Events
May 31, 2015 - 7:00 PM
Rev. Charles Hodges is honored to be performing with Singer Earl Thomas who was named Backroads’s Best Male Blues Singer in 2011 and is considered one of the best blues singers in the world.
Rev Charles Hodges will be the Organist Sunday Night for Earl Thomas “Walking in Memphis Concert”.
Levitt Shell, Memphis, TN
May 25, 2015 - 6:00 PM
Please join New Bethel Missionary Church and the Male chorus at New Friendship Baptist Church
1957 Alcy Road
Memphis, Tennessee
May 24, 2015 - 12:00 PM
Come celebrate Super Senior Day at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
7786 Poplar Pike
Germantown, Tennessee 38138
Press & Publicity
Rev. Hodges on Pandora Radio Rev C. E. Hodges' album God He Is Able has been accepted for play on Pandora Internet Radio. Pandora has over 80,000,000 subscribers and features over 80,000 artists. Rev Hodges is honored to be in such esteemed company.
Arise Radio: Weekly Top 20 - 8/26/11 Each Friday, the Arise Radio Weekly Top 20 is posted. The Top 20 contains the list of the 20 tracks which received the highest number of positive reviews or "thumbs ups" from the listeners of Arise Radio.
2011 Press Release Legendary, award-winning organist Rev. C.E. Hodges will debut his sophomore CD, God He's Able, in his hometown of Germantown, TN. Hodges, a member of the late Willie Mitchell's Hi Rhythm Section band, has performed and/or written songs for a plethora of artists that include Al Green, Syl Johnson, O.V. Wright, Tom Jones, Bonnie Raitt and Toni Braxton. He has returned to the studio to produce his latest CD, which has been described as a traditional Gospel CD with a new school twist.
Memphis Flyer Article He's the organ player, the one producer Willie Mitchell called "Do Funny" — as in, when listening to a take before what would become the final one, Mitchell would say to Hodges, "Go in there and do something funny." Hodges plays the memorable organ stabs that punctuate "Take Me to the River" and the sweeping swells that bring together "Love and Happiness."
Go Memphis! Article "The teacher asked me if I would play 'What I'd Say' by Ray Charles. I did and got such huge cheers, a standing ovation. All I could see was the (stage) lights, but I could hear the applause and the whistles," says Hodges. "Right then I said, 'This is what I want to do. I want to be a musician.'"
Arise Radio: Weekly Top 20 - 8/26/11 Each Friday, the Arise Radio Weekly Top 20 is posted. The Top 20 contains the list of the 20 tracks which received the highest number of positive reviews or "thumbs ups" from the listeners of Arise Radio.
2011 Press Release Legendary, award-winning organist Rev. C.E. Hodges will debut his sophomore CD, God He's Able, in his hometown of Germantown, TN. Hodges, a member of the late Willie Mitchell's Hi Rhythm Section band, has performed and/or written songs for a plethora of artists that include Al Green, Syl Johnson, O.V. Wright, Tom Jones, Bonnie Raitt and Toni Braxton. He has returned to the studio to produce his latest CD, which has been described as a traditional Gospel CD with a new school twist.
Memphis Flyer Article He's the organ player, the one producer Willie Mitchell called "Do Funny" — as in, when listening to a take before what would become the final one, Mitchell would say to Hodges, "Go in there and do something funny." Hodges plays the memorable organ stabs that punctuate "Take Me to the River" and the sweeping swells that bring together "Love and Happiness."
Go Memphis! Article "The teacher asked me if I would play 'What I'd Say' by Ray Charles. I did and got such huge cheers, a standing ovation. All I could see was the (stage) lights, but I could hear the applause and the whistles," says Hodges. "Right then I said, 'This is what I want to do. I want to be a musician.'"