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Rock N' Roll and Conservation

Chuck Leavell is more than the keyboardist for The Rolling Stones—he is a passionate conservationist with a love for bird dogs and forestry.

The platinum albums gleamed in the soft morning light shining through the windows. My eyes moved across the wall decorated with black and white images documenting intimate behind the scenes moments of Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, 1970s concert posters of the Allman Brothers, and Eric Clapton and Miranda Lambert album covers.

Between more musical memorabilia and a large, framed poster advertising the Rolling Stones’ 1990 “Urban Jungle” tour hang white-tailed deer shoulder mounts, turkey fans on full display, and a beautiful life-size bobcat mount captured mid-pounce, swiping a flushing quail from the air.

Books on forestry, quail, and bird dogs sit alongside a pool table painted with the famous Tongue and Lips of the Rolling Stones; while a piano sits next to a large, stone fire- place, its keys waiting for expert fingers to strike a musical number after a long day afield.

The memorabilia isn’t a collection from a longtime fan of rock and roll’s most famous bands, but rather that of Chuck Leavell, the keyboardist for these legends of music. A talented musician, Leavell loves the roaring crowds of a rock concert as much as he loves the whisper of wind blowing through the pines and the music that is the flush of a covey of quail...

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