Music’s not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.
Charlie Byrd Quotes
A musician has to find a way to make his music mean something special - spiritually or however you can.
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| Birth: | 16th September, 1925 |
| Death: | 2nd December, 1999 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Actor, Composer, Guitarist |
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Charlie Byrd was born in Suffolk, Virginia, in 1925 and grew up in the town of Chuckatuck, Virginia. In 1942 Byrd entered the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and played in the school orchestra. In 1943 he was drafted into the United States Army for World War II, saw combat, then was stationed in Paris in 1945 where he played in an Army Special Services band. After the war, Byrd returned to the United States and went to New York, where he studied composition and jazz theory at the Harnett National Music School in Manhattan, New York. During this time he began playing a classical guitar.
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