Charles William Prophet (born June 28, 1963)
is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. A Californian, Prophet first achieved notice in the American psychedelic/desert rock group
Green on Red, with whom he toured and recorded in the 1980s.
He has also recorded a number of solo records, and gained prominence as a musician and songwriter.
Life and work
Chuck Prophet was born in
Whittier, California
Whittier () is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities. The city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census, an increase of 1,975 from the 2010 census figure. Whittier was incorporated in ...
,
[ United States, and calls San Francisco home.
After recording one E.P. and eight albums with rock group Green on Red, he released his first solo record ''Brother Aldo'' on ]Fire Records
Fire Records was an American independent record label, set up in 1959 by Bobby Robinson. Amongst others, it released records by Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James, Buster Brown and Arthur Crudup. At one point it was thought Fire had issued the la ...
in 1990. It was not released in the U.S. until 1997.
He records and tours with his wife Stephanie Finch, who is a singer, keyboardist and guitarist.
Prophet was signed to New West Records
New West Records is a record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, and Athens, Georgia. It had offices in Burbank, California, and Beverly Hills, California. The label was established in 1998 by Cameron Strang "for artists who perform real music ...
by Peter Jesperson
Peter Jesperson is an American music industry businessman from Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for his involvement in discovering the Replacements, and for later serving as their manager. He also co-founded Twin/Tone Records along with Paul Stark an ...
in 2002. He made two records for New West: ''No Other Love'' and ''Age of Miracles''. After years of mostly European and UK success, 2002’s ''No Other Love'' was a breakthrough record for Prophet stateside due to the success of the summer single "Summertime Thing" and endorsements from Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Gayle Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums: '' Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and '' Happy Woman Blues'' (1980), in a traditional country and blues style ...
, who gave him the opening slot for her summer tour.
Prophet was signed to Yep Roc
Yep Roc Records is an American independent record label based in Hillsborough, North Carolina, and owned by Redeye Distribution. Since 1997, the label has released albums from North Carolina and international artists, including Nick Lowe, Pau ...
Records in 2007.
Recorded in San Francisco and Nashville, 2007's ''Soap and Water'' received critical praise. Prophet toured Europe and North America in support of the album and appeared with his band on the ''Late Show with David Letterman
The ''Late Show with David Letterman'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the ''Late Show'' franchise. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and was produced by Letterman's production ...
'' and ''Last Call with Carson Daly
''Last Call with Carson Daly'' is an American late-night television series that was broadcast by NBC from 2002 to 2019. Hosted by former MTV personality Carson Daly, the series was initially formatted as a late-night talk show in line with ''T ...
''. To better motivate the various musicians and engineers who were involved in the production of this album, Prophet gave them a stake in the master recordings.
Prophet has contributed to several Kelly Willis
Kelly may refer to:
Art and entertainment
* Kelly (Kelly Price album)
* Kelly (Andrea Faustini album)
* ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap
* "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland
* ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadia ...
records, and produced 2007's ''Translated From Love'' for Rykodisc
Rykodisc is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, operating as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.
History
Claiming to be the first CD-only independent record la ...
. Willis and Prophet co-wrote six of the album's tracks and Prophet played guitar throughout.
Evangeline Recording Co. released a limited-edition work entitled ''Dreaming Waylon's Dreams'', which he recorded in San Francisco. The record re-creates Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music.
Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...
' 1975 country album ''Dreaming My Dreams'' in its entirety and features, among others, members of American Music Club
American Music Club was an American, San Francisco-based indie rock band, led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. Formed in 1983, the band released seven albums before splitting up in 1995. They reformed in 2003 and released two further albums.
...
and Meat Beat Manifesto
Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened as Meat Beat, Manifesto or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens that was formed in 1987 in Swindon, United Kingdom. The band, fronted by Dangers (the only ...
. The package and booklet were printed by the legendary Bruce Licher (Savage Republic
Savage Republic (originally named Africa Corps) is an American, Los Angeles-based post-punk band, formed in the early 1980s. The group reformed in 2002 and remains active with a different lineup.
They are known for lengthy songs with an emphasis ...
