Charles Rieser

Guitarist, born on March 25, 1965 in New York City. During the 1980s, he played in Free Association and other bands in New York state. Rieser moved to Austin, Texas in the 1990s, where he played guitar in the bands The Ugly Americans, The Scabs, and the The Panic Choir, along with backing artists including John Popper, Malford Milligan, and Slaid Cleaves. He was also a recording engineer and owned Southwind Studios (2). Rieser died on December 9, 2014 in Poughkeepsie. New York after a long illness.