Concert film to premier July 4 on GPB featuring songs made popular by Otis Redding, Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers Band, R.E.M., Outkast, the B-52s, Brook Benton A Night of Georgia Music, recorded for public television at Macon’s historic Grand Opera House and Capricorn Sound Studios in March 2022, dynamically showcases some of the Peach State’s most iconic songs, […]
Two Arkansas-filmed episodes of the PBS series America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell will make their Arkansas PBS broadcast debut this month. The episodes were organized in large part by the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design and produced with funding from the school, the U of A and numerous forest-centered stakeholders in Arkansas. The Arkansas Delta […]
Pianist and vintage keys pro Chuck Leavell has been at the top of his game for more than 40 years, playing on record and live with The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, John Mayer, The Black Crowes and – of course – The Rolling Stones. In addition to his prolific and prestigious musical career, […]
Rock and roll history is littered with ace session musicians and hired guns who never stepped into the spotlight. Nicky Hopkins has almost all of the instantly recognisable piano lines in nearly every classic Rolling Stones song, but you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who recognised his face. Stars as diverse as Billy Preston, Glen Campbell, Leon Russell, […]
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 […]