Charlie Farren is an American musician, composer and guitarist best known as the lead singer of the rock bands The Joe Perry Project and Farrenheit.
After a 24-year career at Hewlett Packard, Charlie retired and has resumed his full-time focus on creating original and compelling musical works.
[2] The band recorded and toured for their second album I've Got the Rock'n'Rolls Again, which features a combination of Balloon songs and new tracks Farren and Perry wrote together.
Farren returned to performing and releasing music in 1999 and has since shared stages with The Kinks, Huey Lewis, Jethro Tull, Sammy Hagar, Eddie Money, Warren Zevon among others.
His most recent release includes his completed version of an unfinished song originally written by deceased friend Brad Delp of the band Boston.
[8] As “America’s Special Guest,” Farren has opened shows as an acoustic performer for Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Three Dog Night, REO Speedwagon, Jay Leno, Foghat, The Fools!, as well as many others.
[9] The first production model (serial number 001) was purchased by Massachusetts billionaire Ernie Boch, Jr.[10] Since 2007, Farren has been a talent judge and mentor on the newly revived Boston-area television show Community Auditions.
The duo performed the song a number of times at public events including opening slots for Jim Brickman and at the Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston as part of a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer benefit show.