It's just a way of trying to get to a third thing that's not particular to any quote-unquote genre. It's been great for me; it's really opened me up and gotten me to use that part of my imagination. It's very scary in a lot of ways, and just as exciting.

J. In 2008 eminent clarinetist and composer Ben Goldberg put together a project entitled "Go Home" with Charlie on guitar(s) Ron Miles (trumpet) and Scott Amendola (drums). After removing the 8th string Hunter retuned all of the strings up a half step: F-A#-D# on the bass and A#-D#-G#-C on the guitar.

he's an agile improviser with an ear for great tone and always has excellent players alongside him in order to make great music not to show off. Critic Sean Westergaard describes Hunter's guitar technique as "mind-boggling.