Mead's first credit is on Rick Cua's 1985 CCM album You're My Road.[1] In addition to his ongoing work with Cua, Mead worked steadily with Phil Keaggy on his late 1980s and early 1990s albums Sunday's Child (1988), Find Me in These Fields (1990)[2] and Crimson and Blue (1993);[3]Steve Taylor on I Predict 1990 (1987)[4] and Squint (1993);[5] as well as with Randy Stonehill, and Dave Perkins. Mead is also a member of Chagall Guevara[6] on MCA records in the early 1990s, along with Taylor, Perkins, Lynn Nichols, and bassist Wade Jaynes. Other notable recordings were with White Heart, Whitecross and Kenny Marks. In addition to studio work, Mead also toured the US and Europe with Chagall, White Heart and Marks.[citation needed]
Mead retired from the music industry and settled, with his wife, in Nashville, Tennessee.[citation needed]
In 2022, Chagall Guevera released their second album, Halcyon Days, a combination of songs originally recorded in the 1990s and a handful of new songs, bringing Mead out of retirement, at least for a while. The band reunited to play a live show on July 2, 2022, at Nashville's iconic Ryman Auditorium.
