Welcome to the World of Chewbacky!  Check out our YouTube page for video and audio of Chewbacky pickin’, grinnin’ and getting down on it all night long!

If you’d like to hear a typical Chewbacky set from one of our shows, then look no further!

Event recordings either made by us (iPhone) or shared by our friends and fans.

Spring ’24 Highlights

Winter ’23 Highlights

Amphitheater Event Nuggets 

@Charleston Race Week Video

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Originally formed in 2008 –  Chewbacky is a unique 3-piece cover & originals band including Scott Carpenter on lead vocals and guitar, Corey Kinsella on mandolin, lead guitar, and backup vocals and Jason Hayes on bass and backup vocals.

From 2000-2008, Scott and Corey played 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and original songs throughout the Lowcountry as “Chewbacca”. The duo were regular headliners at some of downtown Charleston’s most famous venues for locals and tourists along King, Market, East Bay, and Meeting street.

During that time, Jason played lead guitar and bass with local award-winning singer and songwriter Sean Waterman. The Duo played the same downtown circuit and also wrote and recorded numerous songs including , “3 Days to Madrid”, “Take One Home”, and “Moonshaker”, with Hayes playing lead guitar and bass. https://youtu.be/QurOinq-DgY?si=Is9NsiUKcUmiV_JW

In 2008,  Jason Hayes and Chewbacca were approached by Eddie White (then dentist and owner of Awendaw Green, now a Lowcountry SC Music Hall of Famer, about playing a large, local “bluegrass-only” festival.  At that time, Chewbacca had been incorporating a handful of bluegrass songs in their rock sets, but bluegrass was not their main focus. In order to round out their sound for the festival, they decided to team up with guitarist/bass player, Jason Hayes.

In an effort to create a sound they had not heard from any local bands (and partly because of their lack of real, traditional bluegrass chops at the time) – the three musicians decided to play 80’s hits from bands like Talking Heads, Lionel Richie & Duran Duran  – in bluegrass style.  Chewbacca became “Chewbacky” and the rest is history…

Chewbacky is a cover band that also writes and performs original songs.  What is unique about Chewbacky?

• Many of our covers are custom arranged to be different from the originals
• We are multi-genre and we often fuse multiple songs into one arrangement with the most common flavor being 80’s cover songs played bluegrass style, (which is how we started)
• You can’t put us in a box.  If Chewbacky was a CD in an old school “Disc and Tape Music Shop”, we would be in the back corner under the “Mix, Jazz, Other” Category.

Chewbacky has over 1,000 songs with new ones being added constantly.  We encourage our clients to customize our set lists and we always learn your favorite songs for your event if we don’t currently play it.

Chewbacky plays songs in these genres:

• Strong focus on Bluegrass, Funk & 80’s favorites
• 60’s, 70, 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s and beyond
• Yacht Rock, East Listening and Solid Gold
• Bluegrass & Country
• Funk
• Americana
• Jamband
• Classic Rock & Southern Rock
• Soft Rock/Easy Listening
• R&B, Soul & Dance Music
• Rap, with a strong focus on “old school rap”
• Jazz
• Pop
• Reggae
• Traditional Wedding Music
• Mexican Grunge
• Middle Eastern Heavy Metal
• Modern Gregorian Chant

Chewbacky is available for booking events in Charleston and surrounding areas:

• Clubs/Restaurants/Bars
• Company Events/Special events
• Festivals/Concerts
• Wedding Ceremonies/Rehearsal Dinners/Receptions