Chuck Wagon & the Wheels

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Chuck Wagon and the Wheels
Genres Country rock
Years active2000
Labels Lyric Street
Past membersChuck Wagon
Carl "Cal" Pyle
Sid Sequin

Chuck Wagon and the Wheels was an American country music group with a professional wrestling theme. It was composed of members: Carl "Cal" Pyle (background vocals), and Sid Sequin (bass guitar, vocals), pseudonyms of brothers Gordon Kennedy, Bryan Kennedy, and Shelby Kennedy. [1] The group signed to Lyric Street Records in 2000, releasing their album Off the Top Rope that year. [2] It included the single "Beauty's in the Eye of the Beerholder," which peaked at 75 on the Billboard country singles charts. Bryan Kennedy purchased the rights to the name Chuck Wagon and the Wheels from the founding member of the original group, Chuck W. Maultsby, in 1998. [3]

Contents

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
Off the Top Rope

Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[4]
2000"Beauty's in the Eye of the Beerholder"75Off the Top Rope

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
2000"Beauty's in the Eye of the Beerholder" [5] Trey Fanjoy

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