Southern-bred, Hollywood-based singer-songwriter Charlie Terrell--known simply as Terrell--has produced exceptional examples of roots rock music since the early 1990s. But over the course of a decade, his work went largely unnoticed, barely registering on the music scene despite major-label distribution. The lack of mainstream attention perhaps is because Terrell possesses qualities that separate him from other rock musicians. Extremely literary, he often writes songs in the spirit of his favorite authors: William Faulkner, Henry Miller, and Jack Kerouac. Musically, Terrell rocks hard, but also incorporates elements of Southern folk and blues. Through all the ups and downs, Terrell views his journey as a musician as a personally fulfilling experience. I got to meet John Lee Hooker, Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell once said my name, recalled Terrell for an online interview, but there is nothing better than simply writing a simple song and having good musicians bring it to life. The magic of creation is the fight against death. Born Charles Allen Terrell on March 15, 1961, in Birmingham, Alabama, Terrell enjoyed an interest in art, literature, and music throughout his childhood. However, as the son of fiercely religious parents who practiced both Southern Baptist Fundamentalism and Episcopalian Protestantism, he found himself constantly forced to balance such pursuits against his family's values. At age eleven, he received his first guitar as a gift from his grandmother and began...