Chuck Prophet’s latest album, “Temple Beautiful,” is a keenly observed homage to his adopted hometown of San Francisco, from its early punk-rock heyday back to “Emperor Norton in the Last Year of His Life.” As the deadpan guitarist says, there’s more to The City “than fancy-pants coffee shops run by hipster dufuses.” That explains why he is in the lineup for Tom Fest, a benefit and tribute for producer-engineer Tom Mallon, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor and is undergoing treatment.
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It’s no secret that former Green On Red axeman Chuck Prophet is something of a fixture around his native San Francisco. You could set your watch to his appearance every Tuesday morning at the old Tower Records on Market Street. If he wasn’t touring, that’s where you’d find him, combing through that week’s new releases.
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Spanish Bombs is the name of local Americana guitarist Chuck Prophet’s new side project with power-popper Chris Von Sneidern, and it’s definitely a double-entendre.
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For two decades, San Francisco artist Stephanie Finch has made her music a family affair. Rather than step in the spotlight, she’s been content to play keyboards behind and trade vocals with her guitarist husband Chuck Prophet. But that could change with “Cry Tomorrow,” her first official solo album, with feisty originals such as “Transmission” and “Don’t Back Out Now,” cowritten on guitar with her longtime chum Randall Homan.
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