Chuck Leavell: The Rolling Stone Who Gathers Moss

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When Chuck Leavell was 30 years old, he found himself in the midst of a career-related quandary. The Alabama-born keyboardist had spent the better part of the decade playing alongside the Allman Brothers; now, he was doing gigs with a trio in small clubs around Macon, Georgia. But he'd developed an affinity for forestry, spending much of his free time tending to the trees on the 1,000 acre-farm...