Charles Sawyer: Bluesman & Photographer

Charles Sawyer, reviewing prints of his photography at his home studio, during the interview conducted April 25, 2019. Photograph by Conrad Warre.

Charlie Sawyer is the lead vocalist, keyboard/harmonica player and frontman of the Massachusetts-based blues band “2120 South Michigan Avenue.” The band takes its name from the headquarters of the mythic blues label Chess Records in Chicago. In addition to being a top-flight musician, Charlie is also an artist, a photographer and photo-journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, and the…