Howe Gelb
Encyclopedia
Howe Gelb is an American singer-songwriter
, musician
and record producer
based in Tucson, Arizona
.
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.'" 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 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 own idea."
Singer-songwriter
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, musician
Musician
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and record producer
Record producer
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based in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
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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 GuardianThe Guardian
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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.'" 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 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 own idea."
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 EnchantmentChore of EnchantmentChore of Enchantment is an album by the American rock band Giant Sand. It was released March 7, 2000 by the Chicago record label, Thrill Jockey.-Track listing:All tracks were written by Howe Gelb.# "Overture" – 0:48...
(2000) - The Rock Opera Years (2000)
- Unsungglum (2001)
- Cover MagazineCover MagazineCover Magazine is an album released by the American band Giant Sand on Thrill Jockey Records in 2001. The title references that 11 of the songs are cover versions.-Track listing:#"El Paso / Out on the Weekend"...
(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)
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)
The Band of Blacky Ranchette
- The Band of Blacky Ranchette (1985)
- Heartland (1986)
- Sage Advice (1990)
- Still Lookin' Good to MeStill Lookin' Good to MeStill Lookin' Good to Me is a 2003 album by The Band of Blacky Ranchette. The album features contributions from John Convertino, Joey Burns, Neko Case, Richard Buckner, Cat Power, M...
(2003)
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
- This Band Has No Members (2006) – Howe Gelb solo concert film of his Japan tour in 2005