CONTINENTAL DRIFTER Pointblank/Virgin (1999) 1. No 2. Can’t Stay Away from You 3. Voodoo Garden 4. Little Star 5. ¿Que Te Parece, Cholita? (What Do You Think, Cholita?) [Featuring Eliades Ochoa and Cuarteto Patria] 6. Chan Chan (Charlie’s Blues) [Featuring Eliades Ochoa and Cuarteto Patria] 7. Sabroso (Delicious) [Featuring Eliades Ochoa and Cuarteto Patria] 8. Siboney [Featuring Eliades Ochoa and Cuarteto Patria] 9. My Time Someday 10. Blues up the River 11. Please Remember Me

Continental Drifter is comprised of music which, according to Charlie, “reflects who I am today as a musician and a human being.” The tracks on the album are divided into three sections. The first section, “The Band Session” features Charlie and his touring band, whom he says, “can play whatever I have a mind to play.” Session two, “The Solo Session,” incorporated the Delta sounds Charlie grew up with. For the third section, “The Cuban Sessions,” Charlie recorded four tracks with his Cuban friend and colleague, Eliades Ochoa and his group Cuarteto Patria. Many of the album’s tracks are entwined with Cuban and Brazilian sounds that have been a major influence on Charlie’s music over the years. “My experience with the Cuban and Brazilian musicians whom I have met and played with is that we are all excited by the possibilities of blending the musical cultures, sometimes just for the joy of playing together, sometimes in the hope of fostering understanding and tolerance between our cultures.”