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Charlei es un niño huérfano de padres que eran músicos los cuales fueron asesinados por grupos armados de la región, al no entregar el total del dinero de las extorciones, lo que conocemos localmente como (vacunas). Su abuelo, su único pariente vivo lo llevo a su alejado rancho.
Allí es donde el niño aprendió las labores del campo, a madrugar y alimentar gallinas, a recoger vegetales y subirlos al carro de su abuelo para vender en la plaza del pueblo diversos productos que poco a poco les daban el sustento en su pequeño rancho.
Charlie vivía totalmente incomunicado, en este sitio las señales de celular, tv y radio eran muy escasas ya que las grandes montañas bloquean todo por doquier.
Su abuelo para entretenerlo le cantaba historias de rancheros y desamores mientras trabajaban.
Poco a poco el rancho crecio, el abuelo ya no solo tenia gallinas si no también reces, cerdos y patos.
Ya a la edad de 12 Años Charlie se codeaba hombro a hombro con los empleados adultos del rancho, descargaba bultos de concentrado para animales y tambien se reunia a comer con ellos.
En aquellas fogatas y descansos cuando vigilaban el ganado de noche, Charlie aprendió bastantes historias de sus compañeros de trabajo, muchas de estas eran sobre la mala suerte en el amor, las apuestas de dinero y las peleas a machete por el amor de otra mujer.
Muchas historias tanto narradas como en canto alumbraban estas reuniones pues la meta era distraerse y no quedarse dormido en sus vigilancias, así que poco a poco el joven chico también empezó a cantar. Al comienzo y debido a su edad y cambio de voz las pocas letras que entonaba eran desafinadas, cosa que hacia reír a los del grupo, pero esto no lo desalentó y aprendió con perseverancia.
Por casualidades de la vida el rancho del vecino trajo a su sobrina a vivir una temporada, sobra decir que el joven Charlie quedo enamorado a primera vista de aquella hermosa chica.
En su mente solo existía la poesía para ella, y sin pensarlo intento una y otra vez cantarle sus emociones a eta chica cada vez que la veia.
Por desgracia la chica no lo tomaba muy enserio, pues ella no gustaba del ritmo musical country, así que estaba muy difícil que aquellas letras musicales le llegaran al corazón ya que consideraba esta música algo anticuada y agropecuaria.
Charlie intento una y otra vez, sus serenatas se hacían mas frecuentes, hasta que aquella chica empezó a desarrollar el gusto por aquel ritmo musical.
Al cabo de medio año la chica aprecio la música y se enamoro de las canciones del romántico chico.
Para sorpresa la chica resulto tener muy buena voz, de tanto cantar las melodias de su amado le compuso aprendió a cantar muy bien.
Lamentablemente el abuelo de Charlie fallecio de causa natural, asi que ahora el rancho y su dinero le hacían perfilarse a un buen ganadero de la región.
Sin pensarlo tanto Charlie quiso seguir sus sueños, dejo a un capataz encargado de la finca y se volvió un cantante rural.
Charlie y su chica empezaron a cantar como pareja y obtuvieron varios premios y lugares en la radio.
Su fama creció desmedida entre la música romántica, pues la pareja arrasaba en concursos musicales.
Al pasar los años la joven pareja de artistas escalo a lo grande a nivel nacional, sus canciones eran conocidas en las aperturas musicales de telenovelas, al punto que esto representaba un exito inmediato a la cadena de television.
Lamentablemente su exito trajo de nuevo la pesadilla de la violencia.
Aquellos maleantes que mataron a sus padres fueron a cegar la vida de su amada.
Esta vez no era por dinero de extorción siendo Charlie ganadero o cantante, fue mas que todo por envidia en los medios. Alguien les pago dinero para sacarlos del camino.
Se especula que fue una compañia disquera rival que se vengo al perder a sus artistas cuando ellos subieron a la fama.
Sin ánimos de nada el joven cantante perdió la luz de su inspiración, no volvió a cantar y se dedico a la bebida, estaba en busca de la salida fácil, se embriagaba y buscaba pelea esperando que alguien lo matara.
Pese a su fortuna Charlie perdió bastante dinero en apuestas ilegales, estaba tan sumido en su desesperación que poco o nada le interesaba lo que cargaba en sus bolsillos.
La radio siguió, los espectáculos y los aristas también, atrás quedaba el recuerdo de aquella exitosa pareja que componía música para enamorados.
El luto de Charlie parecía no tener fin, hasta que un día simplemente cuando ya no tenia dinero en sus bolsillo para la bebida, empezó a tocar su guitarra por unas monedas en los bares.
Poco a poco Charlie resurgió, empezó a componer de nuevo sus melodías en memoria de su amada, la gente de los bares al oírlo lo identifico, grandes empresarios del pueblo decidieron apoyarlo con dinero para levantar su carrera y también para su rehabilitación alcohólica.
Charlie empezó de cero, escalo poco a poco los puestos en la radio, lleno estadios en conciertos.
Sus letras llegaban mas poderosas que nunca, la melancolía de sus canciones calo tan hondo, que los responsables de aquellos crímenes se entregaron a la justicia.
La historia de su vida, las emociones de su corazón, la perdida de su amada, todo ello llegaba trozo a trozo como canto angelical revolviendo conciencias.
