Several additional artists, including Georgia favorites Mike Mills and Chuck Leavell, have been added to the lineup of “Georgia Comes Alive,” the upcoming virtual music festival to promote voting in the Jan. 5 Georgia Senate runoffs. Mills will be joined by the band Big Something, while other new names for the Dec. 26 livestream include […]
My old friend from Tuscaloosa, Bill Connell, who played drums in the Allman Joys with Duane and Gregg Allman…and who also played with Gregg on his last solo tour, has written a book about his life experiences. Bill has had a very colorful career, and has some great insights into the music scene in the […]
Georgia Comes Alive is a virtual festival to get out the vote in the upcoming GA runoff elections 🍑 Tune in on 12/26/20! www.georgiacomesalive.com A Virtual Festival to Get Out the Vote Georgia Comes Alive is a one-day virtual music festival to help get out the vote in the upcoming runoff elections by supporting local grassroots […]
Famed keyboard player Chuck Leavell is — as a native Georgian — all about living amid the moss, even if the group he’s most associated with, the Rolling Stones, are by definition averse to it. A new documentary opening this weekend, “Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man,” charts his double life, as one of the most renowned session musicians […]
Rolling Stones’ keyboard player Chuck Leavell is the subject of a new documentary that focuses on the Tuscaloosa-raised musician’s commitment to the environment.“Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man” is available for streaming now through Nov. 28 on the Bama Theatre’s website, https://bamatheatre.org/streaming.php, for $12. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the downtown Tuscaloosa theater.In addition […]
Chuck Leavell, whose piano and keyboard work has been heard most prominently on the works of the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, the Allman Brothers Band, George Harrison, John Mayer, and others, is the subject of a new documentary, Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man. The classic rock musician is often referred to as the “fifth Rolling Stone,” […]