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@LWjetta wrote:
As I post this, got WNKU on.
Kim Richey is now singing.(Wreck your Wheels)
Great station Lafayette.
Now Chuck is on.(Let me get this chocolate off the Floor……)
I assume you have now purchased your Southgate House ticket by nowYes, and did you hear JP mention the article and the facebook link after spinning Chuck? I know him like a book when it comes to spinning music…although I lost my bottom dollar on the Lu spin. He took it in a different direction, playing Tom Petty instead, after saying Chuck is compared to Tom Petty. I was holding out hope we would hear “Change The Locks” by Lu following TP, but he didn’t go there.
Chuck will be doing an On Air with Kim Ritchey on the day of the show, at 3:00 p.m. Unfortunately, JP signs off then, but there is no doubt if he was doing the interview, he would have brought up the facebook thing.
I haven’t purchased ticket yet, I’m on a mission to get house work finished before a birthday overnight this weekend so 7 (12 year old) boys can tear the joint up, however, I’m leaning toward going.
@tntracy wrote:
Thanks for the link, Lafayette. Chuck read it, too. He just posted on Facebook w/ a link to the article, “If I’m so cool, how come I can’t find my keys?” 😆
Tom
Oh, that’s hilarious! I just called JP, he’s on the air until 3:00 p.m. today, regaling him with your Chuck Prophet facebook find. He didn’t know the preview would run today so he thanked me. If you want to tune in right now, online, it wouldn’t surprise me if he doesn’t spin a CP song AND perhaps a Lu song since I told him we were “chatting” about the article and Lu was a Chuck fan as he opened a tour for her. JP wasn’t aware of the “CP opening for Lu” trivia. He likes to spin music by artist association or as we refer here…connecting the dots.
http://www.wnku.org
The following ran hard copy in today’s Cincinnati Enquirer. The music director, John Patrick, was asked for his thoughts on Chuck Prophet. JP is the “go to guy” when I visit or call WNKU as I love to talk to him about Mellencamp and Lu, he is a big fan of both.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101018/ent03/10180330/1025/ent&template=iphoneart
If you can measure a person’s character by the quality of his friends, Chuck Prophet is a lucky man.
The San Francisco singer-songwriter plays the Southgate House in Newport Thursday with one of those friends, Kim Richey. Earlier in the day, they will stop by WNKU-FM (89.7), where music director John Patrick once described Prophet as “the coolest guy we’ve ever had in here.”Testimonials are nice, but the proof is in the music. Prophet’s latest album, “Let Freedom Ring!” is a meditation on our life and times, somewhat inspired by one his heroes.
“It was Hunter S. Thompson who really based his career on the life, death, rebirth and total disappearing of the American dream,” Prophet says. “I was interested in that when I started writing songs for this album. I had the window open, and after about two or three songs, I realized that’s where I was going.”
In addition to his solo projects, Prophet is a trusted collaborator to folks like Richey and Alejandro Escovedo among others. He co-wrote more than half of the songs on Escovedo’s 2010 “Street Songs of Love” and partnered on every one on 2008’s “Real Animal.”
“When we get in a room, we just never run out of things to talk about,” Prophet says of Escovedo. “It’s like touching two jumper cables together. The songs just kind of spill out of that. To Al’s credit, he has the ability to make somebody feel like you’ve known him your whole life.”
Prophet’s whole life hasn’t been spent basking in a cocoon of critical acclaim. He started living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle as a teenager, and fell victim to those temptations. But while he struggled with a drug problem, he also made good music with the band Green on Red, an early acolyte of the country punk sound.
“We really took that lifestyle thing as far we could,” he remembers. “We were working with (Memphis musical legend) Jim Dickinson on a record called ‘The Killer Inside Me,’ which kind of split the band, brother vs. brother.
“While we were there, Alex (Chilton of the Box Tops and Big Star) would drop by. … Big Star was like the Sex Pistols in their own way … the influence that it had, just like the influence that the Velvet Underground had, Big Star had the same amount of influence.”
Spending time with Dickinson (who died last year) and Chilton (who died this year) certainly influenced Prophet, but cool innately knows cool.
“The thing about Alex is … he was cool. He didn’t have to say a lot about (his life and music), and he never did a lot of explaining. There was nothing exaggerated at all. He was the coolest (guy) who ever lived.”
Patrick might disagree. “(Prophet) is just cool. You can’t fake cool.”
“You can’t fake cool”…John Patrick 8)@tntracy wrote:
If any one else cannot wait until next year for the official release, here is a link to an advance copy of Mission Bell on eBay. I already gave Lafayette “first dibs” on it via an earlier e-mail, but she “passed” due to recent JM ticket expenditures… 😉
Tom
I received an email from West Words, alerting me to this find on ebay, as well. 😆 Love my Lu friends.
P.S. Wish I was around during the Lu, Carrie Rodgriquez tour. WFPK 91.9 just down the road an hour and a half, very cool radio station.
I have heard several songs from “Band Of Joy” both on WNKU (October’s CD Of The Month) AND not be be forgotten, the “surprise” AMA appearance where he played with the “Band Of Joy” after the awards ceremony.
My favorites are “Central Two O-Nine,” “You Can’t Buy My Love,” “Cindy, I’ll Marry You Someday” 😆 (a favorite of mine as a child) and my absolute favorite “Falling In Love Again.”
I think it’s well worth the investment, tnt.
I received an email over the weekend from FF member Stoger mentioning he, too, was attending a Richard Thompson show, among others. Given the location, I’m betting my bottom dollar he was at this particular show.
I’ve heard Mr. Mellencamp cover “Shoot Out The Lights” back in the 80’s with a proclamation Richard Thompson, to him, at that particular time, was probably the best singer songwriter he had heard.
Ala lwj…here is Richard Thompson performing “Shoot Out The Lights” on Elvis Costello’s “Spectacle.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJKnk09YuQU
@LWjetta wrote:
@Lafayette wrote:
Get a free mp3 download of “El Camino” from “Mission Bell” by joining Amos Lee email list.
http://amoslee.com/
Tried this. FAIL for the mp3.
I got a confirming e mail that told me to click for the download then a http error # 403Anyway, it’s a great song.
Lafayette, wasn’t your guess for Lu’s wheels an El Camino ? ………connect
lwjNot sure if that was my guess or no. Apparently, Lu appears on “Clear Blue Eyes,” one song I have NOT heard Amos premiere at subsequent shows.
Weather is quite cold that time of year, potential snowstorms, etc etc.
I’m sure there will be tons of YouTube videos from previous concerts by the time the Toronto show rolls around to help with your decision.
Get a free mp3 download of “El Camino” from “Mission Bell” by joining Amos Lee email list.
http://amoslee.com/
@LWjetta wrote:
@Lafayette wrote:
p.s. Do you think the UC Bearcats are back on track after clobbering Miami (OH) ?
I am hopeful!
Really nice blog, lwj! Thanks for posting, I never saw this.
I’m waitng on next Jan…Lu and Amos shows (with fingers crossed!)
HA! Yes, I will definitely think about it. I was over at the studio, WNKU, last week volunteering during pledge week and saw on their calendar a Chuck and Kim On Air, Oct 21 at 3:00 p.m. You can listen LIVE ❗ at http://www.wnku.org
Concert money left? Sheesh…I am really tapped out but I will try to go…it’s more a timing thang!
