A Brief Bio
Chuck was born in 1956 in North Carolina and raised on the east coast of Florida. He started playing music around 10 years old with his brothers Ric and Jim on his trusty Farfisa organ and a $35 Lafayette bass guitar.
Influenced as a teenager by what many consider to be the best era of popular music, the 60s and early 70s, he got his first Hammond organ and began writing and singing his own songs. He formed a band with younger brother Jim on guitar cleverly called the Glass Brothers. They played just about every bar in the southeast that would have 'em while also getting exposure and concert experience as opening act for artists like: Little Feat, Jimmy Buffet, Eddie Money, Dave Mason, Dixie Dregs, Bo Diddley, Richie Havens and The Atlanta Rhythm Section.
In the early 80s, after wondering what it was like to move up from a sleeping bag in a Ford van to a bunk on a tour bus, Chuck stepped in as the bass player and vocalist with the classic southern rock band The Outlaws, with original founding members Henry Paul and the late, great Hughie Thomasson. Through the mid 80s he did extensive national and worldwide touring while contributing songs such as the opener One Last Ride on the 1986 Outlaws album Soldiers of Fortune on CBS, which also became an MTV video.
The late 80s found him back behind a Hammond doing all kinds of blues, rock and R&B gigs in Florida and enjoying a little time off the road.
Around 1990 a fresh move was in order, so he headed to Nashville, TN. After briefly being part of a great R&B-flavored band backing Razzy Bailey, he hit the road again as keyboardist and vocalist with the harmony-rich group of country/pop singer Gary Morris.
Nashville offered tons of inspiration with its exceptionally talented world-class musicians and top-notch songwriters. Chuck still calls it home today.
He contributed keyboards and co-writing on the Gary Morris Capitol release Full Moon Empty Heart, as well as appearing with Gary in CMT videos, numerous TNN prime time shows and the honor of playing on one of the last Johnny Carson Tonight Shows.
Along the way Chuck continued to write and record his own material. He remained a working musician proudly paying the bills with projects like singing on Matt King's Atlantic debut CD, 5 O'Clock Hero, being band leader and playing keys for the Duke boys, Tom Wopat and John Schneider, and backing up songwriters Skip Ewing, Michael Johnson and singer Rodney Atkins. He played Fender bass for one of his all time heroes Felix Cavaliere of the famous Rascals, and Chuck had his song Where Love is King featured on skater Scott Hamilton's nationally televised special.
In Chuck's words: "For what it's worth, this is just the stuff that some people might want to read in a bio. What really matters to me is what got me where I am today and getting to see the world while meeting and playing with all the great musicians along the way".
Today finds Chuck Glass doing what he loves most, still making music and enjoying family life in Music City, USA.
2010 brought the release of his fifth solo CD: "Chuckthoven's Fifth", featuring 12 new original compositions showcasing his unique brand of songwriting, playing and singing. As always, it was recorded "old school" with his distinctive attitude and soulful honesty. No drum machines, no computerized vocal tricks, no censorship, no steroids and no bull.
2011 has him putting the finishing touches on the new songs for his sixth CD: "Late Bloomer", which begins recording this summer, and being honored by being nominated for song of the year by The 2011 Blues Blast Awards in Chicago.