Modern roots-rock singer/songwriter

13 MP3 Songs
EASY LISTENING: Adult contemporary, COUNTRY: Alt-Country

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It all started with the perfect childhood for a future musician: a musical household where music was as important as air. Born of a country music-loving, bluegrass-pickinâ musician father. Shaped and molded by a howlinâ, larger-than-life DJ uncle by the name of Wolfman Jack, who taught him to embrace R & B and the blues and feel it âway down deep, baby.â Classical piano lessons at age 8 that gave way to a Van Halen inspired guitar epiphany at age 17. And all the Rolling Stones, Eagles, James Taylor and the like that could be worked in.

The end result is a rootsy, modern Americana-based acoustic sound inspired by and infused with the trappings of life and all that comes with it. âYou can hear a pin drop [when Chuck performs],â says Anita Anderson, who runs Acoustic Coffee, a coffee shop/music space in Edenton, N.C. where Chuck regularly performs. âHe really engages the audience. The stories he tells about growing up hearing his dad playing fiddle and bluegrass while trying to go to bed. ⦠itâs where his sound is coming from.â

That âsoundâ is one of simple melody, rhythmic acoustic guitars and thoughtful lyricism. âI try to keep it simple, but memorable, because in the end, it starts and ends with the song.â

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