Rolling Stones Keys Man Reveals 50 Years of Rock Glory in Biopic

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man

Peter Newcomb
Bloomberg Quint

(Bloomberg) -- Padding around his 3,700 acres of pineland in Bullard, Georgia, Chuck Leavell -- kitted out in heavy-duty gardening gloves and a Bunyan-sized chain saw -- doesn’t strike you as a guy who’s spent half a century frolicking with some of the most drug-addled gods of rock. But Leavell has done just that -- and more. A new film, “The Tree Man,” chronicles the keyboard player’s rise from

Leavell’s off-stage life is similarly impressive, if a little less loud. The 68-year-old was a trailblazer in the sustainable tree farming business, and has shared his passion for private land conservation at Congressional hearings, in meetings with mayors and governors, and even U.S. presidents. Bloomberg News dialed into a Zoom call with Leavell and filmmaker Allen Farst to talk about “The Tree

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