Charles William Prophet (born June 28, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. A Californian, Prophet first achieved notice in the American psychedelic/desert rock group

Green on Red Green on Red was an American rock band, formed in the Tucson, Arizona punk scene, but based for most of its career in Los Angeles, California, where it was loosely associated with the Paisley Underground. Earlier records have the wide-screen ps ...

, with whom he toured and recorded in the 1980s. He has also recorded a number of solo records, and gained prominence as a musician and songwriter.

Life and work

Chuck Prophet was born in

Whittier, California Whittier () is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities. The city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census, an increase of 1,975 from the 2010 census figure. Whittier was incorporated i ...

, United States, and calls San Francisco home. After recording one E.P. and eight albums with rock group

, he released his first solo record ''Brother Aldo'' on

Fire Records Fire Records was an American independent record label, set up in 1959 by Bobby Robinson. Amongst others, it released records by Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James, Buster Brown and Arthur Crudup. At one point it was thought Fire had issued the las ...

in 1990. It was not released in the U.S. until 1997. He records and tours with his wife

Stephanie Finch Stephanie Finch is an American singer, keyboardist and guitarist. She is the wife of Chuck Prophet Charles William Prophet (born June 28, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. A Californian, Prophet first ach ...

, who is a singer, keyboardist and guitarist. Green-On-Red

Prophet was signed to

New West Records New West Records is a record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, and Athens, Georgia. It had offices in Burbank, California, and Beverly Hills, California. The label was established in 1998 by Cameron Strang "for artists who perform real music ...

by Peter Jesperson in 2002. He made two records for New West: ''No Other Love'' and ''Age of Miracles''. After years of mostly European and UK success, 2002’s ''No Other Love'' was a breakthrough record for Prophet stateside due to the success of the summer single "Summertime Thing" and endorsements from

Lucinda Williams Lucinda Gayle Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums: '' Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and ''Happy Woman Blues'' (1980), in a traditional country and blues style ...

, who gave him the opening slot for her summer tour. Prophet was signed to

Yep Roc Yep Roc Records is an American independent record label based in Hillsborough, North Carolina, and owned by Redeye Distribution. Since 1997, the label has released albums from North Carolina and international artists, including Nick Lowe, Pau ...

Records in 2007. Recorded in San Francisco and Nashville, 2007's ''Soap and Water'' received critical praise. Prophet toured Europe and North America in support of the album and appeared with his band on the ''

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'' and ''

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''. To better motivate the various musicians and engineers who were involved in the production of this album, Prophet gave them a stake in the master recordings. Prophet has contributed to several

Kelly Willis Kelly may refer to: Art and entertainment * Kelly (Kelly Price album) * Kelly (Andrea Faustini album) * ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap * "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland * ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadi ...

records, and produced 2007's ''Translated From Love'' for

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. Willis and Prophet co-wrote six of the album's tracks and Prophet played guitar throughout. Evangeline Recording Co. released a limited-edition work entitled ''Dreaming Waylon's Dreams'', which he recorded in San Francisco. The record re-creates

Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...

' 1975 country album ''Dreaming My Dreams'' in its entirety and features, among others, members of

American Music Club American Music Club was an American, San Francisco-based indie rock band, led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. Formed in 1983, the band released seven albums before splitting up in 1995. They reformed in 2003 and released two further albums. ...

and

Meat Beat Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened as Meat Beat, Manifesto or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens that was formed in 1987 in Swindon, United Kingdom. The band, fronted by Dangers (the on ...

. The package and booklet were printed by the legendary Bruce Licher (

Savage Republic Savage Republic (originally named Africa Corps) is an American, Los Angeles-based post-punk band, formed in the early 1980s. The group reformed in 2002 and remains active with a different lineup. They are known for lengthy songs with an emphasis ...

, Independent Music Project, REM fan club etc.) using a custom letterpress design on original stock. Included in the packaging is a recounting of the events surrounding the recording of the record by close friend John Murry (who also played on the record). Each piece was lovingly printed and numbered by hand on a circa 1930's printing press. ''Dreaming Waylon's Dreams'' is one of the rarest and most sought-after items in Prophet's discography. It is a limited edition of only 1000. Released by Rounder Records, in 2001, ''Raisins in the Sun'' was a one-off collaboration with

Jules Shear Jules Mark Shear (born March 7, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He wrote the Cyndi Lauper hit single " All Through the Night" and The Bangles' hit "If She Knew What She Wants", and charted a hit as a performer with "Stead ...

, Harvey Brooks,

Paul Q. Kolderie Paul Q. Kolderie is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, the Mighty Mighty Bosston ...

