear a pin drop when he finally turned on the tape and let us hear the music.
Congratulations Sam - and here's to many more!

Samuel Charters in the bookshop

We love to have Samuel and Ann Charters as our guests: