Chuck Mead (born Charles Lynn Mead in Nevada, Missouri, and raised in Lawrence, Kansas) is an American alt-country musician, producer and musical theater director who was co-founder of BR5-49. In 2009, Mead released his first solo album "Journeyman’s Wager". “I respect the term ‘journeyman’,” Mead said, “because that’s I what consider myself. I’ve been living by my wits musically for more than 20 years now, going from job to job and doing them all pretty well. Certainly there’s a hustle to what I do, but there’s always been a gambling aspect to it, too. With this album, it’s finally all me going all-in. It’s a record that challenges listeners in a good way. Best of all, I’ve challenged myself.” Produced by Grammy-winner Ray Kennedy, the eleven tracks on Journeyman’s Wager embody a core of country music, along with pop, R&B, hillbilly rock, Gospel and beyond. With the exception of occasional reunions on Prairie Home Companion (at the behest of longtime fan Garrison Keillor) and benefits for favorite charities, Mead’s post-BR career soon became known as much for its continued integrity as for its eclecticism. He founded the touring collective The Hillbilly All-Stars featuring members of The Mavericks, co-produced acclaimed tribute albums to Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, guest-lectured on ‘The Sociology of Modern American Culture’ at Vanderbilt University, and became a staff writer at one of Nashville’s top song publishers. In 2007, he was named Musical Director of Million Dollar Quartet, the new hit stage musical based on the night in 1956 that Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley came together for an impromptu jam session. Mead has subsequently released Back at the Quonset Hut (2012), Free State Serenade (2014), Close to Home (2019) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chuck+Mead">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.