One of the few Chicago blues pianists to have studied under Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Lafayette Leake and Little Brother Montgomery, Barrelhouse Chuck draws on this distinguished lineage to create a blues, boogie-woogie and barrelhouse piano style that places him at the forefront of this celebrated tradition.
Born in Ohio (Columbus, OH - July 10, 1958) where he first learned to play the drums at the age of 5, Barrelhouse Chuck, whose real name is Charles Goering, later switched to the piano and was living in Florida when he heard his first Muddy Waters record with Otis Spann on piano.
Even though most of his teachers have passed on, Barrelhouse Chuck has become one of the bearers of the flame, and keeps both their spirit and music alive, passing it along where ever he plays.
Barrelhouse: a literary journal featuring fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from new and established writers, as well as a hodgepodge of cultural features and artist interviews.
Join us on January 5, 2007, from 7 to 9, to kick off the new year with an evening of readings from Barrelhouse issue three, at the KGB Bar in New York City.
Barrelhouse is currently seeking artists to work on story intros and other pieces for our next few issues.
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