Cory Qualey still remembers the first time he saw Greazy Meal. It was 1997, and he was in the Twin Cities, visiting from Fargo. “There was already a full-blown subculture at play around Greazy Meal,” ...

CHARLOTTE — When hockey fans go to a Charlotte Checkers game, they expect to see excitement on the ice. But fans at Bojangles Coliseum get a bonus because there’s someone creating plenty of excitement ...

He gets people on their feet at the game, Greazy Keys is a Charlotte music phenomena From family jam sessions in Greenville to igniting crowds as the Charlotte Checkers’ organist, Greazy Keys is a one ...

You don't have to search too hard for him. He's just beneath section 128 of Bojangles Coliseum. Ice level. He sits in a padded stool behind a Hammond C3 Organ, a 450-pound wooden relic that has been ...

Jason Atkins, also known as Greazy Keyz, is the organist for the Charlotte Checkers. Stepping inside Bojangles Coliseum for a Charlotte Checkers hockey game is a full sensory experience. There’s the ...

A former Prince sideman and co-founder of Greazy Meal, Brian Gallagher had the right mix of professionalism, musical chops and personal likability that made him a go-to saxophonist, flutist and ...

Organist and keytarist Jason Atkins, also known as Greazy Keyz, plays a Hammond C3 Organ, a 450-pound instrument that has been associated with the Charlotte Checkers since the 1950s, during the Calder ...