An analog mind in a digital world, Chuck has an uneasy truce with pop music. His gestalt recalls Roger McGuinn, the Band, early Springfield, Grape, Leonard Cohen. His songs are dark, but he doesn’t aim for it.
“I attended a close friend’s wedding, she asked me to play a song, and I realized I didn’t have a single love song to play. I ended up playing Eyes of a Killer.” Chuck was an original member of The Violets in Portland Oregon, and did a stint as bass player for roots-pop gurus Gingersol. He plays all things stringed, plus some club-foot piano, and sings his little heart out. “Thank God for Dylan and Lou Reed” he says gratefully.
After being a band member for so long, it was a chance listening to Jay Farrar on Son Volt's ‘TRACE’ that prompted Chuck to buy an old Guild Dreadnought and start playing the Portland scene as a solo act.
Now living in Los Angeles, Chuck considers songwriting “noble work, and excellent therapy.”
Two records have been released under his name, 2003's POOKS ROAD, and 2004's MURDER OF CROWS.