HSBG, KUSF and other four letter acronyms

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For this gig, Ill be playing all new songs for a new record coming down the pike.

Sleepless Nights

Folks,

Did you know the day before Gram Parsons died he was miniature golfing with Jonathan Richman? http://t.co/q0fxXsy True story. Not sure what I’m trying to say other than you may not want to miss the 10th Sleepless Nights this Saturday August 27th at the GAMH. Chuck and Stephie, Red Meat, East Bay Grease and more more more. Personally, I’m so dog gone thrilled I could drink a pitcher of margarita mix. And I just might. Get your tickets now. This show has been known to sell out.

And folks, welcome to the age of miracles. The West Memphis 3 are finally walking in the sunshine. .

Merchville: [I’m not gonna lie to you. We need the money]. We’ve got some new items. Chuck Prophet And The Spanish Bombs Live DVD. The Spanish Bombs recorded this show live for Basque Radio Television and it’s pretty slick. Also we’ve got Stephie and The Company Men’s ‘Cry Tomorrow’ and Sonny Smith’s ‘Fruitvale’. ON SALE NOW for 8 bones. Go here: http://www.bellesound.com/music

All the best (and all the rest),

—CP

SAT AUG 27 10TH ANNUAL SLEEPLESS NIGHTS: GRAM PARSONS TRIBUTE CONCERT

GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL - SAN FRANCISCO

Chuck Prophet and Stephanie Finch. Tickets $13. Doors at 8:00 PM. Show 9:00 PM.

Featuring: Red Meat Sweet Chariot East Bay Grease Farmer Dave Scher Big Eagle Gypsy Moonlight Band

FRI SEP 23

TOOTS TAVERN - CROCKETT

Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express. Tickets: $20 advance / $25 at door.

SAT SEP 24

EARLE FEST - EARLE BAUM CENTER - SANTA ROSA

Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express. Tickets: $15 advance / $18 at door. Doors at 12:00 PM.

FRI OCT 21

SAVE KUSF BENEFIT – RICKSHAW STOP – SAN FRANCISCO

Chuck Prophet

With: Battlehooch, This Old Earthquake

Tickets: $10 advance / $12 at door

SAVE KUSF BENEFIT

Hello Folks,

A few shows to announce in a bit here. For now, here’s a heads up for a special show to benefit KUSF at The Rickshaw.

SAVE KUSF BENEFIT WITH

BATTLEHOOCH

CHUCK PROPHET

THIS OLD EARTHQUAKE

plus KUSF in Exile DJs

Fri, October 21, 2011

8:30 pm

For this gig, Ill be playing all new songs for a new record coming down the pike.

The working title is Temple Beautiful, the name of a long gone venue on Geary St. right between the Fillmore and the storefront church of one Reverend Jim Jones.

In a futile attempt to capture lightning bugs in a bottle and set them free, we’ve worked up a batch of songs all about San Francisco. Specials guests include Roy Loney and others (as we get our act together).

It’s all in there. Jack London to Mark Twain, from the Grateful Dead to the DK’s.

Songs include Emperor Norton in the Last Year of his Life to Willie Mays (Is Still Swinging for the Fence) to Trying to Get a Cab on a Saturday night…

Characters include Laughing Sal, Fillmore Slim to Carlos Guitarlos…

The Rickshaw is a pretty cool place. Added bonus: (for those of you with wheels), it’s not so hard to park around there. Pretty easy in fact.

Yours,

C

Spanish bomb dates

21 July Nottingham - Glee Club

22 July Bristol - The Polish Club

23 July London - The Relentless Garage

24 July The Sage - Gateshead/Newcastle - Summertyne Americana festival with Lyle Lovett, Richmond Fontaine and others

26 July Santander, Spain - Plaza Porticada (outside and free)

27 July DOKA in Donostia-San Sebastian

28 July Barcelona, Spain - Music Hall

29 July Madrid, Spain - Teatro Lara

30 July Gijon, Spain - Acapulco

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Folks,

We’ve got a couple CP Mx shows this weekend. One at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma. And a Nevada show too on Saturday in Crystal Bay.

May 27 brings Stephanie Finch and the Company Men to the Strawberry Music Festival - Camp Mather, Yosemite National Park.

Canadian friends ought to keep an eye out for me at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. I’ll be playing solo.

We’ve also got some Spanish Bombs festival dates “over there” in Spain and the UK. I hope to raise the dosh to purchase a Lewis Leather Jacket by the time it’s over. Our London Show will be at the London Garage - less than a mile from where London Calling was recorded at Wessex Studios or a mere 5 minutes “on the route of the 19 bus” in Highbury London.

In Merchville: Select items are on sale at (((belle sound))). Including Stephie and The Company Men’s ‘Cry Tomorrow’ and Sonny Smith’s Fruitvale. ON SALE NOW for 8 bones (((belle sound))).

And in honor of the Vivian Girls who had the good taste to cover Green On Red’s Sixteen Ways, there’s also a live set of meandering GOR brilliance ‘best left to those who’ve climbed the mountain and talked to the elephant’ available.

http://www.bellesound.com/

Had a real good time playing in Alaska. Hope to get back there. And I stayed true to my word that I’m too old for new drugs and snowboarding. What was wrong with the old drugs? I’ll take up snow-boarding about the time I start taking Ecstasy. James, on the other hand, braved it on the slopes. Has the bruises to prove it too.

And thanks to everyone on twitter who follows me and gave me some great tips on how to get goat blood stains out of carpet.

All the best (and all the rest),

—CP

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* GIGSVILLE: “Alaska”

* MERCHVILLE: Vinyl and new shirts too

* TWITTERVILLE: “Tweet-tweet-twiddle-dee-deet”

http://twitter.com/ChuckProphet/

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GIGSVILLE: “6 billion people in the world and you want to be among those who will never seen The Mission Express live?”

Show details: http://chuckprophet.com/gigs/

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Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express

MAY 13 Mystic Theatre - Petaluma, CA

MAY 14 Crystal Bay Club, Crystal Bay, NV

/ The Mission Express:

Stephie Finch: (singing, Vox organ, guitar)

Kevin White: (bass guitar)

Paul Taylor: (drums, vocals)

James DePrato: (guitar, leg steel)

Stephanie Finch and the Company Men

/ Company Men:

Rusty Miller: (bass guitar, vocals)

Kelley Stoltz: (drums, vocals)

Chuck Prophet: (guitar, vocals)