, Independent Music Project, REM fan club etc.) using a custom letterpress design on original stock. Included in the packaging is a recounting of the events surrounding the recording of the record by close friend John Murry (who also played on the record). Each piece was lovingly printed and numbered by hand on a circa 1930's printing press. ''Dreaming Waylon's Dreams'' is one of the rarest and most sought-after items in Prophet's discography. It is a limited edition of only 1000. Released by Rounder Records, in 2001, ''Raisins in the Sun'' was a one-off collaboration with Jules Shear
Jules Mark Shear (born March 7, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He wrote the Cyndi Lauper hit single " All Through the Night" and The Bangles' hit "If She Knew What She Wants", and charted a hit as a performer with "Stead ...
, Harvey Brooks, Paul Q. Kolderie
Paul Q. Kolderie is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, the Mighty Mighty Bosstone ...
, Jim Dickinson
James Luther Dickinson (November 15, 1941 – August 15, 2009) was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the band Mud Boy and the Neutrons, based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Biography
Dickinson was born in Li ...
, Sean Slade
Sean Slade (born 14 November 1957) is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. On many of his productions he worked in partnership with Paul Q. Kolderie.
Career
Slade was born in Lansing, Michigan, United States. He graduated from Y ...
, and Winston Watson, recorded in May 1999.
In 2008 Prophet co-wrote all the songs on Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo (born January 10, 1951) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and singer, who has been recording and touring since the late 1970s. His primary instrument is the guitar. He has played in various rock genres, including punk ...
's ''Real Animal'', to which he also contributed guitar and vocals. The LP was recorded in Lexington, Kentucky and produced by noted producer Tony Visconti
Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...
.
In May 2009, Prophet along with a band of musicians including Ernest "Boom" Carter headed to Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
to record a collection of "political songs for non political people". ''¡Let Freedom Ring!'' was released on October 27, 2009, on Yep Roc
Yep Roc Records is an American independent record label based in Hillsborough, North Carolina, and owned by Redeye Distribution. Since 1997, the label has released albums from North Carolina and international artists, including Nick Lowe, Pau ...
. Michael Hoinski of ''The Village Voice
''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the ''Voice'' began as a platform for the crea ...
'' compared ''¡Let Freedom Ring!'' to Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He has released 21 studio albums, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he is an originat ...
's ''Born in the U.S.A.
''Born in the U.S.A.'' is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Bruce Springsteen, released by Columbia Records on June 4, 1984. It topped the charts in nine countries, including the US and UK, becoming his most commercially su ...
'', citing the recordings as "albums that manifest patriotism through disenchantment, and both rely heavily on marginalized characters to expose socioeconomic woes."
In January 2011, he formed the Spanish Bombs along with Chris Von Sneidern
Chris Von Sneidern (born in Syracuse, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. He earned a cult following with a string of indie releases during the 1990s and 2000s.
Career
Von Sneidern played in a local band called the U-Turns in the earl ...
and San Francisco rhythm section The Park. The Spanish Bombs performed The Clash
The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 who were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they also contributed to the and new wave movements that emerged in the wa ...
's LP ''London Calling
''London Calling'' is the third studio album by English rock band the Clash. It was originally released as a double album in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 by CBS Records, and in the United States in January 1980 by Epic Records.
The C ...
'' in its entirety at the Actual Music Festival in Spain. This special project came at the invitation of curators Houston Party. This festival show was followed by a 12-date tour of Spain.
February 7, 2012, was the release date of the '' Temple Beautiful'' CD, a "nuanced, insightful and passionate ode to San Francisco" on Yep Roc Records. It was met with positive reviews scoring 82 on Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). M ...
. The title track, "Temple Beautiful" (featuring Roy Loney
Roy Loney (April 13, 1946 – December 13, 2019) was an American rock musician, best known as the original lead singer of the Flamin' Groovies. The Groovies original line-up issued releases on Epic Records and Kama Sutra Records, which ''Rolling ...
of the Flamin' Groovies
Flamin' Groovies is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965, originally co-led by Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan. After the Groovies released three albums, on Epic ('' Supersnazz'') and Kama Sutra (''Flamingo'' and '' Teenage Head' ...
