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Howe Gelb
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Tucson, Arizona
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Member Since2/14/2006
Band Websitehowegelb.com
Band MembersHowe Gelb, Sno Angel, Giant Sand, Band of Blacky Ranchette, Arizona Amp and Alternator, OP8, etc.
Sounds LikeTRAIN SINGER SONG
Video of recording session for 'Down Home 2007 - Return To San Pedro' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spun Some Piano

ORDER NOW!
down home 2007
by Howe Gelb
THE PIANO RECORD TRILOGY:

1. lull some piano

2. ogle some piano

3. spun some piano


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once upon a time in a land too far away to annoy
there lived a one eyed boy with a piano for a toy.

but the black keys in polly wolly doodle made the boy mad
and so he would never practice it and the piano got sad.

his mom thought it would be nice to paint the piano twice
much like an antique, white and gold, to be precise.

this did not help the boy to be persuaded to play
instead he ran to the river and the train to play.

some days the river tried to swallow this boy whole
but he was always able to escape, thank his lucky soul.

trains tried to shove him off the bridge more then one time
but he managed to save himself always in the nick of time.

the river would not have it and had a talk with the wind,
they conspired to find his home and invite themselves in.

but the boy escaped even that, though his piano it did not,
and ended up there all splintered in the stinky muddy rot.

the boy vowed then and there that once again he would play,
got another one with flood relocation money they gave away.

but no band would have him, thought his ear was made of tin
he left it all for the desert, and so again he could begin.

it made sense out there, minimal songs in a minimal place
the wind and sand adorning the inspiration of empty space.

eventually this boy would grow to record a piano trilogy,
so spun some piano is here now till he records 1 more then 3
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SPUN SOME PIANO features the piano music of howe gelb
with bassist thøger t. lund
and drummers peter domberbnowski and john convertino
plus a session with kent olsen and nicolai land
recorded in denmark and arizona
Click Here to buy!

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Type of LabelIndie


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Nov 16 2009 8:00P
Cafe Glocksee Hannover, GER
Nov 17 2009 8:00P
Kleine Freiheit Osnabrueck, GER
Nov 18 2009 8:00P
Objekt 5 Halle, GER
Nov 19 2009 8:00P
Scheune Dresden, GER
Nov 21 2009 8:00P
Blue Bird Festival Vienna, AUT
Nov 22 2009 8:00P
Rockhouse Salzburg, AUT
Nov 23 2009 8:00P
Treibhaus Innsbruck, AUT
Nov 24 2009 8:00P
Spielboden Dornbirn, AUT
Nov 25 2009 8:00P
Raetsche im Schlochthof Geislingen, GER
Nov 26 2009 8:00P
Cafe Zentral Weinheim, GER
Nov 27 2009 8:00P
Hazelwood Studios Frankfurt, GER
Nov 29 2009 8:00P
Gleis 22 Muenster, GER
Nov 30 2009 8:00P
Gebaude 9 Cologne, GER
Dec 1 2009 8:00P
101 @ Admiralspalast Berlin, GER
Dec 2 2009 8:00P
Uebel & Gefaehrlich Hamburg, GER

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THIS IS EROSION ROCK: Inaccurately yet affectionately dubbed “the Godfather of Alt. Country” by the British press, Tucson, Arizona-based musician Howe Gelb has remained the sole epicenter and creative force behind the ever-fluid configurations of Giant Sand for over a quarter century, giving birth along the way to an extended musical family tree that fostered the likes of The Band of…Blacky Ranchette, The Friends of Dean Martinez, OP8, and Calexico.

"Giant Sand is a mood," explained Howe, as if to simplify the dizzying breadth of his prolific output as an artist. With an impressive catalog of material that stretches back to 1983, he can easily claim some 40 albums to his credentials as both a band leader and a solo performer, each of which maintains its own genre-defying singularity while also drawing on the not-so disparate threads of country, southwestern roots, lo-fi, jazz, and punk--or the “yippity and happenstance“ that arises to inspire the soundscape of whatever project Gelb is involved in creating.