Cuando Charlie supo que los culpables fueron ejecutados por la justicia, también les compuso música a sus enemigos.
Al día de hoy se considera que la música de Charlie tiene un poder demasiado grande, conciertos en zonas de conflicto en áreas fronteriza han hecho bajar las armas de lado y lado en guerras. Créanlo o no este es su don.
Mucho de sus recursos son destinados a gente sin hogar, pues comprendio que cualquiera puede caer en problemas, familias enteras han salido adelante, victimas de desastres naturales, personas alcohólicas, ex pandilleros. Son muchos los que a logrado salvar esta alma.
Charlie volvió a comprar su rancho, al día de hoy vive del campo y de las regalías musicales de sus grandes éxitos.
Solo cuando hay una guerra y un concierto benéfico,, él sale para apaciguarlos con su música.
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Charlei is an orphaned boy whose parents were musicians who were killed by armed groups in the region, when they did not deliver the total amount of extortion money, known locally as "vacunas" (vaccines). His grandfather, his only living relative, took him to his remote ranch.
It was there where the boy learned to work the fields, to get up early and feed chickens, to pick vegetables and put them on his grandfather's cart to sell in the town square various products that little by little gave them a livelihood on their small ranch.
Charlie lived totally incommunicado, in this place the cellular, TV and radio signals were very scarce since the big mountains block everything everywhere.
His grandfather used to entertain him by singing stories of ranchers and heartbreaks while they worked.
Gradually the ranch grew, Grandpa not only had chickens but also chickens, pigs and ducks.
By the age of 12 Charlie was rubbing shoulders with the adult employees of the ranch, unloading lumps of animal feed and eating with them.
those campfires and breaks when they watched the cattle at night, Charlie learned many stories from his coworkers, many of them about bad luck in love, money bets and machete fights for the love of another woman.
Many stories both narrated and sung enlightened these meetings because the goal was to distract and not fall asleep in their vigilance, so little by little the young boy also began to sing. At the beginning and due to his age and voice change the few lyrics he sang were out of tune, which made the group laugh, but this did not discourage him and he learned with perseverance.
By coincidence of life, the neighbor's ranch brought his niece to live for a while, needless to say that young Charlie fell in love at first sight of that beautiful girl.In his mind there was only poetry for her, and without thinking about it he tried over and over again to sing his emotions to this girl every time he saw her.
Unfortunately the girl did not take him very seriously, because she did not like the country music rhythm, so it was very difficult for those musical lyrics to reach her heart because she considered this music something old-fashioned and agricultural.Charlie tried again and again, her serenades became more frequent, until that girl began to develop a taste for that musical rhythm.
After half a year the girl appreciated the music and fell in love with the romantic boy's songs.
To her surprise, the girl turned out to have a very good voice, she learned to sing very well from singing the melodies her beloved composed for her.
Unfortunately Charlie's grandfather died of natural causes, so now the ranch and his money made him look like a good cattle rancher in the region.
Without thinking too much about it Charlie wanted to follow his dreams, he left a foreman in charge of the ranch and became a country singer.
Charlie and his girl started singing as a couple and won several awards and radio spots.
Their fame grew beyond measure in romantic music, as the couple swept music contests.
As the years went by, the young couple of artists made it big on a national level, their songs were known in the musical openings of soap operas, to the point that this represented an immediate success for the television network.
Unfortunately their success brought back the nightmare of violence.
Those thugs who killed his parents went to blind the life of his beloved.
This time it wasn't for extortion money being Charlie a cattle rancher or a singer, it was mostly for media envy. Someone paid them money to get them out of the way.
There is speculation that it was a rival record company that lost their artists when they rose to fame.
With no yearning for anything the young singer lost the light of his inspiration, he never sang again and turned to drink, he was looking for the easy way out, he would get drunk and pick fights hoping that someone would kill him.
Despite his fortune Charlie lost a lot of money in illegal gambling, he was so immersed in his despair that he cared little or nothing about what he carried in his pockets.
The radio went on, so did the shows and the arenas, the memory of that successful couple who composed music for lovers was left behind.
Charlie's mourning seemed to have no end, until one day, when he simply had no more money in his pockets to drink, he began to play his guitar for a few coins in the bars.
Little by little Charlie resurfaced, he began to compose again his melodies in memory of his beloved one, the people of the bars when they heard him identified him, big businessmen of the town decided to support him with money to raise his career and also for his alcoholic rehabilitation.
Charlie started from scratch, he climbed little by little the positions on the radio, filled stadiums in concerts.
His lyrics were more powerful than ever, the melancholy of his songs were so deep that those responsible for the crimes were brought to justice.
The story of his life, the emotions of his heart, the loss of his beloved, all came through piece by piece as angelic song stirring consciences.
When Charlie learned that the guilty were executed by justice, he also composed music for his enemies.
To this day Charlie's music is considered to have too great a power, concerts in conflict zones in border areas have brought down the guns on both sides of wars. Believe it or not this is his gift.
Much of his resources are destined to homeless people, because he understood that anyone can fall into trouble, entire families have moved forward, victims of natural disasters, alcoholics, former gang members. There are many who have been able to save this soul.
Charlie bought back his ranch, today he lives off the land and the royalties from his greatest hits.
Only when there is a war and a benefit concert does he come out to appease them with his music.
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