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WELCOME to the official Chuck Leavell website! Make sure you keep up with Chuck by visiting his Tour Diary.
Chuck is one of the most respected and sought-after piano players and keyboardists in modern music history, as well as one of the most dedicated and revered conservationists in the world. His work both as a solo artist and as a musician with The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Allman Brothers Band, The Black Crowes, Gov’t Mule, Train and many others is among the most accomplished of any living keyboardist. Chuck is an inductee in both the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. His latest CD Southscape on Evergreen Arts Records has garnered widespread critical acclaim, and he also appears with the Rolling Stones on their new CD, A Bigger Bang. He's now finaly home after two years on the road with the Rolling Stones World Tour. Musician, author, speaker, conservationist and family man, Chuck Leavell remains active in all of these endeavors.
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Glide Magazine - Chuck Leavell Releasing Double Live CD
Chuck Leavell, who has been tagged the "fifth Rolling Stone" and remains one of music's most respected & sought-after pianists of the past 30 years, will celebrate the release of a new double CD set Live In Germany: The Green Leaves and Blue Notes Tour on May 13, 2008 on Evergreen Arts, distributed by RED/Sony.
An inductee to both the Alabama and Georgia Music Halls of Fame, Leavell is perhaps best known for his work with The Rolling Stones - a long and prosperous association that began in 1982 and continues today. His piano and keyboard work has also been heard on recordings with the likes of Eric Clapton, The Black Crowes, George Harrison, The Allman Brothers Band, The Indigo Girls, Blues Traveler, Train, Montgomery-Gentry, Lee Ann Womack and many more.
Leavell's previous solo efforts have been highly acclaimed by the press, beginning with the celebrated 1999 Christmas album What's In That Bag? on Capricorn Records; 2001's Forever Blue: Solo Piano, a collection of seven original songs and three classics including "Georgia On My Mind," and 2005's Southscape, described as "Southern Jazz."
As the two-year long Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang" tour came to an end in late summer of 2007, Leavell remained in Europe for the "Green Leaves & Blue Notes Tour," where he recruited some of Germany's top musicians to accompany him. In a live performance recorded on September 14, 2007, for the German radio station HR1, Leavell and his international crew, which included drummer Paul Hochstadter, bassist Christian Diener, saxophonist Lutz Hafner, guitarist Frank Kuruc, recorded 19 songs in an hour and a half set. In addition to performing a handful of Leavell's original tunes, the group performed covers of such classic songs as The Allman Brothers' "Jessica" and "Statesboro Blues" (with a cameo appearance by Henning Eichler on harmonica); The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Woman" and "Rip this Joint;" a rousing rendition of Les McCann and Eddie Harris' "Compared to What;" moving renditions of Ray Charles' "Georgia" and George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun;" and a few standards including "In the Wee Wee Hours" and "Route 66."
Click here to read the entire press release in Glide Magazine.
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P Allen Smith Garden Home: Chuck Leavell Visits the Garden Home Retreat
P. ALLEN SMITH HOSTS CHUCK LEAVELL MUSICIAN, CONSERVATIONIST AND AUTHOR OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
On Wednesday, March 12, 2008 celebrity outdoor living designer P. Allen Smith welcomes Chuck Leavell to the Garden Home Retreat, Allen's new state-of-the-art eco-friendly home and garden situated on a breath-taking riverfront location near Roland, Arkansas. Leavell is known to music lovers as keyboardist for the Rolling Stones and other high profile rock and roll bands, but more recently has been making a name for himself as a dedicated tree conservationist and author of books for children such as The Tree Farmer. Allen has invited Leavell to join him along with Little Rock elementary students from Trinity Cathedral and Access Schools for a tour of the farm's woodlands, gardens, and to enjoy a special performance and book reading by Chuck.
Click here to read the entire article from the P Allen Smith Garden Home.
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Easier.com - UK - Rolling Stones unveil details of new live album
The Rolling Stones have unveiled the details of their next album, 'Shine A Light', to be released by Universal Music / Polydor. The album is from the Martin Scorsese-directed concert film 'Shine A Light' and will be released simultaneously with the movie.
From the unmistakeable opening riff of 'Jumping Jack Flash' to the classic sounds of Tumbling Dice, Sympathy For The Devil, All Down The Line and Start Me Up plus some unusual gems from the Stones catalogue - 'You Got The Silver' and 'Faraway Eyes' - 'Shine A Light' will be released on 7 April 2008. Included are three stunning collaborations - with blues legend Buddy Guy on 'Champagne and Reefer', Jack White from White Stripes on 'Loving Cup' while Christina Aguilera duets with Mick Jagger on 'Live With Me'.
'Shine A Light' will be released on double CD worldwide with a single disc version available in the US.
'Shine a Light' is a 22 track Rolling Stones live double album recorded during two memorable nights at New York's Beacon Theatre in 2006. Produced by The Glimmer Twins and mixed by Bob Clearmountain, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood are supported by their long-standing backline including bassist Darryl Jones, Chuck Leavell keyboards, Bobby Keys on saxophone, backing vocals Lisa Fischer, Blondie Chaplin and Bernard Fowler, and the horn section - Tim Ries, Michael Davies and Kent Smith.
Click here to read the entire article.
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Birmingham Weekly: The keys and the trees - Chuck Leavell's life as tree farmer and in-demand keyboardist
As a teenager living in Tuscaloosa, keyboardist Chuck Leavell played in cover bands that performed songs by The Rolling Stones and other "British Invasion" acts that ruled the airwaves at the time. By 1982, Leavell was a touring member of The Rolling Stones, a position he holds to this day.
"When I was a kid playing at the YMCA on Friday nights, we played largely British Invasion - The Beatles, The Stones, The Dave Clark Five and The Kinks," Leavell recalls, speaking by phone from his Georgia home. "There was a lot of Stones in the mix. Never in my wildest dreams did I think back in those days that I would have the opportunity to play with The Rolling Stones. I still pinch myself at the thought of being able to do it."
When Leavell is not touring and recording with Jagger, Richards and company, he stays busy as an in-demand studio musician and tree farmer near Macon, Georgia. Though he relocated to Macon over 30 years ago, Leavell has a lasting affection for Alabama and the impression the state's music scene made upon him.
Click here to read the entire article from the Birmingham Weekly.
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Chuck Leavell
Forever Green
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Chuck Leavell
Between Rock & Home Place
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Chuck Leavell
The Tree Farmer
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Chuck Leavell
Piano Instruction Vol. 1
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Chuck Leavell
Live at the Douglass Theatre
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