WALTER & WINNING - Pentedattilo Film Festival

WALTER & WINNING

Thursday DECEMBER 8 h 19.00       

Borgo Antico di Pentedattilo - free entrance           

WALTER AND WINNING  in concert

Musicians Walter Brancatisano | Charles Winning

A century of blues, delta, country and rhythm and blues, from covers to original compositions, unify the two musicians Walter Brancatisiano and Charles Winning in an amazing performance.

Walter Brancatisano and C.C. Winning first met at a Horny Brothers’ gig in Anna 5 years ago. A few cursory hello’s followed as they regularly bumped into each other in Guitar shops and at Oliver guitars in Scilla. It was soon clear that they had many common tastes in music… J.J. Cale being prominent on the list. Both shy of praise, they were happiest just playing the music they love.

From the shipyards and pubs of Glasgow to the spiritual Highlands, from London high society to the Costa Viola: the Winning’s songs reflect the unstoppable feelings of the traveller who explore the society where he live, while Walter ranging from classic folk song writing to ethnic acoustic blues.

Charles (C.C.) Winning

C.C. Winning has been writing songs since about the age of 13. “I can’t remember a day when I wasn’t writing something. In fact my wife is always complaining about the papers and scribbles she finds scattered everywhere!!!”

He started playing and writing more seriously in Glasgow in the late 70s before moving to London for a publishing opportunity together with then collaborator, Alan Stewart.  Many band formations, style changes and work within the music industry followed until the ultimate line up with the Gatling Guns, led by Stewart.

By the time he came to Reggio Calabria he had a sizeable catalogue of songs which he wanted to finish and perfect and was inspired to write a lot more by the fact that Reggio had so many great musicians.

Over the last few years he’s been lucky enough to have had his songs and lyrics published and performed in the UK, the USA and here in Italy……on TV, radio, albums and films.

Currently recording a new album, Victims Of The Tides, Winning is working with a mix of international and home-grown talent.

His songs are about real people and real places that he’s met or seen over a very strange but wonderful life.  From the shipyards and pubs of Glasgow to the spiritual Highlands, from London high society to the Costa Viola.   Although political and social comment are often present in his songs, he gets his inspiration from the farmer and the builder, from the fisherman and the beggar…the lives of normal folk.

One of his greatest influences has been the poetry of Robert Burns….a reflection on reality and hope rather than impossible dreams.

Walter Brancatisano

Was initiated into music by his father, a blues guitarist.  A few years later, Walter decided to devote himself to the acoustic guitar and traditional American music: Rock n' Roll, Country, Blues and Bluegrass.  Since 2012 his has been the voice and guitar behind the band in overalls… The Horny Brothers and, more recently, of the duo Blinds On The Window.  However, for more than a decade, he has been playing on major southern Italian stages as a one-man-band, ranging from classic folk song writing to ethnic acoustic blues.