Author: CharliesTrail

  • Behind “Whispers of the Lonely” (as published in Glendive Ranger Review)

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    Three and a half years ago I went to the Rudyard Kipling in downtown Louisville, Ky. to work the door and support my friend Hambone, who was playing music full time. At the time, Hambone was a one-man band, playing guitar, kick-drum and high-hat all at once while singing. That evening he shared the billing…

  • CD Release Party in Wibaux: a dream realized

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    CD Release Party in Wibaux: a dream realized by CHARLIE DENISON In the two and a half years I was in Eastern Montana, one magical night stands out more than any other. Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Beaver Creek Brewery. It was a highly anticipated event that all began when I first visited the brewery…

  • Why I Wear a Fedora

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    My name is Charlie, and I wear a fedora. I’ve been wearing one for two years now. Many times I think nothing of it. On a recent trip to Boston, however, I read your anonymous grip on fedora wearers, grouping us all together, associating us with the hipster movement. “Your friends are worried for you.…

  • Remembering Brett

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    “It’s snowing,” he said. “It’s beautiful.” That’s the last thing I heard Brett say before we got cut off. I was driving out to Intake, one of the best-known fishing access sites in Eastern Montana, 17 miles north of Glendive, where I was working as a newspaper reporter. “You sound at peace,” I said. He…