Surgeon Charlie scrubs up as a fine country singer
Most people will know Charlie Knowles as Professor of Surgery and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust. He has worked on and off at the Royal London Hospital since 1992 when he qualified from what was then the London Hospital Medical College.
What many staff will not know is that he also happens to be a country music singer-songwriter who has recently recorded an EP in Los Angeles with Grammy award nominated and multi-Juno award winning producer Brandon Friesen . This EP features Chris Condon (MD for Billy Ray Cyrus) on guitars and legendary rock backing vocalist Stevie Vann Lange , and includes 5 songs that mix classic Nashville story-telling and west coast influences like Gram Parsons and The Eagles.
A song from this EP ‘The Man You Take for Worse’ is due to be released on 8 February and can be purchased from online platforms such as Spotify, iTunes and Amazon. The video is shot in East London and you can view it a clip of it on YouTube.
Charlie has agreed that all proceeds from the single will go to Bowel & Cancer Research who fund research into bowel cancer and other bowel diseases at Barts Health and Queen Mary University London.
You can follow Charles on Instagram (@profcharlieknowles) on Facebook, or visit his website.