), was proclaimed "Coolest Song in the World" on Little Stevens Underground Garage
''Underground Garage'' is the name shared by two related but different radio outlets, a syndicated show and a satellite radio station, both created and supervised by American musician Steven Van Zandt (best known as a guitarist in Bruce Springs ...
.
On March 3, 2013, Prophet played a Benefit Concert at The Great American Music Hall
The Great American Music Hall is a concert hall in San Francisco, California. It is located on O'Farrell Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood on the same block as the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre. It is known for its decorative balconies ...
for Tom Mallon, a producer who documented much of the San Francisco Punk scene and went on to produce the early American Music Club records. (Mallon at that time had a brain tumor
A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and seconda ...
, which he died of in 2014.) Members of many seminal San Francisco bands played as well including members of American Music Club
American Music Club was an American, San Francisco-based indie rock band, led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. Formed in 1983, the band released seven albums before splitting up in 1995. They reformed in 2003 and released two further albums.
...
, Frightwig, Ugly Stick, Flying Color.
On September 23, 2014, Prophet released '' Night Surfer'' on Yep Roc Records
Yep Roc Records is an American independent record label based in Hillsborough, North Carolina, and owned by Redeye Distribution. Since 1997, the label has released albums from North Carolina and international artists, including Nick Lowe, Paul We ...
. The album was met with positive reviews, including a three-and-a-half out of five star rating from All Music Guide
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
.
On February 10, 2017, Prophet released '' Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins''. The album was given four out of five stars from All Music Guide.
On February 19, 2017, he appeared on the BBC Sunday morning political show The Andrew Marr Show
''The Andrew Marr Show'' is a Sunday morning talk show presented by Andrew Marr. It was broadcast on BBC One from 2005 to 2021.
The programme replaced the long-running '' Breakfast with Frost'' as the network's flagship Sunday talk show when D ...
singing "Bad Year For Rock and Roll," one of the standout tracks from his latest album Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins.
In 2018, Prophet was tapped to co-write and produce a new LP for The Rubinoos. The album, ''From Home,'' released in 2019, was recorded at Hyde Street Studios
Hyde Street Studios is an American music recording facility in San Francisco, California. Located at 245 Hyde Street and previously occupied by Wally Heider Studios, it became Hyde Street Studios in 1980 when it was taken over by local songwriter, ...
in San Francisco, formerly Wally Heider Studios
Wally Heider Studios was a recording studio founded in San Francisco in 1969 by recording engineer and studio owner Wally Heider. Between 1969 and 1980, numerous notable artists recorded at the studios, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jeff ...
, where the group made some of its first recordings.
Songwriter
In 1996, Prophet was signed to Funzalo Music BMG Publishing and spent much of 1997 in Nashville as a staff writer. He has gone on to have his compositions and co-writes recorded by many artists including Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo (born January 10, 1951) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and singer, who has been recording and touring since the late 1970s. His primary instrument is the guitar. He has played in various rock genres, including punk ...
, Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He has released 21 studio albums, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he is an originat ...
, Solomon Burke
Solomon Vincent McDonald Burke (born James Solomon McDonald, March 21, 1936 or 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s. He has been ...
, Heart
The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide t ...
, Michael Grimm, Kim Carnes
Kim Carnes (; born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a sess ...
, Peter Wolf
Peter Wolf (born March 7, 1946) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of the J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1983 and as a solo artist.
Early life and education
Peter Wolf was born Peter Walter Blankfield on March 7, 1946 in The ...
, Kim Richey
Kimberly Richey (born December 1, 1956) is an American singer and songwriter.
Career
Kim Richey came onto the music scene in the 1990s and entered her first recording contract at the age of 37. Kim signed with Mercury Nashville. She spent the n ...
, Carter's Chord
Carter's Chord was an American country music group composed of sisters Becky Scott, Emily Fortney, and Joanna Ott, all of whom are singer-songwriters and vocalists. They are also the three daughters of Barny and Carter Roberston, both of whom pla ...
, Jace Everett
Jace Everett Beasley (born May 27, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performs country and rock music. Signed to Epic Records in 2005, he released his debut single "That's the Kind of Love I'm In" in 2005, which peaked at N ...
