Chuck Prophet Braves Swine Flu, Earthquakes And Brownouts In Mexico City
While Recording ¡Let Freedom Ring! Out October 27
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San Francisco rocker Chuck Prophet got more than he bargained for when he and his band ventured to Mexico City to record the follow-up to 2007's Soap & Water. The musicians encountered a swine flu pandemic, an earthquake, electric brownouts and crashing hard drives, just to name a few haphazard incidents. Despite the setbacks, Prophet emerged with the hard-hitting, broad-ranging album ¡Let Freedom Ring!, which
will be released October 27.
"I just wanted the energy of this place," Prophet says of Mexico City. "I'm looking at a studio that is totally state of the art... for 1957. I stood in the middle of that room, I clapped my hands and I knew we could make a great record."
Chuck Prophet has collaborated with Warren
Zevon, Dan Penn and Alejandro Escovedo among many others, and his songs
have been recorded by everyone from Solomon Burke to Heart. In 2006, Prophet launched his own record label, (((belle sound))) releasing an
album by Sonny Smith and archival recordings by his seminal 1980s band Green on Red who according to The New York Times was "by far one of the best bands in the United States for almost an entire decade."
Chuck Prophet touring plans are expected to be announced shortly.
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