CHUCK CANNON: Guitar, Vocals, Songs.
My CD was played by:
CHAD CROMWELL: Drums/
SHANNON FORREST: Drums/
MICHAEL RHODES: Bass/
TOM BUKOVAC: Electric Guitar/
JERRY MCPHERSON: Electric Guitar/
TIM AKERS: B3 and various other KEYBOARDS/
JOHN JARVIS: Piano/
PHIL MADEIRA: B3, National, Accordion & even Bass on IF I WAS JESUS (showoff)/
BIFF WATSON: Acoustic Guitar/
CHUCK CANNON: Acoustic Guitar & Electric Guitar/
When I play out live with the band it is usually John Gardner on drums, Michael Rhodes on bass, Tom Bukovac on electric guitar, Tim Akers ..s and me on acoustic guitar.
There aren't words to say how good these guys are ...they are all the very best of the very best ... if you don't believe, a quick google search on any of them will explain what I'm talkin' about. That they join me on stage from time to time is the most humbling thrill of an honor I get to enjoy ... That they are all my friends is even more ...far more ...wait til you hear the new cd coming ... I can't wait for them to hear it ...and then play it ... peace y'all ~ c
Influences
The Beatles, The Stones, U2, Dylan, Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Clapton, Paul Carrack, Sly & The Family Stone, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Janis Ian, Hugh Prestwood, Allen Shamblin, Jeffrey Steele, Chuck Jones, Buddy Miller, Phil Madeira, Rivers Rutherford, Pam Rose, James Dean Hicks, Whitey Johnson, Gary Nicholson, Russ Taff, Nashville Underground
HEY YALL ...CHECK THIS OUT ... MY BUDDY JACK HAYFORD SHOT THIS WHILE I WAS DOING A SEMINAR AT THE RECENT DURANGO SONG EXPO ... IT'S PRETTY NEAT!!
THANKS JACK!!!
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I grew up in the low country of South Carolina, so I guess that makes me a southern boy … several generations deep. My Daddy and Grandaddy were both Pentecostal preachers, (directions to the churches where they preached usually included crossing rail-road tracks and taking dirt roads) ... so my earliest musical influence was in church ... mama taking my hands and showing me how to clap on 2 and 4 ... teaching me how to sing harmony ... singin’ I’ll Fly Away, Amazing Grace and Just As I Am ... always on the backbeat ... and soon as I could sit where i wanted to in church ... from the backseat ...
I started singing solo in church before I was five years old and Daddy should’ve known better ... I never stopped ...
The first music I ever owned was a Beatles 45 I bought with a bag of nickels I had earned doing chores around the house … it had "If I Fell" and I think another ballad ... like "And I Love Her" or something like that on the B-side ... I can’t remember … but I do remember my mama coming into my room and listening and saying, “these guys are good” ... mama sure knew what was good ... she turned me on to Sinatra and The Platters ... and I’m pretty sure she was in love with Dean Martin ... ??The first album I ever owned was Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison record and it was the coolest thing ever til mama heard the cussin’ on the record and took it from me ... ??
I listened to everything I could get away with in a Pentecostal preacher’s home ... but I have to say ... it wasn’t strict by Pentecostal standards ... our family loved music of all kinds ... I can even remember some lady in Daddy’s church fussin’ at him about the kind of music the preacher’s children listened to and how we were a bad influence ... I don’t think it fazed Daddy one bit ... Daddy’s the one who turned me on to Isaac Hayes! "Hot Buttered Soul" and "I Stand Accused" and believe me ... Ike’s rap was waaaay cool years before Barry White got famous for a commercialized version ... not to take anything away from Barry White ... but check out any "Ike’s Rap" which shows up on most Isaac Hayes records. ??
I listened to The Beatles, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, the STAX stuff, CCR, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Jim Croce, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, and others too numerous to mention... and they all influenced me and what I like in music... ??I hit the bars with my guitar when I was 17 and played the beach circuit for several years before moving to Nashville in 1984. I went to Belmont University and studied Music Business and Finance. In 1988 I met producer Marshall Morgan, who signed me as a staff songwriter to Taste Auction Music. ??In 1992 I opened my own publishing company, Wacissa River Music, Inc. In 2006 I started Chuck Cannon Music, which covers all my new publishing and production efforts. These are my publishing companies and they have exactly one writer and he is all I can put up with ... I look at him every morning and say, "get off your ass!" he looks back from the mirror and says, "get of my ass!!" ... ??
One of my greatest honors was to be elected President of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI, 2001-2003). I still serve on their Executive Board and Legislative Committees. ??
The honors my songs have garnered include BMIs Eight-Million-Air award for the song "I Love The Way You Love Me" which was the Academy of Country Music’s 1993 Song of the Year and went on to become an international hit when BOYZONE released it in Europe as a single in 1999, where it stayed at the top of the charts for over 3 months. ??I’ve had numerous multi-week number one songs and many other BMI Million-Air awards but of all the songs I’ve written, the ones that consistently bring me back to what I love about music are the ones I haven’t written yet ... ??I love what I do and I do what I love ... and I make a living like that ... I’m still amazed ... but even more, I am truly grateful to everyone who has helped me ... ??I’ve made alot of friends and still have most of them ... and they’re the best of them ... ??
PLEASE BUY MY MUSIC ! ! ! ??It’s Easy ...just go to www.chuckcannon.com ...if you buy it there, send a request for an autograph and I will be happy to oblige ...I promise the CD sounds better than any download ... ??If you like the convenience of downloading, my music may be found on iTunes and CD Baby as of this writing, with more ways to come ... ??
Lend me your ear for a moment … I make all my money from my music. Please don’t steal it from me or anyone else … you don’t need anyone to tell you when you’ve done it ... you know ... if you can’t afford it and you want it that bad, contact me and I will send you a copy for free ... just gimmeadollah for postage ... ??... ... ... and rock on ... ... ... ??
peace~c
So Chuck is officially the coolest songwriter ever. We loved you in Durango! Can't get that "boyfriend's in your bedroom and he's onto your lies" out of our heads!
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Oh yeah. I can read it like back of my hand. Some wayward minstrel. On a freight train. Unmarked crossing flying in the wind. An open box car. Made of tar. I can read it like the back of my hand.
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Stopping by to show some love! So I will be doing fittings this week in Nashville!! Hit me up today if you are interested in talking biz on in-ears, custom plugs, etc.
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Hey Brother Chuck! SO SORRY I am going to miss your jam at 3rd and Lindsley on 9/3. Am up in New England until 9/11. We are having a Durango Reunion nite at The Listening Room on Monday, 9/14, 8-10pm. Would love to have you come down if you are in town. Be seeing you in Colorado Springs Oct 8-10 regardless. Hope you and Lari and kids are having a GREAT summer. Talk soon...rock on...Jack Hayford
Happy Birthday! Have a most awesome time tonight! You know I would be there but I'm flying out today!
Got some kewl news....I will be Co-Coordinator for NSAI for the LA/PASADENA Chapter next month and if you n Lari wanna have a lil vaca- come to LA and do a seminar! Pencil us in next year sometime that would rrrrock! Have a great time tonight... I wanna see some YOUTUBES so BLOG away and let us know when they are up!
Hello there! Thank you for becoming a new friend. I've had fun checking out your page It's great to make new friends and you have brightened my day! Peace and Joy David
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