Jim Dickinson James Luther Dickinson (November 15, 1941 – August 15, 2009) was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the band Mud Boy and the Neutrons, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Biography Dickinson was born in Li ...

Sean Slade Sean Slade (born 14 November 1957) is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. On many of his productions he worked in partnership with Paul Q. Kolderie. Career Slade was born in Lansing, Michigan, United States. He graduated from Ya ...

, and Winston Watson, recorded in May 1999. In 2008 Prophet co-wrote all the songs on

Alejandro Escovedo Alejandro Escovedo (born January 10, 1951) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and singer, who has been recording and touring since the late 1970s. His primary instrument is the guitar. He has played in various rock genres, including punk ...

's ''Real Animal'', to which he also contributed guitar and vocals. The LP was recorded in Lexington, Kentucky and produced by noted producer

Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of many ...

. In May 2009, Prophet along with a band of musicians including Ernest "Boom" Carter headed to

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to record a collection of "political songs for non political people". ''¡Let Freedom Ring!'' was released on October 27, 2009, on

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of ''

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'' compared ''¡Let Freedom Ring!'' to

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's ''

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'', citing the recordings as "albums that manifest patriotism through disenchantment, and both rely heavily on marginalized characters to expose socioeconomic woes." In January 2011, he formed the Spanish Bombs along with

Chris Von Sneidern Chris Von Sneidern (born in Syracuse, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. He earned a cult following with a string of indie releases during the 1990s and 2000s. Career Von Sneidern played in a local band called the U-Turns in the earl ...

and San Francisco rhythm section The Park. The Spanish Bombs performed

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's LP ''

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'' in its entirety at the Actual Music Festival in Spain. This special project came at the invitation of curators Houston Party. This festival show was followed by a 12-date tour of Spain. February 7, 2012, was the release date of the ''

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'' CD, a "nuanced, insightful and passionate ode to San Francisco" on Yep Roc Records. It was met with positive reviews scoring 82 on

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. The title track, "Temple Beautiful" (featuring

Roy Loney Roy Loney (April 13, 1946 – December 13, 2019) was an American rock musician, best known as the original lead singer of the Flamin' Groovies. The Groovies original line-up issued releases on Epic Records and Kama Sutra Records, which ''Rolling ...

of the

Flamin' Groovies Flamin' Groovies is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965, originally co-led by Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan. After the Groovies released three albums, on Epic (''Supersnazz'') and Kama Sutra (''Flamingo'' and '' Teenage He ...

), was proclaimed "Coolest Song in the World" on Little Stevens

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. On March 3, 2013, Prophet played a Benefit Concert at The

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for

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, a producer who documented much of the San Francisco Punk scene and went on to produce the early American Music Club records. (Mallon at that time had a

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, which he died of in 2014.) Members of many seminal San Francisco bands played as well including members of

Frightwig Frightwig is an all-female punk rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1982 by Deanna Ashley and Mia Levin. After many line-up changes, Frightwig retired in 1994. Frightwig reformed in 2012 with Rebecca Sevrin and Rachel Thoele. Fr ...

, Ugly Stick, Flying Color. On September 23, 2014, Prophet released ''

Night Surfer ''Night Surfer'' is a full-length album by American singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet. It was released in the U.S. on September 23, 2014, through Yep Roc Records. The album was recorded in San Francisco and Nashville, and mixed by Paul Q. Kolderi ...

'' on

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. The album was met with positive reviews, including a three-and-a-half out of five star rating from

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. On February 10, 2017, Prophet released '' Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins''. The album was given four out of five stars from All Music Guide. On February 19, 2017, he appeared on the BBC Sunday morning political show

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singing "Bad Year For Rock and Roll," one of the standout tracks from his latest album Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins. In 2018, Prophet was tapped to co-write and produce a new LP for The

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. The album, ''From Home,'' released in 2019, was recorded at

Hyde Street Studios Hyde Street Studios is an American music recording facility in San Francisco, California. Located at 245 Hyde Street and previously occupied by Wally Heider Studios, it became Hyde Street Studios in 1980 when it was taken over by local songwriter, ...

in San Francisco, formerly

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, where the group made some of its first recordings.

Songwriter

In 1996, Prophet was signed to Funzalo Music BMG Publishing and spent much of 1997 in Nashville as a staff writer. He has gone on to have his compositions and co-writes recorded by many artists including

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, Michael Grimm,

Kim Carnes Kim Carnes (; born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a sess ...

Peter Wolf Peter Wolf (born March 7, 1946) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of the J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1983 and as a solo artist. Early life and education Peter Wolf was born Peter Walter Blankfield on March 7, 1946 in The ...

