The brothers Wilson, Julian and Danny, and Ed Balch.
Influences
Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Jimmy Webb, The Band, The Faces, Fairport Convention, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Springsteen, Beatles, Hollies, Burritos, Byrds, Big Star, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Dan Penn, Eddie Hinton, Beach Boys, Solomon Burke, Arthur Alexander, James Carr, Dion, Glen Campbell, The Jayhawks, Crowded House, World Party, Teenage Fanclub, Townes Van Zandt, The Everly Brothers, Uncle Tupelo, Buffalo Springfield, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, and on and on and on......
Grand Drive's fifth album, 'Everyone', will be released through Loose on July 23rd!!
They have also announced a London show set for the 19th July at The Luminaire in Kilburn - tickets now available from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/18549
"These songs are like Frank Capra movies set to music, tales of hope in adversity, of broken hearts trying one last time" - Evening Standard
"A band that elevates tortured affairs of the heart into an artform" - The Times
"This album is a classic and the first stone-cold masterpiece of the 21st century" - Sleazenation
"Stateley imaginative rock music crammed with sparkling tunes. Just Brilliant!" - Word Magazine
where o where have you gone? come out tmrw night (15th) to the last gig of my 12 Bar residency..... new songs, great guitar played by chris rushton and heckling encouraged! onstage 10pm
On this TOUR The Guilty Preachers are : Gary Johnston (Thrum, Danny George Wilson), Barry Payne (Viarosa, Wreckless Eric, Alabama3), Chris Rushton (too many cool bands to mention) and Simon Alpin (Willard Grant Conspiracy, Grand Drive, Teenage Fanclub)
US Solo Acoustic Tour
Feb 21 Folk Alliance, Memphis Feb 22 Folk Alliance Memphis Feb 24th Folk Alliance, Memphis Feb 28 Eddie's Attic - Decatur, GA Feb 29 FooBar - Nashville, TN Mar 8 SS Cape May Festival - Cape May, NJ Mar 9 Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA Mar 26 Ghengis Cohens - Los Angeles, CA
Nine Mile Records release her Chuck Prophet produced album Dont Tell Stateside on March 18th. Available in Europe and everywhere else NOW.
Press Propaganda:
a superb release, a little different from the norm and having an alternative edge MAVERICK
smart and aware songwriter, both politically and emotionally and the album Dont Tell a record of rare quality BUCKETFULL OF BRAINS
Prophet and Alpin have woken the guilty preacher, smoked his last cigarette and served him up a condemned mans breakfast whilst Kathleen..s songs challenge his congregation HESTERGLOCK
sinner, songwriter and expatriate CHUCK PROPHET
these two men have produced an album of casual brilliance, letting the songs rise in the swirling swell of 21st century uncertainty BEAT-TRACKER
dont drink from the mainstream....hesterglock <img src="http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w196/truculentenigma/windowweb44.jpg"align
hey wilsonians, come out to The Windmill this sunday night feb 10th to hear me and my band The Guilty Preachers play songs from my album DON'T TELL... confessions heard. communion not compulsory.
Hope you are having a good Holiday season! I wanted to let you know that i'll be touring in the UK in January with Kevin Montgomery, and we are playing London on Jan. 15th....at the Half Moon on Putney.
If you have a moment...here is a video about the tour- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0u6hDmd4As
I hope you can make the show..........until then, Happy Trails! AP
hey amigos get your pre christmas selves over to my page and check out the final edit of my video of the song PLAY ME! directed by houston artist & filmaker Brian Zievert and edited by Rachel Meyrick it's a feast for the eyes if you're into: tree climbing houston freeways crazy dogs vinyl aerial shots getting dizzy swirling around the colour green the colour red the colour black x k ps see you friday
CHUCK PROPHET PLAYS THE LONDON AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL Oct 01 and 02 - The Luminaire, Kilburn, London
CHUCK PROPHET AND THE MISSION EXPRESS Bob Frank & John Murry Kathleen Haskard & The Guilty Preachers
"...on new album Soap And Water Chuck lets his fearless subtle vibe off the leash, mixing musical styles, ironic tour-motion schizo-dynamics and a mastery of the fucked-up ballad par excellence sparkle and shimmer out of the speakers like a nugget in a panhandlers calloused and blistered whisky-glass hand...."
Can A Womans Voice Drug You? is the title of THE interview with cool customer Chuck Prophet.
On the eve of a European tour and the release of his most satisfyingly powerful and hip album Soap and Water, Chuck spoke at length with Paul Hawkins on the album, life, the old days, the new days and everything in between.
i know i've already said it but i love the new album. 'return to form' as uncut said, but then again i loved the lights in this town. my favourite album will always be true love though. hope all is well
Can't stop playing the new album. Its great music, so when will you be live again? Just wished I had got to you years ago. The Luminaire was brilliant. Thanks
Listened to the new album on a short road trip, there and back at least 5 times. Great piece of work, as ever! Remember, the trully great artists are over-looked in their own lifetimes,
