Chuck Mead (born Charles Lynn Mead in Nevada, Missouri, and raised in Lawrence, Kansas) is an American alt-country musician, producer and musical theater director who was co-founder of BR5-49. In 2009, Mead released his first solo album "Journeyman’s Wager". “I respect the term ‘journeyman’,” Mead said, “because that’s I what consider myself. I’ve been living by my wits musically for more than 20 years now, going from job to job and doing them all pretty well. Read more on