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Howe Gelb
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Tucson, Arizona
United States

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Last Login:  11/18/2008
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Member Since2/14/2006
Band Websitehowegelb.com
Band MembersHowe Gelb, Sno Angel, Giant Sand, Band of Blacky Ranchette, Arizona Amp and Alternator, OP8, etc.
Sounds LikeTRAIN SINGER SONG
Video of recording session for 'Down Home 2007 - Return To San Pedro' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spun Some Piano

ORDER NOW!
down home 2007
by Howe Gelb
THE PIANO RECORD TRILOGY:

1. lull some piano

2. ogle some piano

3. spun some piano


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once upon a time in a land too far away to annoy
there lived a one eyed boy with a piano for a toy.

but the black keys in polly wolly doodle made the boy mad
and so he would never practice it and the piano got sad.

his mom thought it would be nice to paint the piano twice
much like an antique, white and gold, to be precise.

this did not help the boy to be persuaded to play
instead he ran to the river and the train to play.

some days the river tried to swallow this boy whole
but he was always able to escape, thank his lucky soul.

trains tried to shove him off the bridge more then one time
but he managed to save himself always in the nick of time.

the river would not have it and had a talk with the wind,
they conspired to find his home and invite themselves in.

but the boy escaped even that, though his piano it did not,
and ended up there all splintered in the stinky muddy rot.

the boy vowed then and there that once again he would play,
got another one with flood relocation money they gave away.

but no band would have him, thought his ear was made of tin
he left it all for the desert, and so again he could begin.

it made sense out there, minimal songs in a minimal place
the wind and sand adorning the inspiration of empty space.

eventually this boy would grow to record a piano trilogy,
so spun some piano is here now till he records 1 more then 3
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SPUN SOME PIANO features the piano music of howe gelb
with bassist thøger t. lund
and drummers peter domberbnowski and john convertino
plus a session with kent olsen and nicolai land
recorded in denmark and arizona
Click Here to buy!

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Record LabelOW OM, Yep Roc
Type of LabelIndie




   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 25 2008 8:00P
Koko London, UK
Nov 27 2008 8:00P
Point Ephemere Paris, France
Nov 28 2008 8:00P
Le VIP St. Nazaire, France
Nov 29 2008 8:00P
Le Vauban Brest, France
Nov 30 2008 8:00P
Fri-Son Fribourg, Switzerland
Dec 1 2008 8:00P
El Lokal Zurich, Switzerland
Dec 2 2008 8:00P
Le Ciel Grenoble, France
Dec 3 2008 8:00P
Espace Doun Rognes, France
Dec 4 2008 8:00P
L’Aeronef Lille, France
Dec 5 2008 8:00P
Gebaude 9 Cologne, Germany
Dec 6 2008 8:00P
Handelsbeurs Ghent, Belgium
Dec 7 2008 8:00P
Uebel & Gefahrlich Hamburg, Germany
Dec 8 2008 8:00P
Lido Berlin, Germany
Dec 9 2008 8:00P
Scheune Dresden, Germany
Dec 10 2008 8:00P
Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg, Germany
Dec 11 2008 8:00P
Feierwerk Munich, Germany
Dec 12 2008 8:00P
Primavera Sound Festival Barcelona, Spain
Dec 13 2008 8:00P
Primavera Sound Festival Madrid, Spain

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THIS IS EROSION ROCK: Inaccurately yet affectionately dubbed “the Godfather of Alt. Country” by the British press, Tucson, Arizona-based musician Howe Gelb has remained the sole epicenter and creative force behind the ever-fluid configurations of Giant Sand for over a quarter century, giving birth along the way to an extended musical family tree that fostered the likes of The Band of…Blacky Ranchette, The Friends of Dean Martinez, OP8, and Calexico.

"Giant Sand is a mood," explained Howe, as if to simplify the dizzying breadth of his prolific output as an artist. With an impressive catalog of material that stretches back to 1983, he can easily claim some 40 albums to his credentials as both a band leader and a solo performer, each of which maintains its own genre-defying singularity while also drawing on the not-so disparate threads of country, southwestern roots, lo-fi, jazz, and punk--or the “yippity and happenstance“ that arises to inspire the soundscape of whatever project Gelb is involved in creating.

But Howe’s initial signposts were planted crookedly in Pennsylvania during the 1970s, among them being the rock opera ZEQE 24,088 which was recorded in 3 hours at a PBS radio station. In 1972, when floodwaters claimed his hometown and family house, ultimately sending him downstream to Arizona alongside the debris of his parents’ divorce, the song “Steadfast” was born as an articulation of that disaster. Soon upon arriving in Tucson, he met his sonic soul mate in the guitarist Rainer Ptacek, and as a result the two went on to form the Giant Sandworms. After releasing only a handful of singles and recordings, the worms were finally put to rest, making room for Giant Sand to bubble comfortably from the soil by the early 1980s. From that time on, in one manifestation or another, an album of Howe’s music has been recorded and delivered every 4 to 8 months.

Now following a nearly four year hiatus, Giant Sand returns with the release of proVISIONS on September 2, 2008. Produced by Howe and Kent Olsen (Arizona Amp and Alternator, Marie Frank), the album’s 13 tracks were recorded during a summer in Denmark, and features the Danish musicians Thoger T. Lund (bass), Peter Dombernowsky (drums), and Anders Pedersen (slide guitar). As with past incarnations of the band, the current lineup utilizes a more natural form of playing, relying heavily on improvisation and “on the fly“ problem solving, as well as exploring melodic variations within Howe’s songs.

