Prescription For The Blues

Prescription For The Blues

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<"b000069v2n2999"> About the Artist
Chuck Goering, better known as Barrelhouse Chuck, is a self-taught blues pianist who plays with an authentic and unique style. His personalized sound is filled with heartfelt soul, high energy, and low down greasy blues. Barrelhouse Chuck is a dedicated piano master who is carrying on the Chicago blues tradition for current and future generations to enjoy.

Chuck was born July 10, 1958, orphaned, and then raised in Ohio by a loving, adoptive family. He knows little about his biological parents except that his background is half Cherokee Indian. He started playing drums and listening to blues, specifically Muddy Waters, at nine. His adoptive parents moved the family to Florida in 1972.

In 1979, Barrelhouse Chuck left his Florida home and traveled to Chicago to meet and learn from his heroes: Little Brother Montgomery, Sunnyland Slim, and Pinetop Perkins. Chuck would show up at their gigs, sit-in and socialize with them. He not only trained with these musicians, he would also chauffeur them, live with them, and ultimately care for them. He became their family.

Barrelhouse Chuck has paid his dues as a musician. He has played professionally for over twenty-five years; touring across the U.S., playing in 35 states, and across Europe, playing in 15 countries. He has played on over 50 recording sessions on sixteen different labels including Big Boy, Black Magic, Blue Loon, Cross Cut, Delmark, Earwig, Evidence, and Tone-Cool. He was recently recorded on the historic blues piano compilation "8 Hands On 88 Keys" on The Sirens Records with Erwin Helfer, Detroit Junior, and Pinetop Perkins.

<"b000069v2n4999"> Album Description
Barrelhouse Chuck’s blues piano playing is filled with heartfelt soul, high energy, and low down greasy blues. His loyalty to carry on the works of legendary players, like his mentors Little Brother Montgomery and Sunnyland Slim, contribute to his style. On this disc, Chuck plays four classic Leroy Carr songs and two tunes by Sunnyland Slim, and he sings Little Brother’s masterpiece on the title track. Each cover performance is fresh and exciting. This disc also includes three duets with Erwin Helfer, another Chicago blues piano master. Erwin and Chuck’s duets are spontaneous and thrilling like a live performance. Barrelhouse Chuck is keeping the blues piano tradition alive and has earned his own place among the masters.

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Prescription For The Blues

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