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Chuck Prophet is an American singer, songwriter and electric guitarist based in San Francisco. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Prophet has recorded eight solo records. His songs have been covered by Solomon Burke, Heart, Kim Carnes, Peter Wolf, Kim Richey as well as Kelly Willis, Jim Dickinson and Cyndi Thompson. Solomon Burke (born March 21 1940) is an American Grammy Award -winning Singer / Songwriter. Heart is a rock band whose founding members came from the Seattle, Washington, scene but came together in Vancouver, British Columbia Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Pasadena California) is a Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter. Kelly Willis (born October 2, 1968) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter, whose music has been described as contemporary Jim Dickinson is an American Record producer, pianist and singer In addition, he has appeared on David Letterman, Craig Kilborn's show, Last Call with Carson Daly as well as Austin City Limits, has numerous film and television scoring credits. David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late-night Talk show host and Comedian and the host since 1993 Last Call with Carson Daly is an American late night Talk show that is broadcast on NBC. Austin City Limits is an American Television music program and a staple of the Public Broadcasting Service.

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Life and work

Born in Whittier, California to a non musical family. Chuck's father appears briefly in the grandaddy of all juvenile delinquent movies "Blackboard Jungle".

Chuck Prophet was formerly a member of the group Green on Red. Green on Red were an American rock band formed in the Tucson Arizona punk scene but based for most of its career in Los Angeles California, where it was loosely After one E. P. and eight albums with Green On Red, Chuck headed off on his own and released Brother Aldo in 1990 (Fire Records (UK); Pulp, Teenage Fanclub, TV Personalities etc), a soulful/homespun/lo-fi/country-fried folk affair that Melody Maker called "as close to the genuine article as a white boy can get. Green on Red were an American rock band formed in the Tucson Arizona punk scene but based for most of its career in Los Angeles California, where it was loosely Fire Records is an Independent record label in London, England. Teenage Fanclub are an acclaimed Scottish Alternative rock band from Bellshill. " Recorded for 500 British Pounds the record featured the "truck stop goddess" Stephanie Finch singing harmony throughout providing the Emmylou to Chuck's Gram.

His rhythm/lead style of electric guitar is characterized by his almost exclusive use of a 1984 Fender Squire Telecaster which was bought for him by Green On Red for $150. 00.

Prophet has worked as a sideman or session musician with artists including Bob Neuwirth, Kelly Willis, Aimee Mann, Warren Zevon, Jonathan Richman, Lucinda Williams and Cake. Bob Neuwirth is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and visual artist Kelly Willis (born October 2, 1968) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter, whose music has been described as contemporary Aimee Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American, rock Guitarist, bassist, Singer, and noted Songwriter Warren William Zevon (January 24 1947 &ndash September 7 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician Jonathan Richman (born 16 May 1951) is an American singer songwriter and guitarist Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and Country music singer and songwriter Cake (officially capitalized " CAKE " is an American Alternative rock band from Sacramento, California which has had He has frequently collaborated with legendary songwriter Dan Penn and legendary producer and musician Jim Dickinson (The Rolling Stones, The Replacements, Big Star, Bob Dylan). Wallace Daniel Pennington ( 16 November 1941 - is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and sometime guitar player Jim Dickinson is an American Record producer, pianist and singer The Replacements were an American Alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979 Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major

Chuck met up with Green On Red at Ruthies Inn on San Pablo in Oakland in the mid eighties and was immediately smitten. Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U "Not only did they have a van, but they had a gas card," he said. "In the punk-rock economic strata, I thought that was positively bourgeois. " Chuck was drafted in on guitar. A string of major and indie record deals and countless treks around the globe followed. Green On Red's first London show at Gossips featured The Jesus and Mary Chain as opening act. Gossip is idle talk or Rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others The Jesus and Mary Chain are an Alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride, Scotland in 1984 Twenty people were treated to a legendary night (The JAMC were pulled off after three songs). Green On Red went on to grace the covers of UK weeklies Sounds and Melody Maker. Sound' is Vibration transmitted through a Solid, Liquid, or Gas; particularly sound means those vibrations composed of Frequencies Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper

After a brief west coast tour in 1992 wherein Chuck and his band (Stephanie Finch, Roly Salley, Tyler Eng, Mike Rychlik) backed up Jim Dickinson; after bootlegs began to surface, Last Call (Sony/France) released the semi-official A Thousand Footprints in the Sand [LIVE] Jim Dickinson with Chuck Prophet and the Creatures of Habit in 1997. Jim Dickinson is an American Record producer, pianist and singer

Chuck released The Hurting Business in 1999 on Cooking Vinyl records which gave rise to his reputation as a musical alchemist.

