My dear friend and co-writer of two of my books, Jeff Craig, has sadly passed away of a severe head injury recently. His beautiful wife, Kris, is going through a tough time recovering from this devastating blow. Friends have put together a GoFundMe page for help…please have a look and contribute if at all possible. […]
A film about one of the best rock musicians you have never known you’ve listened to is coming to Yellow Springs this week. Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man, directed by local filmmaker Allen Farst, is a documentary detailing the career of Leavell, keyboardist with the Allman Brothers Band, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, and […]
Chuck Leavell is the principal keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and has toured since 1982. Besides being a musician, Leavell is also a tree farmer and owns land in Georgia with his wife. Here’s what his jobs are like, as told to writer Jenny Powers. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chuck […]
The Rolling Stones musical director and keyboard player Chuck Leavell says the ‘No Filter’ tour of 2021 even happening was “a miracle”. ‘No Filter’ was first sidelined in 2020 due to Covid. The resumption of the tour was announced for 2021 but then tragedy struck … Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts died just a month […]
Tree farmer and rock ‘n’ roller joins historic tour, the first without Charlie Watts.“Charlie Watts would never want to be the reason this band would stop, I can tell you that.”Chuck Leavell is sitting in front of the windows at his Charlane Plantation home outside Macon as the dogs bark to be let in and […]
DENVER, Colo. — National TV series for public television America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell returns to Colorado to celebrate a very merry U.S. Capitol Christmas. The new episode will premiere on Rocky Mountain PBS and rmpbs.org on Thursday, Dec. 17 at 8:00 P.M. MT and shines a light on the 50 year tradition in which the USDA […]