Junco partners biography of rory

Just three days after the death of legendary blues guitarist Peter Green shook the music industry and music lovers worldwide, generations of northeast music fans were devastated to learn of the passing of one of their own guitar heroes, Charlie Harcourt.

Charlie died in hospital on 28th July 2020 following a long period of ill-health.

With a music career spanning over five decades, Charlie Harcourt built up a sparkling reputation as a guitarist both in the local area and beyond.

His musical journey from the Junco Partners in the sixties through to Lindisfarne this millennium took him all over the world, including a spell living in the United States.

Although I didn’t know Charlie personally I saw him perform many times in the sixties and early seventies before I left the northeast.

Looking through my old diaries I’m able to come up with a date that I first saw him weaving his magic on guitar. It was on 20th March 1965 at the Blue Note Club in Sunderland as part of the original J