Also lending themselves to the casual mix are a host of talented friends/collaborators--such as Neko Case, M. Ward, Isobell Campbell, Henriette Sennenvaldt, Lucie Idlout and Lonna Kelley--all of whom ease warmly into the passenger seat to ride shotgun for a while on an album thick with musings scattered by the desert winds and soaked with eroding guitars or dusty piano.

Providing an alternate route around box-store labels like “Alt. Country” while ruminating on love and loss in the socio-political climate of a modern world at odds with itself, proVISIONS is a creeping cruise down a dark desert highway, forging another surprising and welcome byway in the completely unique musical legacy of Giant Sand.

~Mitch Cullen
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NIVE





Nov 20 2008 2:00 PM

hi mister! I just posted "pirate song" with me and you and john parish - hope that's OK... It turned out really nice! can't wait to sit together again and make more noise! See ya soon. Love Nive
Famosos Don Nadie





Nov 19 2008 6:11 PM

Best of lucks in Europe, Howe!
The DeSoto





Nov 19 2008 10:57 AM

Ladies & Gentlemen,
tonite wednesday 19th of November from 21.30 Desoto + Marianne Dissard and Andrew Collberg
live @ La Salumeria del Rock, Arceto di Scandiano (RE) Italy.
More info about the club
http://www.myspace.com/lasalumeriadelrock
Martin Vega


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Nov 19 2008 10:06 AM

Before,
the oblivion did not know my name.
Today,
I was before a second in the deepest of my hand.
I knew this way,
that you knew the old songs,
the gold of every muscle,
the invitation that lives in your eyes
and the ocean wraps and goes as a bottle adrift
and does not manage to be mine.

MV
Arcwest





Nov 17 2008 10:49 PM

Hi Howe !
Thanks for adding me,
if you enjoyed my music I could support you on one of your dates in France !! Tell me what you think about it please
Thanks a lot
Jack ;o)
jessAlicia





Nov 17 2008 5:01 PM

THANKS FOR THE FRIENDSHIP!
Ray Buckmiller and his Internet Orchestra





Nov 17 2008 4:54 PM

wowie,
friend of howe.
LORENZO ROMAGNOLI





Nov 17 2008 1:47 PM

thanks for adding me! love your stuff. rock on
clipper





Nov 17 2008 1:42 PM

hello Howe, thanks for the add. hope you like our stuff. cheers!!
S.O.L.O. (& official staff)





Nov 17 2008 1:18 PM

..thanx..welcome::
Sunslide





Nov 17 2008 1:04 PM

Merci merci Monsieur Gelb J'adore toujours 'ramp'
NIDLE





Nov 17 2008 10:58 AM

..

yes,

Une bonne semaine à toi!!;)

Much LOVE from PARIS!!!

PAZ,

NIDLE

...
Einsatz Heiße Ohren


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Nov 17 2008 9:40 AM

you saved my life. thanx.
Fleur Du West





Nov 17 2008 9:00 AM

You were fantastic in Sydney.

Such a pleasure to have the opportunity to catch you live.

Biglove,
- Sar.
Fedka





Nov 17 2008 8:56 AM

thanks for the add and thanks for the beautiful songs !!
Kelstone





Nov 17 2008 8:46 AM

Thanks for the friendship!
Love is light, it makes you see things.
Please check
www.kelstone.be
Nor Mozart, Charlie Parker or Jimmy Hendrix had such an instrument at their disposition!
All music we know is made on instruments we know.
New weapons generate killings,
new musical instruments generate....
Can’t wait for people like you to start exploring the Kelstone
Jan Van Kelst
Igor Rot





Nov 17 2008 8:43 AM

This is the colorful beginning of a new myspace friendship ... Ahoy
Because Brenda Fleming





Nov 17 2008 7:18 AM

cheers
see you soon in Grenoble :)
Hideki Takimoto





Nov 17 2008 4:53 AM

Thanks for the add!
Jeff buckley Tribute Europe





Nov 17 2008 4:42 AM

thanks
Kathleen/Esens Fragrances & Photography





Nov 17 2008 4:40 AM

Thanks so much for the friends add.
Always have enjoyed your music. When time allows, I encourage you to look at my albums under pics and many of my top friend musicians as I have photographed many of them: The Wyatts, Jimbo, Gunrunners, Leila Lopez, Angel Diamond, Bud Shank, Namoli Bennett, Black Man Clay, Dae-Dae.......All the best to you!!!!
Wendy





Nov 17 2008 4:13 AM

Hi Howe! sorry I missed your NZ shows - maybe next time when I'm in San Francisco which will be very soon. Great show in 1994 at the Club Congress in Tuscon - so nice to meet you there!

thanks for adding me as your friend:-)

Wendy
BabaJack





Nov 14 2008 10:18 AM

I love your music.

Thanks!

xBec
BabaJack
Thousand & Bramier





Nov 12 2008 10:36 AM

new record
Martin Vega


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Nov 8 2008 7:41 PM

Forget anything if it´s now.
No news no answers ...
Not a present.
what you imagine Dies,
Perhaps it also cries.
Maybe It's better this way,
forget the burning away.

MV
Nobody





Nov 8 2008 8:26 AM

NOBODY LOVES HOWE GELB
Delacroix





Nov 6 2008 6:27 PM

New song!
The Miniature Mechanical Monkey Orchestra





Nov 6 2008 3:20 AM

;) 4 +
VARDE