Chuck Mead
Chuck Mead (born Charles Lynn Mead in Nevada, Missouri, and raised in Lawre… Read Full Bio ↴Chuck Mead (born Charles Lynn Mead in Nevada, Missouri, and raised in Lawrence, Kansas) is an American alt-country musician, producer and musical theater director who was co-founder of BR5-49.
In 2009, Mead released his first solo album "Journeyman’s Wager". “I respect the term ‘journeyman’,” Mead said, “because that’s I what consider myself. I’ve been living by my wits musically for more than 20 years now, going from job to job and doing them all pretty well. Certainly there’s a hustle to what I do, but there’s always been a gambling aspect to it, too. With this album, it’s finally all me going all-in. It’s a record that challenges listeners in a good way. Best of all, I’ve challenged myself.” Produced by Grammy-winner Ray Kennedy, the eleven tracks on Journeyman’s Wager embody a core of country music, along with pop, R&B, hillbilly rock, Gospel and beyond.
With the exception of occasional reunions on Prairie Home Companion (at the behest of longtime fan Garrison Keillor) and benefits for favorite charities, Mead’s post-BR career soon became known as much for its continued integrity as for its eclecticism. He founded the touring collective The Hillbilly All-Stars featuring members of The Mavericks, co-produced acclaimed tribute albums to Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, guest-lectured on ‘The Sociology of Modern American Culture’ at Vanderbilt University, and became a staff writer at one of Nashville’s top song publishers. In 2007, he was named Musical Director of Million Dollar Quartet, the new hit stage musical based on the night in 1956 that Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley came together for an impromptu jam session.
Mead has subsequently released Back at the Quonset Hut (2012), Free State Serenade (2014), Close to Home (2019)
In 2009, Mead released his first solo album "Journeyman’s Wager". “I respect the term ‘journeyman’,” Mead said, “because that’s I what consider myself. I’ve been living by my wits musically for more than 20 years now, going from job to job and doing them all pretty well. Certainly there’s a hustle to what I do, but there’s always been a gambling aspect to it, too. With this album, it’s finally all me going all-in. It’s a record that challenges listeners in a good way. Best of all, I’ve challenged myself.” Produced by Grammy-winner Ray Kennedy, the eleven tracks on Journeyman’s Wager embody a core of country music, along with pop, R&B, hillbilly rock, Gospel and beyond.
With the exception of occasional reunions on Prairie Home Companion (at the behest of longtime fan Garrison Keillor) and benefits for favorite charities, Mead’s post-BR career soon became known as much for its continued integrity as for its eclecticism. He founded the touring collective The Hillbilly All-Stars featuring members of The Mavericks, co-produced acclaimed tribute albums to Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, guest-lectured on ‘The Sociology of Modern American Culture’ at Vanderbilt University, and became a staff writer at one of Nashville’s top song publishers. In 2007, he was named Musical Director of Million Dollar Quartet, the new hit stage musical based on the night in 1956 that Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley came together for an impromptu jam session.
Mead has subsequently released Back at the Quonset Hut (2012), Free State Serenade (2014), Close to Home (2019)
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Chuck Mead Lyrics
Gun Metal Grey I was a buck toothed, white trash, sleepy-eyed milltown kid …
Hey Joe Hey Joe Where'd you get that pearly-girly? Where'd you find…
I Wish It Was Friday I wake up every morning At the start of every week I…
Knee Deep in the Wakarusa River Hey sweet Sherry, come and take a ride with me We'll…
No Requests Well you move to a spot Where you think you got My…
Out On The Natchez Trail IT STRETCHES ALL THE WAY FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE…
Settin' the Woods On Fire Comb your hair and paint and powder You sing loud and…
She Got the Ring She said we oughta get married I told her I wasn′t…
She Got the Ring (I Got the Finger) She said we oughta get married I told her I wasn’t…
Up On Edge Hill Well they fought the yelling rebels back From the fort up…
Wabash Cannonball From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore From…