, Arc Angels
Arc Angels is a Blues rock supergroup formed in Austin, Texas in the early 1990s. The band came together after the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan and was composed of Vaughan’s friends Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton and two of the band memb ...
, Penelope Houston
Penelope Houston (born December 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band the Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellin ...
, Latin Soul Syndicate, Micky & the Motorcars, Peter Mulvey
Peter Mulvey (born September 6, 1969) is an American folk singer-songwriter based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since the early 1990s, he has developed a strong national following in the indie folk/rock scene through his relentless touring and critic ...
, Bun E. Carlos
Brad M. Carlson, better known by the stage name Bun E. Carlos, is the original drummer for American rock band Cheap Trick. He recorded and performed with the band from 1973 to 2010. Carlos was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 ...
, Mark Erelli
Mark Erelli (born June 20, 1974) is an American singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,Chilton, Martin''The Telegraph'' (UK), November 22, 2011. and touring folk musician from Reading, Massachusetts who earned a master's degree in evolutionary ...
, Mofro
JJ Grey & Mofro (formerly Mofro) is an American Southern soul-rock band from Jacksonville, Florida.
History Early career
The early days of Mofro can be traced back to the mid-nineties when John Higginbotham aka "JJ Grey" and Daryl Hance signed ...
, Kevin Bowe
Kevin Bowe is a songwriter, record producer and musician from Minneapolis. He is most well known for his work with prominent rock and blues artists including Paul Westerberg and the Replacements, writing songs for hit albums by Jonny Lang and K ...
, Calvin Russell, Ryan Hamilton, Chris Knight and Kelly Willis
Kelly may refer to:
Art and entertainment
* Kelly (Kelly Price album)
* Kelly (Andrea Faustini album)
* ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap
* "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland
* ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadia ...
. He has toured with Memphis producer and pianist Jim Dickinson
James Luther Dickinson (November 15, 1941 – August 15, 2009) was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the band Mud Boy and the Neutrons, based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Biography
Dickinson was born in Li ...
, who recorded Prophet's "Hungry Town". In Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...
, Prophet and songwriter Kim Richey
Kimberly Richey (born December 1, 1956) is an American singer and songwriter.
Career
Kim Richey came onto the music scene in the 1990s and entered her first recording contract at the age of 37. Kim signed with Mercury Nashville. She spent the n ...
penned " I'm Gone", a top-40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or "conte ...
country hit in 2002 for singer Cyndi Thomson
Cyndi Thomson (born October 19, 1976) is an American country music artist. Thomson wrote songs with songwriter Tommy Lee James and in 2000, she signed with Capitol Records Nashville as a recording artist. She released her first album, '' My Wor ...
.
References in popular culture
* The song "No Other Love" was covered by the rock group Heart
The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide t ...
at the suggestion of Cameron Crowe
Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American journalist, author, writer, producer, director, actor, lyricist, and playwright. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, for wh ...
. It was also featured in an episode of the television series ''The L Word
''The L Word'' is a television drama that aired on Showtime from January 18, 2004 to March 8, 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated with Ilene Ch ...
'', and in the film ''P.S. I Love You''. In 2011, it was recorded by Michael Grimm, the winner of ''America's Got Talent
''America's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated as ''AGT'') is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle (as well as distribut ...
'', and included on his Don Was
Don Edward Fagenson (born September 13, 1952), known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was co-founded the funk-rock band Was (Not Was). In later years he produced s ...
-produced debut CD.
* Prophet's father appears briefly in the 1955 film ''Blackboard Jungle
''Blackboard Jungle'' is a 1955 American social drama film about an English teacher in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel ''The Blackboard Jungle'' by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks. I ...
''.
* He appears as an actor playing "The Connection" in '' Revolution Summer'', a film directed by Miles Matthew Montalbano and produced by Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic a ...
.
* "You Did (Bomp Shooby Doobie Bomp)" was contributed as the theme song to the film ''Teeth''. "You Did" was also featured in the closing credits of the HBO series ''True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development.
The serie ...
'' episode "Keep This Party Going" (S02E02).
* The songs "Leave the Window Open" and "Love Won't Keep Us Apart," the latter co-written with klipschutz are featured in the FX program ''Sons of Anarchy
''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ope ...
