Monday, June 9, 2008
Scene & Herd Seven-buck Chuck
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:32 PM
GEORGIA TREE FARMER AND ROLLING STONE KEYBOARDIST CHUCK LEAVELL INTRODUCES STONES’ CONCERT FILM AT THE FOX THURSDAY WITH A THREE-SONG SET: Without people like Chuck, people like Keith Richards wouldn’t have anything to fall out of.
(Photo by Perry Julien)
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Chuck Leavell is such a class act and a consummate musician. I enjoyed watching him walk around the food table andsee how many people were aware that one of the greatest piano playrers in rock history was waiting for them to move so he could get some cheese or fruit. The "set list" theme in the movie was especially funny to me because Chuck is usually the guy making up the list. I wish I could have heard the piano he was playing, rather than just his vocal. That's like going to a Clapton show and not hearing hsi guitar clearly.
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Chuck is a widely respected arborist and coservationist. He is also who I want to be when I grow up.
He's a great guy and a class act, too. When I was working at the paper in Macon, his wife called me up one day and said Chuck was selling Christmas trees and wondered if I'd do a "rock & roll pianist sells Christmas trees" story. So I headed out to his tree stand -- that morning, he had bundled up a tree and shipped it up to Keith Richards in NYC. Which just seemed the coolest thing ever; Keith Richards got his Christmas tree from a guy I knew in Macon.
He is so nice that he seems fake. He only seems that way because most people who act that nice are fakers. Keef puts up a Christmas tree... there is a surreal experience, Christmas Morning with Keith Richards...WAIT Keith needs a Christmas Special like Bing Crosby and Kenny Rogers
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