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 6.12.08     One of Charles’s earliest recordings was made in 1982 as a college freshman at the Purdue University Chapel with nothing more than a portable tape recorder.    If these lyrics don’t express youthful optimism, what does?  Perhaps we could all use a bit more of that these days.  In retrospect, the composer sees that loving life is fulfilled in loving and serving the God who gives and creates it.  Here are a few cuts from that recording in their entirety.

In The Valley 

Place Once So Sweet 

  Nice Purdue hat - go Boilermakers!     +++

6.11.08     Charles recently played for the good folks at Woodland Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care in Vinings, GA, and hey, they remembered to show up!  Fun and song was had by all as they listened and sang along with oldies, hymns, and some of Chas’s originals.  Also, Charles played poolside for the Birmingham Manor Neighborhood Association Party in Alpharetta, Georgia.     +++

5.30.08     The first children’s book written by Charles is now available in a soft cover edition.  It is titled, Charlie and a Bird Named Sparky.  Based on a true story, it is an adventure about a boy and a little orphaned bird he befriends.  It’s fun, educational, and your kids will love it!     +++

 5.29.08     Charles has just released a collection of instrumental arrangements from the Windover and Crystal Blue Evening CDs titled, Twilight on the Lake.  You can listen to sound clips on the CD page.

 Twilight on the Lake - Instrumental CD     +++

1.23.08     This Chas Lutz Music website you are visiting is continually being upgraded and now has song samples available on the CD pages.  In the not-too-distant future it will also feature music videos and more song lyrics, so please visit again soon.     +++

 1.18.08     LIVING PROOF is the title of a new CD currently being recorded by Charles Lutz.  It will feature a collection of 12 original songs.  Taking a break from the more mellow moods of his first 2 CDs, Living Proof will be an acoustic rock CD.  Some track titles include Like A Shepherd, Election Day, Christ Anthology, and Three Decades.  Here’s a sample of Like A Shepherd (Written by Brent Carlstrom and Charles Lutz).

Like A Shepherd 

 LIVING PROOF CD (available summer 2008)     +++

12.1.07     Charles Lutz was the featured artist at the Covenant Christian Academy Coffeehouse in Cumming, GA.  The event benefited the school’s student association and the Reformation Hope Orphanage in Haiti.  He sang several songs from the Windover and Crystal Blue Evening CDs with guitar and soundtrack accompaniment.  Some songs were performed alongside slide show presentations.     +++

10.5.07     Java the Hut Coffeehouse in Smyrna, GA was the setting for Charles Lutz to debut his Windover and Crystal Blue Evening songs and CDs.  The acoustic concert benefitted the Smyrna Presbyterian Church Youth Group and the Reformation Hope Orphanage in Haiti.     +++