''.
* The song "Holding On" was featured in ''Californication Californication may refer to:
*Californication (word)
''Californication'' is a portmanteau of California and fornication, appearing in ''Time'' on May 6, 1966 and written about on August 21, 1972, additionally seen on bumper stickers in the U.S. ...
''
The Mission Express
The "Mission Express" is a bus line that runs through Prophet's neighborhood and is the name of his current band.
The line-up:
* Stephanie Finch: (singing, Vox organ, piano, guitar)
*Kevin White: (bass guitar)
*Vicente Rodriguez: (drums, vocals)
*James DePrato: (guitar, lap steel)
Former members:
*Kyle Caprista: (drums, vocals) 2012–2013
*Paul Taylor: (drums, vocals) -2012
Selected discography
Solo
* 1990: ''Brother Aldo'' (Fire / Rough Trade)
* 1992: ''Balinese Dancer'' (China / Homestead)
* 1995: ''Feast of Hearts'' (China)
* 1997: ''Homemade Blood'' (Cooking Vinyl)
* 1999: ''The Hurting Business'' (Cooking Vinyl)
* 2000: ''Homemade Boot (Live At Roskilde June 29, 1997)'' (Corduroy)
* 2000: ''Turn the Pigeons Loose (Live In San Francisco 2000)'' (Cooking Vinyl) released 2004
* 2002: ''No Other Love'' (New West / Blue Rose)
* 2004: ''Age of Miracles'' (New West / Blue Rose)
* 2007: ''Soap and Water'' (Cooking Vinyl / Yep Roc)
* 2007 ''Dreaming Waylon's Dreams'' (Evangeline)
* 2009: ''¡Let Freedom Ring!'' (Cooking Vinyl / Yep Roc)
* 2012: '' Temple Beautiful'' (Yep Roc)
* 2014: '' Night Surfer'' (Yep Roc / Belle Sound)
* 2017: '' Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins'' (Yep Roc)
* 2020: '' The Land That Time Forgot'' (Yep Roc)
With Green on Red
* 1985: ''Gas Food Lodging'' (Enigma)
* 1985: ''No Free Lunch'' (Mercury)
* 1987: ''The Killer Inside Me
''The Killer Inside Me'' is a 1952 novel by American writer Jim Thompson published by Fawcett Publications.
In the introduction to the anthology ''Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s'', it is described as "one of the most blistering and ...
'' (Mercury)
* 1989: ''Here Come the Snakes
''Here Come the Snakes'' is an album by the American alternative rock band Green on Red, released in 1989.
Production
Recorded in Memphis, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson and Joe Hardy. Band members Dan Stuart and Chuck Prophet were bac ...
'' (Restless)
* 1989: ''Live at the Town & Country'' (China)
* 1989: ''This Time Around'' (Off-Beat / China)
* 1989–92: ''BBC Sessions'' (Cooking Vinyl) released 2007
* 1991: ''Scapegoats'' (Off-Beat / China)
* 1992: ''Too Much Fun'' (Off-Beat / China)
* 2005: ''Live at the Rialto'' (Blue Rose)
With
Jules Shear
Jules Mark Shear (born March 7, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He wrote the Cyndi Lauper hit single " All Through the Night" and The Bangles' hit "If She Knew What She Wants", and charted a hit as a performer with "Stead ...
, Jim Dickinson
James Luther Dickinson (November 15, 1941 – August 15, 2009) was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the band Mud Boy and the Neutrons, based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Biography
Dickinson was born in Li ...
, Harvey Brooks, Sean Slade
Sean Slade (born 14 November 1957) is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. On many of his productions he worked in partnership with Paul Q. Kolderie.
Career
Slade was born in Lansing, Michigan, United States. He graduated from Y ...
, Paul Q. Kolderie
Paul Q. Kolderie is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, the Mighty Mighty Bosstone ...
