ROAD TO MEDICINE BOW
Best Americana Performance
CHUCK LEAH
Chuck Leah has a rough-hewn but honeyed voice and an honest pen. For decades, the South Texas-raised artist has mined his own interpretations of American roots music to imbue intimate, mundane moments with the grandeur the lives involved deserve. It is moving work. In Leah's care, road trips have become musicological catalogs and journeys of self-discovery, while characters have danced in and out of view, helping us to better understand ourselves.
Short film by Matt B and Angela Benson, on the new telling album by Singer Songwriter Chuck Leah and his all star band. Recorded at the iconic Blackbird Studio A, featuring 7x GRAMMY® Winner Brian Vibberts, GRAMMY® Nominated Greg Scelsa, EMMY® Winner Jeff Victor, renown photographer Alan Messer, and Leah himself. On Chuck's latest release, Road to Medicine Bow 08/08, Chuck captures the colors and textures of the Wild West. Recorded at legendary studios (Blackbird Studio A, East West Studio 2, and mixed at Sunset Sound Studio 1), the album embraces his top shelf band and production team.
All Words and Music by: Chuck Leah BMI
Chuck Leah (Vocals, Bass, Acoustic, and Electric Guitars)
Shawn Camp (Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin)
Aaron Sterling (Drums, Percussion)
Scott Eric Olivier (Acoustic, Electric, Baritone, and Slide Guitars, Mandolin)
Nathalie Bonin (Violin)
Jeff Victor (Piano, Wurlitzer, B3 Hammond Organ, Accordion)
Tess Remy-Schumacher (Cello)
Joe Savage (Pedal Steel)
April Henry (Vocals)
Kris Angelis (Vocals)
Annemarie Picerno (Vocals)
Produced By: Chuck Leah, Greg Scelsa, Brian Vibberts, Matt B, Jeff Victor
Recorded By: Brian Vibberts at Blackbird Studio A, and East West Studio 2
Additional Recordings by Scott Eric Olivier at Casa Distortion, Patrick Conlon
Christina Giacona at ACM@UCO Studios.
Mixed By: Brian Vibberts at Sunset Sound Recorders Studio 1
Assistant Engineers Joey Stanca (Blackbird Studio), Jacob Kell (East West Studios) and
Zach Zander (Sunset Sound Recorders)
Mastered By: Joe Bozzi at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Photos and Cover Art By: Alan Messer
