Temple Beautiful, by Chuck Prophet

Temple Beautiful

by Chuck Prophet

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	1.	Play That Song Again 02:43
	2.	Castro Halloween 04:12
	3.	Temple Beautiful 03:34
	4.	Museum Of Broken Hearts 03:56
	5.	Willie Mays Is Up At Bat 04:58
	6.	The Left Hand and the Right Hand 03:45
	7.	I Felt Like Jesus 02:57
	8.	Who Shot John 03:47
	9.	He Came From So Far Away (Red Man Speaks) 03:31
	10.	Little Girl, Little Boy 02:08
	11.	White Night, Big City 03:23
	12.	Emperor Norton in the Last Year Of His Life (1880) 03:44

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With “his triple-threat ability—excellent songwriter, killer lead guitarist, charismatic frontman”—(AOL Spinner), California native and longtime San Francisco resident singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet pays homage to the city he calls home for his twelfth studio album, Temple Beautiful. Set for February 7, 2012 release on Yep Roc Records, the album is named for the ill-fated club of the same name, “Temple Beautiful is a long closed punk rock club located in the old Reverend Jim Jones’ People’s Temple. Where I saw my first gigs,” says Prophet, who co-produced the album with Brad Jones. “This record was made in San Francisco, by San Franciscans about San Francisco.”

Co-written with klipschutz at Prophet’s “non-internet-having office space,” the 12-track album’s odes include “Castro Halloween,” “a gleaming, breezy rocker, anchored by Prophet’s everyman voice” (SF Weekly), “Willie Mays Is Up At Bat,” “Emperor Norton in the Last Year of His Life (1880),” and the title track which boasts Roy Loney, vocalist of legendary Bay Area band The Flamin’ Groovies, on guest vocals.

Compelled to pay tribute to the history and weirdness that brought him to the city nearly 30 years ago and inspired by current San Francisco artists, Prophet entered the studio with James DePrato (guitars), Rusty Miller (bass, vocals) and Prairie Prince (drums, percussion) to record “an unsentimental (though loving) tour of San Francisco,” says Prophet. “My effort to tap into the history, the weirdness, the energy and spontaneity that brought me here in the first place. All the songs are San Francisco related somehow.” The album also features Stephanie Finch (vocals); Chris Carmichael (cello, violin); Jim Hoke (woodwinds, flute).

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released February 7, 2012

2012, 2012 (((belle sound)))

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Since his neo-psychedelic Green On Red days, Chuck Prophet has been turning out country, folk, blues, and Brill Building classicism.

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