Kim Richey Kimberly Richey (born December 1, 1956) is an American singer and songwriter. Career Kim Richey came onto the music scene in the 1990s and entered her first recording contract at the age of 37. Kim signed with Mercury Nashville. She spent the n ...

Carter's Chord Carter's Chord was an American country music group composed of sisters Becky Scott, Emily Fortney, and Joanna Ott, all of whom are singer-songwriters and vocalists. They are also the three daughters of Barny and Carter Roberston, both of whom pla ...

Jace Everett Jace Everett Beasley (born May 27, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performs country and rock music. Signed to Epic Records in 2005, he released his debut single "That's the Kind of Love I'm In" in 2005, which peaked at ...

, Arc Angels,

Penelope Houston Penelope Houston (born December 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band the Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellin ...

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, Micky & the Motorcars,

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, Bun E. Carlos,

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, Calvin Russell, Ryan Hamilton,

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and

. He has toured with Memphis producer and pianist

, who recorded Prophet's "Hungry Town". In

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, Prophet and songwriter

penned " I'm Gone", a

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country hit in 2002 for singer

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References in popular culture

* The song "No Other Love" was covered by the rock group

at the suggestion of

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. It was also featured in an episode of the television series ''

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'', and in the film ''P.S. I Love You''. In 2011, it was recorded by Michael Grimm, the winner of ''

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'', and included on his

Don Was Don Edward Fagenson (born September 13, 1952), known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was co-founded the funk-rock band Was (Not Was). In later years he produced s ...

-produced debut CD. * Prophet's father appears briefly in the 1955 film ''

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''. * He appears as an actor playing "The Connection" in '' Revolution Summer'', a film directed by Miles Matthew Montalbano and produced by

Jonathan Richman Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic ...

. * "You Did (Bomp Shooby Doobie Bomp)" was contributed as the theme song to the film ''Teeth''. "You Did" was also featured in the closing credits of the HBO series ''

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'' episode "Keep This Party Going" (S02E02). * The songs "Leave the Window Open" and "Love Won't Keep Us Apart," the latter co-written with klipschutz are featured in the FX program ''

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''. * The song "Holding On" was featured in ''

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The Mission Express

The "Mission Express" is a bus line that runs through Prophet's neighborhood and is the name of his current band. The line-up: *

: (singing, Vox organ, piano, guitar) *Kevin White: (bass guitar) *Vicente Rodriguez: (drums, vocals) *James DePrato: (guitar, lap steel) Former members: *Kyle Caprista: (drums, vocals) 2012–2013 *Paul Taylor: (drums, vocals) -2012

Selected discography

Solo

* 1990: ''Brother Aldo'' (Fire / Rough Trade) * 1992: ''Balinese Dancer'' (China / Homestead) * 1995: ''Feast of Hearts'' (China) * 1997: ''Homemade Blood'' (Cooking Vinyl) * 1999: ''The Hurting Business'' (Cooking Vinyl) * 2000: ''Homemade Boot (Live At Roskilde June 29, 1997)'' (Corduroy) * 2000: ''Turn the Pigeons Loose (Live In San Francisco 2000)'' (Cooking Vinyl) released 2004 * 2002: ''No Other Love'' (New West / Blue Rose) * 2004: ''Age of Miracles'' (New West / Blue Rose) * 2007: ''Soap and Water'' (Cooking Vinyl / Yep Roc) * 2007 ''Dreaming Waylon's Dreams'' (Evangeline) * 2009: ''¡Let Freedom Ring!'' (Cooking Vinyl / Yep Roc) * 2012: ''

'' (Yep Roc) * 2014: ''

'' (Yep Roc / Belle Sound) * 2017: '' Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins'' (Yep Roc) * 2020: '' The Land That Time Forgot'' (Yep Roc)

With Green on Red

* 1985: ''Gas Food Lodging'' (Enigma) * 1985: ''No Free Lunch'' (Mercury) * 1987: ''

The Killer Inside Me ''The Killer Inside Me'' is a 1952 novel by American writer Jim Thompson published by Fawcett Publications. In the introduction to the anthology ''Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s'', it is described as "one of the most blistering and ...

'' (Mercury) * 1989: ''

Here Come the Snakes ''Here Come the Snakes'' is an album by the American alternative rock band Green on Red, released in 1989. Production Recorded in Memphis, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson and Joe Hardy. Band members Dan Stuart and Chuck Prophet were back ...

