Hey I’m playing at Merlejam tonight at Knuckleheads Saloon in Kansas City, MO. I’ve partnered with a cool new app called Amp’d that allows you to see the setlist, vote for the encore song, and buy my music from iTunes with one click. Download it here on your iPhone or Android smartphone: http://www.ampdapp.com/download/

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This upcoming weekend will be old home weekend with shows at the Old Rock House in St. Louis on Thursday May 3rd, Knuckleheads in Kansas City, Mo on Friday the 4th and The Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, KS on Saturday the 5th. There will be a special screening of the film of the making of “Back At The Quonset Hut”  at the Arts Center in Lawrence. If you’re in the area, I hope you can make one of these shows!

http://oldrockhouse.com/

http://www.knuckleheadskc.com/

http://www.lawrenceartscenter.org/

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This Saturday night will indeed be a big night as my Grassy Knoll Boys and I will appear on the famed radio show “A Prairie Home Companion” that will be broadcast live from the historic Ryman Auditorium here in Nashville and then, before we can even catch our collective breath, we’ll scoot across town to the Opry House and play on the Grand Ole Opry.

Tune in to both!

http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/

http://www.wsmonline.com/

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Just a word to remind y’all that I’ll be playing on the Opry Country Classics show this Thursday so tune in to the “Air Castle of the South” 650WSM or log on to wsmonline.com.

Then Friday and Saturday, my good buddies, The Mavericks, are playing a couple of warm up shows here in Nashville at 3rd & Lindsley and I’ll be starting the show. It’ll be just like the old days! I’m sure, just like the old days, things will get broken. If you’re around come on down and help break things! All proceeds go to charity.

http://3rdandlindsley.com/apr.html

Then, Monday the 23rd, I’ll be appearing on the Tennessee Shines radio show on WVDX in Knoxville, TN. Click on the links below for more info and to listen in.

http://www.wdvx.com/tennessee_shines.html

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/238196

http://wdvx.com/webcast.html

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Time for the April update and this month there will be lots of radio. Thanks Marconi!

I will be a guest on the Music City Roots show on Wednesday April 11. Hosted by Jim Lauderdale along with announcer Keith Bilbrey, MCR is a weekly radio program that features all sorts of roots music and different guests every week. Check it out!

http://musiccityroots.com/

On the 19th I will be once again appearing on the Opry Country Classics Show on the Air castle of the South 650 WSM and wsmonline.

http://www.opry.com/

Then on the 23rd I will be doing another weekly radio show out of Knoxville, TN called Tennessee Shines. Check it out if you haven’t already.

http://www.wdvx.com/tennessee_shines.html

Better yet, if you’re in the area come down to on of these great radio shows!

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I am proud to say that over the next few days I will be doing two kinds of radio. Firstly, tonight starting at 7pm CST I will be stepping in for my buddy Jim Lauderdale as host of the Music City Roots Live From The Loveless Cafe. Tonight’s guests are The Roys, Humming House, David Olney and The Steeldrivers.

http://musiccityroots.com/

Then tomorrow afternoon between 2 and 3pm CST I’ll be spinning records on the Air Castle of the South WSM 650.Can you believe it, they’re letting me take over for an hour! Hope you tune in!

http://www.wsmonline.com/

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Back At The Quonset Hut, the new studio album from renowned musician and performer Chuck Mead, will be released February 28 on Ramseur Records. Named after the legendary studio in which it was recorded, the album features versions of twelve classic country songs and includes special guest appearances by Bobby Bare, Elizabeth Cook, Jamey Johnson and Old Crow Medicine Show as well members of Nashville’s original “A” Team (Harold Bradley, Hargus “Pig” Robbins, Bob Moore and Buddy Spicher). In addition to the album, a documentary of the recording process will also be released in February. A trailer of the film is available to view here.

The Quonset Hut (also known as Bradley Film & Recording Studios) was Nashville’s first music studio in the neighborhood that eventually became known as “Music Row.” Countless world-renowned artists recorded at the studio during its heyday including, Ray Price, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Tammy Wynette, Simon & Garfunkel, Roger Miller, Patsy Cline, Clyde McPhatter, Gene Pitney, Bob Dylan, George Jones and Johnny Horton, among many others. After closing in 1982, the studio went unused until Mike Curb donated money to turn it back into a studio and place of learning, by placing it in the hands of Belmont University’s music program. On making the album, Mead comments, “I wanted to make the record the old way, with all the musicians playing together in one room so it’s a musical performance instead of piecemeal recording. We decided it would be perfect to record my classic country record at the Hut—the quintessential Nashville studio—with Belmont students helping. I liked the idea because I could record the way I wanted, and at the same time, expose young engineers to a way of recording that maybe they’re not used to. The main thing, though, was to make sure that the record didn’t become a museum piece. A good song is eternal and I wanted to take the eternal spirit of the songs and show how they were still vital today.”

Mead is originally known as a founding member of the Grammy-nominated country outfit, BR5-49, who Vanity Fair asserts, “helped revive the live-music scene on Lower Broad in the mid-1990s by infusing their traditional honky-tonk style with a contemporary, youthful energy.” After partying ways in 2005, Mead went on to release his celebrated 2009 solo album, Journeyman’s Wager, and, most recently has acted as the musical director for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Million Dollar Quartet. The production is now running in New York, Chicago and on tour with Broadway Across America.

In celebration of the release, Mead will perform a special release concert at Nashville’s Belcourt Theatre on Tuesday, February 28.

Visit the online shop to order Back at the Quonset Hut.