Chuck Leavell’s keyboard career stretches from recording sessions in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, during his teens to playing in Dr. John’s band, joining the Allman Brothers Band at 20, forming Sea Level with Allmans drummer Jaimoe, touring with Eric Clapton and George Harrison and, since 1982, being musical director for the Rolling Stones.Leavell’s solo appearance Saturday […]
Musical artists paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter in Atlanta on Tuesday in celebration of his upcoming 100th birthday on Oct. 1, 2024.An all-star lineup with performances by Angélique Kidjo, BeBe Winans, Carlene Carter, Chuck Leavell, D-Nice, Drive-By Truckers, Duane Betts, Eric Church, GROUPLOVE, India Arie, Lalah Hathaway, The B-52’s, The War And Treaty, and […]
An archive recording of the WPSU Blues show as broadcast on Saturday, November 30, 2024 and hosted by Max Spiegel.The broadcast includes tracks from G-Love and The Special Sauce, Pete Winfield, Chris Smither, Super Chicken & Watermelon Slim, Frank Zappa & Lightning Hopkins, North Mississippi All Stars, Swamp Cabbage, Molly Mason & Jan Ungar, Buddy […]
“If you don’t want to plant a crop on that field down the road, y’all might want to think about planting trees on it.” My brother-in-law, Alton, tossed that out casually and grabbed another of the buttermilk biscuits his sister–my wife, Rose Lane–had made.Little did I know that his remark would change my life.The three […]
Chuck >>> I had the pleasure to appear on my friend Michael Kaeshammer’s cooking show, “Kaeshammer’s Kitchen” in Canada while on tour with the Stones in Vancouver. I brought a Southern Breakfast recipe to him, and we played together on two grand pianos at the end. Great fun! Check it out….Our episode of “Kaeshammer’s Kitchen” […]
The night included gospel hymns and “America the Beautiful” and the B-52’s lighting up the Fox Theater, one of the oldest auditoriums in Atlanta, with a performance of “Love Shack.” In one moment, the crowd was on its feet as Angélique Kidjo, the acclaimed Beninese musician, sang and danced. In another, they shimmied and sang […]
Chuck Leavell at “Delta Air Lines Presents: Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song” at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.GALLERY > https://tinyurl.com/3fxxyx2m
Chuck Leavell recounts his experience meeting Alabama football coach Nick Saban at a dinner party and the gifts the two swapped. URL: https://tinyurl.com/ycx6xp54
The star-studded artist list for “Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song” at the Fox Theatre on Sept. 17 is filled with talented admirers of the former president. But two participants in particular — Chuck Leavell and Patterson Hood, who will perform with his band, Drive-By Truckers — have personal Carter stories The Atlanta Journal-Constitution […]
Musical artists paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter in Atlanta on Tuesday in celebration of his upcoming 100th birthday on Oct. 1, 2024.An all-star lineup with performances by Angélique Kidjo, BeBe Winans, Carlene Carter, Chuck Leavell, D-Nice, Drive-By Truckers, Duane Betts, Eric Church, GROUPLOVE, India Arie, Lalah Hathaway, The B-52’s, The War And Treaty, […]