Charlie Winston

[Ron Phillipchuk]

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Charlie Winston Gleave (born 14 September 1978), better known as Charlie Winston, is an English singer-songwriter based in London. Winston has so far had his most significant commercial success in France.

Charlie played bass guitar for his brother Tom Baxter, appearing on Baxter's Feather and Stone album. As well as touring with Tom, much of Charlie's early career saw him composing music for, and performing in, London-based contemporary theatre productions.

Winston's unreleased debut album, Make Way, was recorded at Real World Studios in 2006. Described as "inspired and seductive". Winston supported Peter Gabriel[2] on his 2007 European tour. Tracks from Make Way would eventually find their way on to his first officially released album.

Charlie's second and the first officially released album, Hobo, entered the French charts at No. 3 on 31 January 2009, and peaked at No. 1 in its 25th charting week where it stayed for 4 weeks and, as of 5 July 2011, spent 30 weeks in the Top 10. His debut album has also been certified as being platinum.
The first single, "Like a Hobo", also topped the French SNEP charts for one week on 11 April 2009.
In 2010, Winston won a European Border Breakers Award for 'Best UK artist in Europe'.

Winston's third album Running Still was released in France on 21 November 2011.
In 2012, Winston contributed the track "This Wheel's on Fire" to the compilation CD set for Amnesty International titled "Chimes of Freedom – The Songs of Bob Dylan".

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nOd5_Bdc8I


Like a Hobo" is a 2009 song recorded by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston. It was the lead single from his second album Hobo on which it appears as the second track.

Released in April 2009, the song achieved great success in Belgium (Wallonia) where it was ranked since January thanks to downloads, and was a top ten hit for 15 weeks. In France, it debuted at number-one on 11 April and stayed for eleven weeks in the top five.