Barrelhouse Chuck was awarded the 2014 Living Blues Magazine Critics Poll Award as “Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboards),” a nomination for the 2010 Grammy Award, the 2013 and 2015 Blues Music Awards, the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award, and the 2016 Blues Music Awards. Barrelhouse Chuck is Chicago’s only blues pianist who studied with Pinetop Perkins and Sunnyland Slim. He also learned from Blind John Davis, Detroit Junior, and Little Brother Montgomery. This distinguished lineage is what Barrelhouse Chuck uses to create a unique style of blues, boogie, and barrelhouse piano that puts him at the forefront this celebrated tradition. Kim Wilson asked Barrelhouse Chuck to play the piano for Howlin For Hubert, a concert to benefit the Jazz Foundation of America at The Apollo Theater. February 24, 2012 – The House Band consisted of: Willie Weeks- Electric Bass; Larry “The Mole”, Taylor- Standup Bass; Barrelhouse Chuck Goering – Upright piano; Billy Flynn – Guitar; Eddie Taylor Jr. Guitar, Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar- Guitar. Ivan Neville- Upright piano, Billy Flynn- Guitar, Jimmy Lee Keltner – Drums. Steve Jordan Drums. Kim Wilson- Harp. Vocals. These musicians supported Keith Richards, Eric Clapton Billy Gibbons, James Cotton, Buddy Guy Jimmy Vaughan and Jody Williams. The Apollo Theater in Harlem, which seats 1500 people, deserves our thanks. The Apollo Theater in Harlem was a great venue! Barrelhouse Chuck was born in Ohio (Columbus OH – July 10, 1958). He learned the drums when he was six years old. Later, he switched to piano playing and was living in Gainesville, Florida, when he heard the first Muddy Waters album featuring Otis Spann. This was a turning point in Chuck’s life. Chuck began to buy the records of all blues artists he could find. After a quick lesson on keyboards, Chuck was soon able to form his own band and open for Willie Dixon and B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Chuck were playing with the great Bo Diddley. In the middle 70’s, Chuck and his friends started following Muddy Waters around in order to gain firsthand exposure to Pinetop Perkins, his current pianist. “We used to follow Muddy down South. We would wait in parking lot for the Van with Illinois plates, to roll up. Pinetop Perkins