But Howe’s initial signposts were planted crookedly in Pennsylvania during the 1970s, among them being the rock opera ZEQE 24,088 which was recorded in 3 hours at a PBS radio station. In 1972, when floodwaters claimed his hometown and family house, ultimately sending him downstream to Arizona alongside the debris of his parents’ divorce, the song “Steadfast” was born as an articulation of that disaster. Soon upon arriving in Tucson, he met his sonic soul mate in the guitarist Rainer Ptacek, and as a result the two went on to form the Giant Sandworms. After releasing only a handful of singles and recordings, the worms were finally put to rest, making room for Giant Sand to bubble comfortably from the soil by the early 1980s. From that time on, in one manifestation or another, an album of Howe’s music has been recorded and delivered every 4 to 8 months.

Now following a nearly four year hiatus, Giant Sand returns with the release of proVISIONS on September 2, 2008. Produced by Howe and Kent Olsen (Arizona Amp and Alternator, Marie Frank), the album’s 13 tracks were recorded during a summer in Denmark, and features the Danish musicians Thoger T. Lund (bass), Peter Dombernowsky (drums), and Anders Pedersen (slide guitar). As with past incarnations of the band, the current lineup utilizes a more natural form of playing, relying heavily on improvisation and “on the fly“ problem solving, as well as exploring melodic variations within Howe’s songs.

Also lending themselves to the casual mix are a host of talented friends/collaborators--such as Neko Case, M. Ward, Isobell Campbell, Henriette Sennenvaldt, Lucie Idlout and Lonna Kelley--all of whom ease warmly into the passenger seat to ride shotgun for a while on an album thick with musings scattered by the desert winds and soaked with eroding guitars or dusty piano.

Providing an alternate route around box-store labels like “Alt. Country” while ruminating on love and loss in the socio-political climate of a modern world at odds with itself, proVISIONS is a creeping cruise down a dark desert highway, forging another surprising and welcome byway in the completely unique musical legacy of Giant Sand.

~Mitch Cullen
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Nov 7 2009 9:51 PM

send you warm thoughts from cold berlin see you on the 1st..happy you play here again i wont miss
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Nov 6 2009 1:06 AM

FELATTIO - WE SUCK A LOT!!!
PORTUGAL!!!
tiki

tiki



Nov 3 2009 4:20 PM

merci pour l'ajout :)

ELECTRICDIVA

ELECTRICDIVA



Nov 3 2009 11:42 AM

Salut,
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Nov 3 2009 3:27 AM

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Nov 2 2009 6:50 PM


Herr Kosmos is watching You! ;-)
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Oct 13 2009 8:42 PM

Hey! We've added a new demo here on our page. Its of a track we've been playing called Little Lost Lamb. Do please feel the noise and give it a show! x Thanks x
Kaplin

Kaplin



Sep 30 2009 12:43 AM

An honour to have played before ya.
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Robin

Robin



Sep 27 2009 6:57 AM

Great concert last night at the adelphi ! Come back again soon.
gahs&Rocio

gahs&Rocio



Sep 23 2009 9:30 AM

"Lightime"
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we hope you like it

Thanks for listening!
emilie

emilie



Sep 22 2009 6:53 AM

Congratulations on 'Sno Angel Winging It debut! One of my all time favorite albums. Cannot wait to bear witness to timeless capture in celluloid. Be well and break a leg, my friend!

xo,

Em
ofeliadorme

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Sep 13 2009 4:34 AM

Le 8 novembre l'académie du massacre débarque au Magasin 4 à Bruxelles, du métal qui décape avec une touche d'humour bien lourd ! A ne pas manquer, absolument ! Liens vidéo : http://www.bandeapart.fm/les-sessions-bande-a-part/Entree.aspx?id=57889#play_27625 A plus Pasquale
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Hayley (Mulligan Family)



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Sep 10 2009 1:55 PM

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Sep 10 2009 1:35 PM

Thanks so much for the add-- I really dig your music.

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Sep 8 2009 7:21 AM

New video in super 8
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Sep 6 2009 8:19 PM

Thank you for being my friend!
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Sep 4 2009 10:23 AM

first "making of" is here.
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I once got into a fistfight over "Purge & Slouch"...
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