I’ve always kind of envied the “newbies” that find themselves at a Chuck Prophet gig. I remember the first time I turned up at one, I used to think that a Stratocaster was the coolest guitar to play, but then […]
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Chuck Prophet Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins 4.5 out of 5 stars Chuck Prophet returned to where it all started, Hyde Street Studios. In the early ’80s, his high school band paid $5 an hour to practice in […]
With Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins (out February 10 on Yep Roc), Chuck Prophet has tuned his inner antenna to Top 40 and ‘60s psychedelia. The Nuggets garage-band anthology has imprinted itself within this music’s DNA. Having titled an […]
This story first appeared on the Isthmus website. It is dedicated to the memory of Clark Anderson, slide guitarist, union organizer and friend. By Marc Eisen Yeah, I got a music jones. About 500 concerts and shows’ worth over 10 years. […]
Chuck Prophet decided he had had enough. A federal jury in San Francisco had just exonerated four police officers in a wrongful death civil rights lawsuit, ruling the officers had not used excessive force in the killing of Alex Nieto […]
(First published at Isthmus online.) MADISON WI: I searched for musical extremes in 2015. Jon Mueller’s prog drone (Shitty Barn, Spring Green, June 10), Gangstagrass’ confounding bluegrass hip-hop (the Frequency, Oct. 16), Tim Berne’s avant garde jazz (West End Conservatory, […]
2015 kicked off with an amazing performance by Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard, WA. Always an energetic and rockin’ show, Chuck is one of the most underrated musicians out there and one of […]
Prophet usually appears with a band called Mission Express, named after a bus line through the Mission district of San Francisco, but this night he appeared solo. One of the people sharing my table had seen him at least nine times […]
Julie Christensen bowed deeply to the standing-room-only crowd at The Family Wash, a venerable East Nashville music venue, as her band, Stone Cupid, kicked into a full-bore jam. She blew a two-handed kiss to the audience, exited stage left, and […]
Chuck Prophet headlined the The Grant Park SummerShade Festival, one of Atlanta’s more impressive neighborhood festivals. The festival is in its thirteenth year – it boasts two stages and a variety of food, art and craft vendord. A throng of free […]
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