'' (Restless) * 1989: ''Live at the Town & Country'' (China) * 1989: ''This Time Around'' (Off-Beat / China) * 1989–92: ''BBC Sessions'' (Cooking Vinyl) released 2007 * 1991: ''Scapegoats'' (Off-Beat / China) * 1992: ''Too Much Fun'' (Off-Beat / China) * 2005: ''Live at the Rialto'' (Blue Rose)

With
Jules Shear Jules Mark Shear (born March 7, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He wrote the Cyndi Lauper hit single " All Through the Night" and The Bangles' hit "If She Knew What She Wants", and charted a hit as a performer with "Stead ...
,
Jim Dickinson James Luther Dickinson (November 15, 1941 – August 15, 2009) was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the band Mud Boy and the Neutrons, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Biography Dickinson was born in Li ...
, Harvey Brooks,
Sean Slade Sean Slade (born 14 November 1957) is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. On many of his productions he worked in partnership with Paul Q. Kolderie. Career Slade was born in Lansing, Michigan, United States. He graduated from Ya ...
,
Paul Q. Kolderie Paul Q. Kolderie is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, the Mighty Mighty Bosston ...
, Winston Watson

* 2001: ''Raisins in the Sun'' (Evangeline)

With Jim Dickinson and the Creatures of Habit

* 1997: ''Thousand Footprints in the Sand'' (Last Call)

As guest musician

* 1986: Eddie Ray Porter – ''When The Morning Falls'' (Less Records) * 1986: True West – ''Hand Of Fate'' (CD Presents) * 1991: Sonya Hunter – ''Favorite Short Stories'' (Heyday / Normal) * 1992: Paul Collins – ''Paul Collins'' (DRO) * 1996:

Bob Neuwirth Robert John Neuwirth (June 20, 1939May 18, 2022) was an American folk singer, songwriter, record producer, and visual artist. He was noted for being the road manager and associate of Bob Dylan, as well as the co-writer of Janis Joplin's hit ...

– '' Look Up'' (Watermelon) * 1997: Calvin Russell – ''Calvin Russell'' (Last Call) * 1998:

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– ''

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'' (Capricorn) * 1998:

– ''Tongue'' (WEA / Reprise) * 1998:

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– ''Heater'' (Checkered Past / Normal) * 1999:

– ''

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'' (Rykodisc) * 2000:

Warren Zevon Warren William Zevon (; January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician. Zevon's most famous compositions include " Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and "Roland the Headless Tho ...

– ''Life'll Kill Ya'' (Artemis) * 2001:

– ''Loners, Stoners And Prison Brides'' (Return To Sender) * 2001:

Jenifer McKitrick Jenifer McKitrick (born May 5, 1966) is a songwriter. She was born in Defiance, Ohio. McKitrick was a founding member of bands including the Bettys, Swingin' Doors, Spank the Eggman, the Outskirts, Orange Sunshine, and Some Girls. Currently livi ...

– ''Glow'' (Jenomatic) * 2002:

– '' Easy'' (Rykodisc) * 2002:

– ''Rise'' (Lost Highway) * 2003:

Duane Jarvis Duane Jarvis (August 22, 1957 – April 1, 2009) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who recorded songs with many rock and roll and country music performers, including Frank Black, Peter Case, Rosie Flores, John Prine, Amy Ri ...

– ''Delicious'' (Slewfoot) * 2004:

– ''Pressure Chief'' (Columbia) * 2004:

– ''

Chasin' Wild Trains ''Chasin' Wild Trains'' is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes. It was her first full-length album since '' Checkin' Out the Ghosts'' (1991) and her first internationally-released studio album since ''View from the ...

'' (Spark Dawg) * 2005: Jeffrey Halford and the Healers – ''Railbirds'' (Shoeless) * 2012:

Victor Krummenacher Victor Krummenacher is an American bass guitarist and guitarist. He is a founding member of alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven. Career In addition to co-founding Camper Van Beethoven, Krummenacher is also a co-founder of CVB offshoot ...

– ''I Was A Nightmare But I'm Not Going To Go There'' (Veritas Recordings) * 2022:

- "Road Call" (Jenomatic Records)

References

External links

NPR Artist PageOfficial Site
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Prophet Interviews Jonathan Richman Site francophone- French siteChuck Prophet collection
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's live music archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Prophet, Chuck 1963 births Living people Writers from Whittier, California Musicians from Whittier, California Mission District, San Francisco American rock guitarists American male guitarists American male singers American male songwriters American rock singers Singers from California Songwriters from California Guitarists from California 20th-century American guitarists The Mission Express members 20th-century American male musicians Yep Roc Records artists Green on Red members

Life and work

Songwriter

References in popular culture

The Mission Express

Selected discography

Solo

With Green on Red

With Jim Dickinson and the Creatures of Habit

As guest musician

References

Further reading

External links