Stephen King featured a Chuck Prophet song in his iTunes Celebrity Playlist. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, King wrote of Chuck’s tune “Rise”: "What does this song mean? I have no idea. But it's lovely, incantatory and mysterious. God bless Chuck Prophet. "

Raisins in the Sun was a one-off collaboration with Jules Shear, Harvey Brooks, Paul Q. Kolderie, Jim Dickinson, Sean Slade, and Winston Watson, recorded in May of 1999 and released by Rounder Records two years later.

Chuck was signed to New West by Peter Jesperson in 2002 after the label promised to pay off his touring van. Chuck made two record's for New West. No Other Love and Age of Miracles.

When Lucinda Williams heard 2002's No Other Love, she offered Chuck the opening slot for her summer tour. Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and Country music singer and songwriter Watching her night after night had a profound impact on the man, “It was like goin' to school every night. Or Church. Or both!“

The song No Other Love was recorded by the rock group Heart at the suggestion of Cameron Crowe. Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award -winning American Writer and Film director. It was also featured in one of the episodes of the television series The L Word.

Chuck parted with New West in 2005 after a restaurant tab argument involving an extra order of garlic bread.

In 2005 he did the time warp with his old band Green On Red reuniting one time to play a rescheduled sold out concert at the London Astoria-- a gig cancelled amidst controversy in 1987. The London Astoria is a music venue at 157 Charing Cross Road in London, England. It would have been the last Green On Red show with the original lineup. Original tickets were honored. Rave reviews by the The Observer, The Times and The Independent followed. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media.

Soap and Water was released by YepRoc in 2007. Yep Roc Records is an independent International Record label based in Haw River North Carolina and owned by Redeye Distribution. It was called "His most satisfying album yet" by Uncut (magazine). Uncut magazine trademarked as UNCUT, is a popular monthly publication based in London. "Combines the genius, luridness, desperation and spiritual ambition essential to the American soul. " --Anthony DeCurtis Rolling Stone. Anthony DeCurtis is an American Author and Music critic, who has written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published

Chuck co-wrote all the songs on Alejandro Escovedo's latest record, Real Animal, due in June, 2008. Alejandro Escovedo (born January 10 1951 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American Musician. The album was produced by Tony Visconti features Chuck Playing guitar throughout. Anthony Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American Record producer and sometimes a Musician or Singer.

In 2008, Chuck released in limited edition: "Dreaming Waylon's Dreams" (Evangeline Records) a modern reinterpretation of "outlaw" country artist Waylon Jennings' classic Dreaming My Dreams. Song by Song. The artwork, created by hand on letterpress by Bruce Licher. Only 1000 copies were created. Chuck said: "Just as the ancient Greek Myths were adopted by the Romans and later Shakespeare, we subjected it to "the treatment". We morphed. We cross casted. We took it weird places. And no we did't dare tinker with the ending".

Legendary Memphis Photographer William Eggleston provided the cover image for the Green On Red release "Here Come the Snakes" in 1988. William Eggleston (born July 27 1939) is an American Photographer. Green on Red were an American rock band formed in the Tucson Arizona punk scene but based for most of its career in Los Angeles California, where it was loosely Eggleston also granted the use of the photo known as "Marcia on 'ludes" for Chuck's 2004 release Age of Miracles. Two years later Primal Scream used the same image for their Country Girl single causing much confusion. Primal Scream are a Brit-nominated Scottish Alternative rock group formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie ( vocals The earliest commercial use of Eggleston's art was in the album covers for the Memphis group Big Star who used the famous Red Ceiling image.

Selected discography

Solo

with Green on Red

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