Photograph of Chuck Dailey and Students in Recital

Shown here are performers in a recital given by Worthington area guitarist Chuck Dailey and his students. They are performing a "strum along" on guitar. Dailey is shown seated in the front, and pictured on the far right is Dailey’s student, Bill Ray.

Chuck Dailey is an internationally renowned musician and teacher. He taught music in the Worthington area throughout the 1970s and ‘80s. He owned Chuck Dailey’s Guitar Center, which was located at 156 Graceland Boulevard in the Graceland shopping center, where he had his studio, sold musical instruments and taught guitar lessons. With a teaching staff of 12, the studio served up to 700 students per week.

Dailey was born on the west side of Columbus to a professional banjo-playing father and music-teaching mother. His first public performance was at age five, performing the accordion on WHKC Radio in Columbus, and he began teaching music at the age of 14. He is a US Army veteran of the Korean War, and after his three years of service focused his career on teaching, performing and composing music.

In addition to his wide-ranging achievements as a performer and teacher, Dailey’s albums of relaxation music have received recognition from health professionals and schools for their ability to calm and relax patients and students. In 1998 he was recognized by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio for his contribution to music in Greater Columbus.