Chuck Schaeffer, the first of four children, grew up in Whitehouse Station, NJ listening to obscure one-hit wonders, country tunes, Jimmy Buffett and folk music on the family jukebox at his grandparent's bar, while his fellow high school and college alumni of the 80’s and 90’s were listening to big hair rock bands, club music and heavy metal.

He studied the piano at the age of eleven. He was given his first guitar the following Christmas, but didn't pursue the instrument until college, during which he started playing and singing at parties.

His guitar skills developed further during a long period of rehabilitation following major knee surgery. He later studied classical guitar under Alice Artzt of PrincetonNJ, where he established his musical stylings.

He joined the Folk Project of Northern New Jersey and later the Bucks County Folk Song Society. With the help of many of their members, and with much cooperation from the Raritan Music Center and Third Reformed Church of Raritan, he successfully organized a weekly cruise night / concert festival in his former hometown of Raritan NJ, during which he had the opportunity to work with many terrific entertainers and musicians, including Jason Wilber, lead guitarist for folk legend John Prine.

He later relocated to Bucks County, PA, where he joined a contemporary rock cover band; who later encouraged him to write and perform his own original music.  He performed over 100 gigs and showcases in 2008.

He fulfilled one lifelong dream of visiting the Grand Ole Opry for the first time in 2006, and looks forward to the opportunity of returning there one day as a performer to fulfill another, performing his song “My Baseball Videos” with Tim McGraw, Heartlands Hayride performers Ann Brown & Bill Brandon, producers Alex & Amy Otey, his buddies Rick & Boz, and the man that gave him the Fender 12-string guitar that he plays today, John Harris.