Chuck Keith

Chuck Keith was born and raised in sunny, Akron, Ohio. "I've pretty much always been a song writer, which is why John Bassette resonated with me." 

At around age thirteen, Keith picked up a guitar. He began to make his name in and around the Northeast Ohio coffee houses and campuses during the early 70's. He eventually formed his band the Hi Fi's, a well known part of "The Akron Sound" during the latter part of that decade. They were known for their alternative and often reggae treatments of Keith's well-crafted songs. Keith says this about that... "In the last forty years I've managed to learn what devoted guitarists learn in about nine months. Fortunately I have many talented friends who are willing to help prop me up. I've been a puppet, a pauper, a poet etc. . ."

Keith's dubby version of "Brothers and Sisters on the Land," John's 1977 song about Kent State's Tent City, was produced by Jim Ballard.

These days Keith is a Baptist deacon, works at a Weaver Workshop,  and plays in a band called 'The Paper Crowns'. He still writes and records his music.

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