Tonight, Thursday, October 21, forestry partners, advocates and guests will attend a special evening to celebrate the importance of our public lands and recognize the significance of individuals and organizations in their stewardship. The event will screen two short feature films and episodes that highlight accomplishments in their conservation and care, including “Chuck Leavell: The […]
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 […]
accessAtlanta is your weekly podcast about things to do in and around Atlanta and beyond. This week, we’ll visit with Chuck Leavell. As the de facto music director of The Rolling Stones during the last 40 years of touring, Georgian Leavell not only handled keyboard duties, he frequently took charge of the music on stage, as […]
A nice fellow named Don Wilner pointed out to me that today, Oct 26, 2021, marks the 40th Anniversary of my first appearance on stage with the Rolling Stones. It was Oct. 26th, 1981 in an unannounced show at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. I believe the tickets read “The Cockroaches”. I had auditioned for […]
Concert featuring Robert McDuffie, Mike Mills, Chuck Leavell and Mercer’s McDuffie Center for Strings to be Taped for Distribution to PBS Stations Across America MACON – Tickets for A Night of Georgia Music, a March 5, 2022, concert at Macon’s historic Grand Opera House featuring students from Mercer University’s Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, internationally renowned […]
An hour-long virtual concert to raise funds for Grady Memorial Hospital is airing on WSB-TV Sunday at 7 p.m. featuring Atlanta staples such as the Black Crowes, the Indigo Girls and Cee Lo Green. The event will also be available on the website of WSB-TV, a major sponsor.The concert is called Music Heals: A Celebration of Grady and […]