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The one and only; Chuck Prophet creates his own sonic amalgam
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To paraphrase the late Bill Graham's famously fractured assessment of the Grateful Dead, Chuck Prophet isn't the best at what he does, he's the only one who does what he does. The San Francisco songwriter/guitarist staked out his own cross-bred sonic realm years ago, and every new Prophet release demands to be heard on its own sweet terms. Apt comparisons don't come easy. Imagine Tom Waits covering "Ode to Billie Joe," or maybe a Beck album with more cool guitar and less youthful, self-consci...
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Chuck Prophet's Songs of 'Soap and Water'
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
; ... HANSEN Time 13:00-14:00 PM Play Audio LIANE HANSEN, host: From NPR News, this is WEEKEND EDITION. I'm Liane Hansen. When you load the ... Chuck Prophet at npr.org/music. This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Liane Hansen. Copyright 2005 National Public Radio, Inc ...
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The one and only; Chuck Prophet creates his own sonic amalgam
Pacific Sun
; To paraphrase the late Bill Graham's famously fractured assessment of the Grateful Dead, Chuck Prophet isn't the best at what he does, he's the only one who does what he does. The San Francisco songwriter/guitarist staked out his own cross-bred sonic realm years ago, and every new Prophet release
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Prophet travels down right road
Chicago Sun-Times
; Chuck Prophet, Lucinda Williams 8 tonight and 8 p.m. Tuesday Metro, 3730 N. Clark Tickets, $32.50 (773) 773-549-0203 or (312) 559-1212 A lifelong affinity for the road is finally paying off for singer- songwriter Chuck Prophet. He's riding high on the warm vibe from "Summertime Thing," the first
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Love songs keep Prophet on track
Chicago Sun-Times
; CHUCK PROPHET LUKE TEMPLE - 10 p.m. Saturday - Schubas, 3159 N. Southport - Tickets, $15 - (773) 525-2508 In the liner notes of his new album, "Soap and Water," Chuck Prophet includes a quote from film director John Cassavetes: "I have a one-track mind. That's all I'm interested in; love -- and the
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West Coast soul Chuck Prophet taps into the summertime thing.(Time Out!)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Mark Guarino Daily Herald Music Critic At first glance Chuck Prophet could be considered just a lesser- known Beck. In the setting of a roots band, there's an occasional sample, and sometimes a drum loop or DJ breakbeat. But spend some time with any of his albums - including his sixth, No
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A Prophet in his own band
Evening News - Scotland
; CHUCK Prophet has been around for a while. First as the frontman in Green On Red, a band who pioneered Americana before REM and at one stage looked to make it as big as their Georgia contemporaries. Then, after eight albums, they ended and Prophet went solo, again to enthusiastic predictions that
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Profitable Prophet; Local rocker finally hits big time after years of paying dues
Pacific Sun
; It was a close call indeed. Just when veteran San Francisco roots-rock singer/songwriter/guitarist Chuck Prophet and the members of his five-piece band began to seriously question the long-term viability of their enterprise, the benevolent radio gods intervened. Critical kudos and loyal tour
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Prophet preaches joys of rock 'n' roll
Albuquerque Journal
; Chuck Prophet's scratchy, shouting rock 'n' roll voice gives Mick Jagger's a run for its money. But Prophet has never had Jagger's celebrity. He still doesn't. "I've been under the radar," Prophet admitted in a phone interview from his home in San Francisco. "I've just eked out kind of something
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Chuck Prophet just can't get away from making music
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
; It's kind of odd to hear a guy who's been performing for more than 20 years say he's only now getting good. Not that Chuck Prophet, who performs Monday at Diesel, South Side, disavows his past work. It's more a matter of being able to create music without having to struggle over each and every
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Chuck Prophet: No Other Love; New West Records CD
The Independent Weekly
; When Chuck Prophet released The Hurting Business in 2000, he joined the genre-blurring likes of Joe Henry and Jeb Loy Nichols. Then again, Prophet had never been what you?d call a purist. Green On Red, the band he co-led with Dan Stuart, blended Stonesy raunch, folk rock, and country & desert.
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