BARRELHOUSE CHUCK on Tour with KIM WILSON !

Next Performances : 

12/12/15 San Diego— WinstonsOB @ 4:30pm
12/13/15 Long Beach— Malarkey's Grill and One Hell of an Irish Bar @ 7:30pm
12/14/15 Tarzana— Maui Sugar Mill Saloon @ 7:30pm
12/14/15 Long Beach— Malarkey's Grill @ 8pm 
12/15/15 Tarzana— Maui Sugar Mill @ 8pm

                      Barrelhouse Chuck in HONKY TONK BLUES BCN- 29-11-15 

                      Photo: Lourdes Serrano 

Barrelhouse Chuck Bio

Born in Ohio (Columbus, OH - July 10, 1958) where he first learned to play the drums at the age of 6, Barrelhouse Chuck, whose real name is Harvey Goering, later switched to the piano and was living in Florida when he heard his first Muddy Waters record with Otis Spann on piano. This was a major turning point in Chuck's life. After that Chuck started buying the records of every blues artist he could find. A quick study on the keyboards, 

it wasn't long before Chuck had formed his own band and began opening for Willie Dixon, B.B. King, and later Muddy Waters.

As a teenager in Florida Chuck followed Muddy Waters from town to town. The band would recognize him and invite him back stage. After listening and watching Muddy Waters and Muddy's great piano player Pinetop Perkins play he would go out to breakfast with them. At that time he also found Bo Diddley living in a double wide trailer in a woods near Gainesville. He was invited over to Bo's and soon Bo would show up at Chuck's gigs. Bo Diddley said "Chuck you have that Chess sound" the ultimate compliment.

In 1979, Chuck drove straight in 24 hours from Florida to Chicago, Illinois, to introduce himself to Sunnyland Slim. Barrelhouse Chuck spent the next decade and a half studying his playing, along with other Chicago blues musicians including Blind John Davis, Little Brother Montgomery, Pinetop Perkins, Detroit Junior and Erwin Helfer. Johnny "Big Moose" Walker. Chuck would be In the company of Montgomery for a long time, Barrelhouse Chuck later remarked "Little Brother was like a grandfather to me". Chuck formed a special bond with piano legend Little Brother Montgomery with whom he honed his piano stylings during a long internship. Chuck often lived with Little Brother spending many hours with him and Sunnyland Slim playing piano and hanging out. Other great piano players like Tollie & Joe Montgomery, Jay McShann and Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon would come by to visit L.B. and all play piano together for many hours. Chuck was instrumental in arranging honorariums, driving him to jobs (and to the hospital when his health began failing) and helping him out in every way he could. Little Brother returned this favor by taking Chuck under his wing and giving him a musical education no other man has ever received. When Brother passed away Chuck lost a mentor and a true friend, but Chuck keeps his music alive when ever he plays.

In the 1980's through Sunnyland Barrelhouse Chuck met all the great blues musicians in Chicago, and often ended up playing with recording and hanging out with them. People like S.P. Leary, Smokey Smothers, Louis Myers, Willie Johnson, Johnny Littlejohn, Fred Below, Dave Myers, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Chuck's recording credits reads like a 'who's who' of modern day Chicago blues.

Over the years, Barrelhouse Chuck has played or recorded with Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Kim Wilson, Richard Innes, Larry " The Mole " Taylor, Bo Diddley. Billy Gibbons, Jr. Wells, Steve Jordon and so many others.

In Feb.2008 Barrelhouse Chuck was asked by Kim Wilson, lead singer and harmonica player for the Fabulous Thunderbirds, to participate with Kim and recorded the soundtrack for Sony BMG's much anticipated new film 'Cadillac Records.' The movie tells the story of Chess Records and includes many of the gifted musicians who started there. Beyonce Knowles is executive producer. Beyonce will also portray famed blues singer Etta James. Adrian Brody plays historic Chess Records founder Leonard Chess; Jeff Wright is cast as blues great Muddy Waters; and Cedric the Entertainer plays legendary songwriter Willie Dixon. Other musicians in the session include Steve Jordan on drum, basssist Larry Taylor (Canned Heat), and guitarists Eddie Taylor, Jr., Billy Flynn and the legenday Hubert Sumlin. Previous to recording for this amazing new film, Kim Wilson and Eddie Taylor appeared on Barrelhouse Chuck's critically acclaimed recording 'Got My Eyes On You', released by The Sirens Records in 2006. 

A year later The Cadillac Records band played at an inaugural ball for President O'Bama. Chuck's other credits include over 18 appearances at the Chicago Blue's Festival, Montsteras festival in Sweden, Touring with his Swedish band mates Trickbag, Sven Zetterberg, Mikael Fahleryd, Tomi Leino, Trio, The Lucerne Blues Fest in Switzerland, and the Luxembourg Blues Festival headlining in front of 40,000 people. He has also played Dark Seasons Festival in Norway and Curacao Jazz Festival with Mud Morganfield, son of Muddy Waters. Our last cd "For Pop's" with Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson and Billy Flynn was voted cd of the year. For the last 6 years Chuck tours and is a proud member of Mud's band when he plays in the U.S.A.

For the last 11 years Chuck has been a member in The Kim Wilson Blues Allstars. Kim is the best bandleader and harmonica player in the world their today. I first heard " The Fabulous Thundbirds" back in the !970's. Kim is the front man and singer of the band. " He has really put me out in front of the world". I love playing in his band. I'm proud to have him and his Allstars record on my last two cds. Kim just calls the key on stage and we all just start playing!

Barrelhouse Chuck is a Grammy nominee and 3 time Blues Music Awards, Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year nominee. On February 24, 2012 Kim Wilson & Steve Jordon asked Barrelhouse Chuck to play at the "Howlin' For Hubert" concert at The Apollo Theater New York with Eric Clapton and Keith Richards and Kim Wilson, Steve Jordon, Elvis Costello, Billy Gibbons, David Johannessen, and James Cotton, Jody Williams amd many others.

In 2014 Chuck's album Drifting from Town to Town was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Traditional Blues Album Award Of The Year category.

Barrelhouse Chuck maintains a full performance schedule in Chicago, around the United States, and regularly abroad. Chuck just returned from Spain in Nov. 2015 touring with exceptionally wonderful Lluis Colomo & Erwin Helfer on piano. In Chicago he appears regularly on Wednesday nights with Erwin Helfer at Barrelhouse Flat bar in Lincoln Park.