, Winston Watson
* 2001: ''Raisins in the Sun'' (Evangeline)
With Jim Dickinson and the Creatures of Habit
* 1997: ''Thousand Footprints in the Sand'' (Last Call)
As guest musician
* 1986: Eddie Ray Porter – ''When The Morning Falls'' (Less Records)
* 1986: True West – ''Hand Of Fate'' (CD Presents)
* 1991: Sonya Hunter – ''Favorite Short Stories'' (Heyday / Normal)
* 1992: Paul Collins – ''Paul Collins'' (DRO)
* 1996: Bob Neuwirth
Robert John Neuwirth (June 20, 1939May 18, 2022) was an American folk singer, songwriter, record producer, and visual artist. He was noted for being the road manager and associate of Bob Dylan, as well as the co-writer of Janis Joplin's hit so ...
– '' Look Up'' (Watermelon)
* 1997: Calvin Russell – ''Calvin Russell'' (Last Call)
* 1998: Cake
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– '' Prolonging the Magic'' (Capricorn)
* 1998: Penelope Houston
Penelope Houston (born December 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band the Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellin ...
– ''Tongue'' (WEA / Reprise)
* 1998: The Silos
The Silos is an American rock band formed by Walter Salas-Humara and Bob Rupe in New York City, United States in 1985.
History
Prior to starting the Silos, Salas-Humara had been a member of The Vulgar Boatmen, and Bob Rupe was in Florida ban ...
– ''Heater'' (Checkered Past / Normal)
* 1999: Kelly Willis
Kelly may refer to:
Art and entertainment
* Kelly (Kelly Price album)
* Kelly (Andrea Faustini album)
* ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap
* "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland
* ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadia ...
– '' What I Deserve'' (Rykodisc)
* 2000: Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevon (; January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician.
Zevon's most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and " Roland the Headless Tho ...
– ''Life'll Kill Ya'' (Artemis)
* 2001: Penelope Houston
Penelope Houston (born December 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band the Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellin ...
– ''Loners, Stoners And Prison Brides'' (Return To Sender)
* 2001: Jenifer McKitrick
Jenifer McKitrick (born May 5, 1966) is a songwriter. She was born in Defiance, Ohio. McKitrick was a founding member of bands including the Bettys, Swingin' Doors, Spank the Eggman, the Outskirts, Orange Sunshine, and Some Girls.
Currently livin ...
– ''Glow'' (Jenomatic)
* 2002: Kelly Willis
Kelly may refer to:
Art and entertainment
* Kelly (Kelly Price album)
* Kelly (Andrea Faustini album)
* ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap
* "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland
* ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadia ...
– '' Easy'' (Rykodisc)
* 2002: Kim Richey
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Career
Kim Richey came onto the music scene in the 1990s and entered her first recording contract at the age of 37. Kim signed with Mercury Nashville. She spent the n ...
– ''Rise'' (Lost Highway)
* 2003: Duane Jarvis
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– ''Delicious'' (Slewfoot)
* 2004: Cake
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– ''Pressure Chief'' (Columbia)
* 2004: Kim Carnes
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– ''Chasin' Wild Trains
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'' (Spark Dawg)
* 2005: Jeffrey Halford and the Healers – ''Railbirds'' (Shoeless)
* 2012: Victor Krummenacher – ''I Was A Nightmare But I'm Not Going To Go There'' (Veritas Recordings)
* 2022: Jenifer McKitrick
Jenifer McKitrick (born May 5, 1966) is a songwriter. She was born in Defiance, Ohio. McKitrick was a founding member of bands including the Bettys, Swingin' Doors, Spank the Eggman, the Outskirts, Orange Sunshine, and Some Girls.
Currently livin ...
- "Road Call" (Jenomatic Records)
References
Further reading
* Simkin, Stevie (2020). ''The Life and Music of Chuck Prophet and Green on Red''. London: Jawbone Press. ISBN 978-1-911036-61-6
External links
NPR Artist Page
Official Site
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Prophet Interviews Jonathan Richman
Site francophone- French site
Chuck Prophet collection
at the Internet Archive
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's live music archive
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1963 births
Living people
Writers from Whittier, California
Musicians from Whittier, California
Mission District, San Francisco
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
American male singers
American male songwriters
American rock singers
Singers from California
Songwriters from California
Guitarists from California
20th-century American guitarists
The Mission Express members
20th-century American male musicians
Yep Roc Records artists
Green on Red members