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Chuck Leavell tells Monica Pearson how a “happy coincidence” started his career

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Self-taught piano and keyboard player Chuck Leavell talks about family, music and forestry in this two-part episode of “The Monica Pearson Show.”

Leavell is famous for his decades-long impressive collaborations with the Allman Brothers, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones and others and has been inducted into both the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

His life story can be seen in the documentary “Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man”.

While he wouldn’t advise anyone to drop out of high school, he talks about how well it worked out for him and talks about the difference between the music industry when he started in the late ’60s and today. His advice to young people? “I have no idea, man.”

Leavell has been married to his lover Rose Lane for 51 years. They have two daughters and four grandchildren, two of whom have a knack for the piano, but they could be lured away by a semi-professional sport.

Once described as “the man who can’t walk past a piano without turning into Little Richard,” Leavell is proud of his music career, but nothing makes him prouder than his family.

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