Charles Lynn Mead is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and musical director.
12 Facts About Chuck Mead
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Chuck Mead was born in Nevada, Missouri, on December 22,1960, but was raised in Kansas.
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Chuck Mead lived in what was then mostly rural Overland Park until 1970, when his school teacher father and bank teller mother moved him and his sister to Lawrence, Kansas.
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In 1973, Chuck Mead joined his family's country and western band, The Wynes Country Rhythm Band.
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Chuck Mead played drums and sang early rock 'n roll songs by the likes of Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Carl Perkins.
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In 2009, Chuck Mead released his first solo album, Journeyman's Wager, produced by Ray Kennedy, on his own Grassy Knoll Records label.
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In 2019, Chuck Mead released Close to Home, an album he recorded in Memphis.
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In 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chuck Mead wrote and recorded "I Ain't Been Nowhere", a parody based upon the Hank Snow song "I've Been Everywhere" made famous by Johnny Cash.
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The original song features a list of different cities sung rapid-fire; Chuck Mead changed it to locations within the confines of his own home.
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In 2002 and 2003, Chuck Mead teamed up with longtime Nashville studio musician Dave Roe to produce tribute records to Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings for the Dualtone record label, featuring artists such as Guy Clark, Raul Malo, Carlene Carter, Norah Jones, John Doe and many others.
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Chuck Mead has co-produced Back At The Quonset Hut with Michael Janas and Free State Serenade with Joe Pisapia.
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In 2016, Chuck Mead produced and supervised the music for the CMT television program Sun Records.