Chuck Prophet – Wake The Dead (LP Vinyl)
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A San Francisco lifer who came up playing guitar in Green on Red before carving out one of the most underrated solo catalogs in American rock, Chuck Prophet has always drawn from the full well of California music history. That this album arrived the way it did, with cumbia rhythms woven into his guitar-driven songwriting after years of real difficulty, makes the joy in these grooves feel earned rather than performed.
Chuck's first album in 4 years is inspired by the cumbia bands he saw at San Francisco clubs in the pandemic's aftermath, while undergoing cancer treatment. The music was a source of joy, during a dark time. He started playing with ¿Qiensave? a cumbia band based in Salinas, CA. The result is 11 new Chuck Prophet songs wrapped in a cumbia shell. The latin rhythms & chord progressions merge with Chuck's signature song styles to create something new that defies genre, but is undeniably joyful. The first
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Side A
Side B
UPC: 634457254015
Label: Yep Roc Records
Release Date: 6.5.26
Format: LP Vinyl