Happy 70th birthday today to the great Chuck Leavell: pianist, keyboardist, and current musical director for The Rolling Stones since 1982 (following the departure of Ian Stewart). Leavell is most renowned for his work within the Southern rock realm as a member of The Allman Brothers Band following the deaths of Duane Allman and incorporating a two […]
AUBURN, Ala. (WSFA) – The flare of keys on the piano played by a true professional. That is what could be heard at Auburn University as Grammy Award winner and Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell took the stage.“What is it like working with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood? It ain’t too bad. It ain’t […]
Nearly 50 years after they played together on Gregg Allman’s “Laid Back” tour, a group of Southern rock legends reunited at the historic Capricorn Sound Studios.Tommy Talton, a prolific guitarist and co-founder of the band Cowboy, assembled the musicians at their old stomping ground in downtown Macon to record seven songs for his forthcoming anthology. […]
“Just like I consider myself a student of the piano, I consider myself a student of the environment and of forestry in particular,” observes Chuck Leavell, who is the subject of the new documentary film, The Tree-Man. The title originates from Leavell’s stewardship of over 2,500 acres of land at his Charlane Plantation in Twiggs County, […]
The Rolling Stones have announced the release of a new live collection, Licked Live in NYC, from the band’s performance at Madison Square Garden during their 2003 tour. The title will be issued as 1-DVD/2-CDs, 1-SD Blu-ray/2-CDs, 2-CDs and 3-LPs, on June 10, 2022, via the Universal Music Group’s Mercury Records. The April 13 news arrived […]
The BBC will help celebrate The Rolling Stones‘ 60th anniversary with a slate of new documentary programming. Set to premiere this summer, the British Broadcasting Company will premiere a four-part documentary series as well as a radio special.Airing on BBC Two, My Life As A Rolling Stone will take an intimate look at each of the band’s four core members: Mick […]