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Live from Music Fog – Up on Edgehill

brenda — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:38 +0000

Country Standard Time Feature

brenda — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:05:28 +0000

When BR549 took a hiatus three years ago, frontman Chuck Mead found inspiration in another form of collaboration, as a staff songwriter for Ten Ten Music Group, a Nashville publishing house. All the songs on his first solo effort, the self-released “Journeyman’s Wager,” except for a George Harrison-penned Beatles cover, come from that fruitful stint. To read on click here

Nashville Extravaganza! – WSM Interview – In Store @ Grimey’s – PLUS 2 Big Shows

brenda — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:07:29 +0000

Chuck will be back in Nashville for a blitz of album release parties and more on May 29th and 30th.

WSM – With Bill Cody

Friday morning Chuck will stop in at the Air Castle of the South for a chat and to play a few songs with WSM’s Bill Cody. Listen live on May 29th at 7:30am Central.

In Store Performance and Album Release Party

Grimey’s New and Preloved Music celebrates the release of Journeyman’s Wager at 3pm on Saturday, May 30th. Stop in, say hi and pick up a copy of the new record! 1604 8th Ave. S.

EAST vs. WEST – 2 BIG SHOWS!

Kicking things off on the East side, Friday, May 29th, the show will be at the 5 Spot, 1006 Forrest Avenue. It’s a NON-SMOKING Show and gets underway at 9pm.

Chuck takes the show across the bridge Saturday night, May 30th for another big show at The Basement, 1604 8th Ave. S. Joshua Black Wilkins opens. 9pm.

PopMatters Review of Journeyman’s Wager

chuck — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:20:18 +0000

Chuck Mead
Journeyman’s Wager

(Grassy Knoll)

US release date: 12 May 2009

By Juli Thanki

It’s been over three years since the honkytonk revivalist group BR549 released their last album, and with each band member engaged in various other projects, fans wondered if they’d ever hear from frontman Chuck Mead again. After spending a hiatus as the musical director for the stage show Million Dollar Quartet (based, of course, on the famous Sun Records impromptu jam between Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley), hillbilly heartthrob Mead is back with his first solo venture, Journeyman’s Wager. To read on click here

From MusicFog.com: Americana Revolution Review #003: Chuck Mead

chuck — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:46:46 +0000

Americana Revolution Review #003: Chuck Mead
MusicFog interview with Chuck Mead
Chuck Mead Album Cover Chuck Mead has way too much fun marrying the story songs back to the emphatic and energetic music. And about dang time it is for this long awaited solo album from the BR549 frontman: Journeyman’s Wager. What you have here is a full spectrum of flavors. Finger licking good, I might add. Lots of wonderful layering of instruments, thanks to the deft production hand of Ray Kennedy, and stellar sidemen Kenny Vaughn, Audley Freed, Mark Miller, Mark Horn, Dave Roe, Mike Henderson, Pat Sivers and Jen Gunderman. And Chuck is in fine form, it will make you feel good! Pay special attention to:

Out On The Natchez Trail – pure spunk, oh yeah, it takes you there!

Gun Metal Gray – slow burning blues

I Wish It Was Friday – this one bounces and rolls so easy

After The Last Witness Is Gone – Southern roadhouse swagger

In A Song – stone country, major sweet, sing along

Old Brown Shoe – hypnotic drums and keys, with touches of 60’s sensibility, this kicks

–With love from Jessie Scott

Washington Post Review

brenda — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:27:25 +0000

“No Requests,” the funky final track on this solo debut, offers the most emphatic evidence as to where Chuck Mead’s head has been at since his main band, BR549, went on hiatus. Where that walking jukebox got its start playing just about any sawdust-and-steel classic its fans clamored for, this busman’s holiday is all about originality, something to which the 11 hungry tracks here amply attest. To read on click here

Nashville Scene: Former BR549 frontman Chuck Mead makes good on Journeyman’s Wager

chuck — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:07:43 +0000

Former BR549 frontman Chuck Mead makes good on Journeyman’s Wager
By Edd Hurt
published: May 07, 2009

Journeyman’s Wager
By Chuck Mead (Grassy Knoll/Thirty Tigers)
Playing Friday, 29th at The 5 Spot and Saturday, 30th at The Basement

Chuck Mead makes a virtue out of relaxation on his new full-length Journeyman’s Wager, but the narratives have a knockabout air, and the former BR549 leader sounds like he’s learned to roll with a few punches. To read on click here

No Depression: “Journeyman’s Wager is a sure bet”

brenda — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:36:32 +0000

By Buzz McClain

On his first solo outing after a decade and a half of pumping out resonant honky-tonk party music with BR549, Chuck Mead remains happily awash in life-affirming twang and strum. Journeyman’s Wager is full of sing-along melodies, down-to-earth lyrics and rapid-fire instrumental breaks, courtesy of Nashville ringers such as guitarist Kenny Vaughn and keyboardist Jen Gunderman. To read on click here

Review: “What took him so long?”

brenda — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:40:15 +0000

Journeyman’s Wager Bottom Line:

Whether as front man for the sometimes retro and always awesome BR549 (or BR5-49) or standing on his own as a solo act, Chuck Mead never fails to give a 110% performance as a singer and lead guitarist. With Journeyman’s Wager, he finally steps up to the mike as a solo artist, and there’s no doubt he belongs there. As solid and uncompromising as any of his work with his Grammy-nominated group, Chuck Mead shows he’s no novelty act. To read on click here

“I Wish It Was Friday”

Taylor — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:51:33 +0000

scooter music video from Journeyman’s Wager