A brisk interview with Eric Clapton’s ‘Unplugged’ keyboardist Chuck Leavell

Jerry Lee Lewis, “Back to the Woods,” blues piano masters, recording sessions, the Mother Nature Network, and essential Chuck Leavell albums encapsulate a killer and no filler interview with the veteran Rolling Stones and Allman Brothers Band pianist. Photography by David Braun

Chuck Leavell, an almost original member of the Allman Brothers Band and a veteran keyboardist for the Rolling Stones since 1981, has worked with a dizzying array of artists such as Eric Clapton, George Harrison, the Black Crowes, and John Mayer. When he is not touring or conceiving setlists with the endearing, often bickering Glimmer Twins, Leavell steps out…