Chuck Mauk,  has spent his life playing drums in the belly of America. He’s recorded in studios from Texas to Michigan and performed in clubs, arenas, and stink houses of every kind. Chuck has contributed drum performances to recordings that have been used in both television and film.

He is a drummer’s drummer, a bass player’s dream, and a studio engineer’s best friend. Over the years, Chuck has sat behind countless singers and guitar players, but has been in charge of every measure performed and recorded. His career illustrates an important point about popular music: whether it is big fat hard rock, slim americana, country, or some other genre concoction, big measures matter. And the musicians who understand that call on Chuck.

His playing is born out of the Midwest flatlands. It is big, expansive, and open. It is solid and certain, without pretense or self-flattery. For years, he has reminded some of the best country, rock, and blues musicians in the Midwest that everything important about life exists in the downbeat.