Chuck Mead

Prior to the breakup, Mead began dabbling in production, and coordinated a pair of tribute albums to iconic country artists, Johnny Cash (2002's Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash) and Waylon Jennings (2003's Lonesome, On'ry and Mean: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings). After the band ended their run, Mead became a staff writer at one of Nashville's leading song publishers and toured with the group the Hillbilly All-Stars, featuring members of the Mavericks. Mead was also musical director and arranger for the Broadway hit Million Dollar Quartet (based on the true story of the day Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash had a spontaneous studio jam session), from its workshop productions in Daytona (in 2006) and Seattle (2007) to its runs in Chicago, New York, and London (in 2010 and 2011). In 2009, Mead released his first solo album with his backing group the Grassy Knoll Boys, Journeyman's Wager. Back at the Quonset Hut, a collection of vintage country classics he recorded at Nashville's namesake studio with original BR5-49 producer Mike Janas, Old Crow Medicine Show, Bobby Bare, and Jamie Johnson, arrived in 2012.