Chuck Leah is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. His seven studio albums span genres that include folk-rock, folk, Americana, and depression-era blues. His main instruments include electric, acoustic, and bass guitar, mandolin, organ, and keyboard.
Leah was born in the small town of Weslaco, Texas on October 18, 1972. He began playing music by the time he was three or four years old. Leah recorded for the first time around the age of 10, getting his start playing bass for various Texas bands.
Beginning in the 1980s, Leah toured with and played bass for a number of bands and artists. In the 1990s, Leah played in the American country-rock band Tumbleweed. Later in the 2000s, Leah began to work with the Minnesotan group Traveled Ground as producer and musician. Leah has lived and worked in Italy, Los Angeles, Nashville, Austin, Puerto Rico, Minneapolis, and Houston.
Leah recorded his album, High Stakes, in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2015. High Stakes was produced by Leah, musician and composer Jeff Victor, and sound engineer Evan Bakke, whose credits include Prince, Hippo Campus, Daru Jones, and Sam Nitsch.