Howe Gelb
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 Howe Gelb performing in 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Howard Gelb |
| Born | 1956 |
| Origin | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Genres | Indie rock, Americana, alt.country, roots rock, indie folk, folk-rock, lo-fi |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Labels | Ow Om |
| Associated acts | Giant Sand OP8 The Band of Blacky Ranchette Arizona Amp and Alternator |
| Website | howegelb.com |
Howe Gelb is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer based in Tucson, Arizona.
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[edit] Projects
Gelb's approach to music is collaborative and he has recorded with a number of side projects. In a 2004 interview with Gelb, The Guardian wrote "Gelb's way of dealing with it was to treat Giant Sand (not to be confused with his 1970s electro-rock band Giant Sandworms) as a loose, uncompetitive, mutually supportive musical collective, a place for friends to hang out and play. 'I just liked the idea of having this kind of removed world, this brotherhood—the idea of a band being something more than a front person or dealing with the throes of fame.'"[1] In a 2006 interview, Gelb said "Sno Angel is now the name of this project. Like you had Arizona Amp, OP8 and all those other ones. So the way I regulate them is to keep them with their own flavour, and if this takes on a life of it's [sic] own...which this may well do...it will make time for itself. I ain't got no plans, I never even thought we'd get to tour, but it had it's [sic] own idea."[2]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Giant Sand
- Valley of Rain (1985)
- Ballad of a Thin Line Man (1986)
- Storm (1987)
- The Love Songs (1988)
- Long Stem Rant (1989)
- Swerve (1990)
- Ramp (1991)
- Center of the Universe (1992)
- Stromausfall (1993)
- Purge & Slouch (1994)
- Glum (1994)
- Goods and Services (1995)
- Backyard Barbecue Broadcast (1995)
- Build Your Own Night It's Easy (1997)
- Chore of Enchantment (2000)
- The Rock Opera Years (2000)
- Unsungglum (2001)
- Cover Magazine (2002)
- Infiltration of Dreams (2003)
- Too Many Spare Parts in the Yard Too Close at Hand (2003)
- Is All Over the Map (2004)
- Provisions (2008)
- Provisional Supplement (2008)
- Blurry Blue Mountain (2010)
[edit] Arizona Amp and Alternator
- Arizona Amp and Alternator (2005)
[edit] Howe Gelb
- Dreaded Brown Recluse (1991)
- Hisser (1998)
- Upside Down Home (1998)
- Upside Down Home 2000 (2000)
- Confluence (2001)
- Lull Some Piano (2001)
- The Listener (2003)
- Upside Down Home 2002 (2003)
- Ogle Some Piano (2004)
- The Listener's Coffee Companion (2004)
- Upside Down Home 2004: Year of the Monkey (2004)
- 'Sno Angel Like You (2006)
- Fourcast: Flurries (2006)
- Upside Down Home 2007: Return to San Pedro (2007)
- Spun Some Piano (2008)
- 'Sno Angel Winging It (Live album) (2009)
- Alegrías (2010)
- Melted Wires (2010)
- Snarl Some Piano (2011)
[edit] The Band of Blacky Ranchette
- The Band of Blacky Ranchette (1985)
- Heartland (1986)
- Sage Advice (1990)
- Still Lookin' Good to Me (2003)
[edit] OP8
- Slush (1997)
[edit] Filmography
- Drunken Bees (1996) – Giant Sand documentary by Marianne Dissard
- Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration (2005) – Howe Gelb interviewed
- High and Dry: Where the Desert Meets Rock and Roll (2006) – documentary which includes music and interviews with Giant Sand members[3]
- This Band Has No Members (2006) – Howe Gelb solo concert film of his Japan tour in 2005
[edit] References
- ^ Sylvie Simmons (September 2004). "True Grit". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/sep/03/popandrock. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ Frankerton Stance (May 2006). "Howe Gelb". Crooked Rain. http://crookedrain.org.uk/?p=27. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ http://www.upstairsfilm.com/highanddry/
[edit] External links
- Howe Gelb
- Ow Om Records
- Live recordings by Howe Gelb at the Internet Archive
- Howe Gelb on Myspace
