Chuck Mayo is a professional keyboard player in Dallas Texas, enjoying a professional career spanning over three decades and a half-dozen musical genres.
During his 15 years as a full-time sideman, Chuck toured the U.S. and Canada throughout the 70's and 80's with various recording artists, show and dance bands, including Rod Young (Hawaiian #1 recording artist, "Puka Shells"), Lloyd David Foster (Academy of Country Music New Male Vocalist of the Year nominee, "Blue Rendezvous," "I Can Feel the Fire") and many others, recording in Dallas, Houston and Los Angeles studios before settling down in Dallas with the successful show group "The Connor Brothers Band." Performing frequently at local venues such as Billy Bob's of Texas, Belle Star, The Top Rail, The Crystal Chandelier, The Keynote Club, Barney Oldfield's, The Summit Hotel, and Granny's Dinner Theater, Chucks's past projects have appeared on the bill with such greats as Roy Orbison, Ray Price, Gary Morris, Reba McEntyre and Freddy Fender.
Chuck is currently available for short-term, sub and incidental engagements in the DFW area with working bands.
With the exeption of the Show Material playlist, all keyboard, horn and string tracks in these demos were produced with Chuck's current instrument, the Yamaha S90. All original compositions were produced exclusively with the S90, as well as "Stranger on Earth" and "Pink Panther Theme" in the Arrangements section.
