Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express

2271 S. Vasco,Livermore CA 94550

31 March, 2023

Description

21+ Opener begins at 5:30 pm. Please tune in for updated set times closer to the show. Returning after their sold out show in 2022! Chuck Prophet is a legendary San Franciscan songwriter, whose raw lyrics revel in the gritty romance of life on the American highway and stage. Emerging from the neo-psychedelic movement as an original member of Green on Red, Chuck Prophet has been challenging the boundaries of country, psychedelic rock, folk and punk for three decades, along with his wife and co-conspirtor Stephanie Finch, and band, The Mission Express. See them live at Almost Famous Wine Lounge, an award-winning, new tasting room and venue located on Vasco Road in the heart of Livermore's wine, spirits and brewery district. Almost Famous Wine makes fifteen wines in diverse styles, and earned 34 top industry awards since our debut last year. There is a two drink minimum for each guest. Ticket prices are subject to change, and sales are final. While we do not offer refunds, we are happy to apply the full credit of your purchase to another show if you let us know before your ticketed show begins. As a courtesy, please let us know about your ticket exchange or credit-refund request 24 hours before your ticketed show begins. Table seats cannot be claimed first come, first served until 8:15pm. Upgraded seating must otherwise be purchased. Outside food is welcome, but please bus your table of any food items when you are finished. No outside beverages, including non-alcoholic beverages. With a menu of 15 wines in diverse styles, a water station, and sophisticated non-alcoholic options, there's something for everyone. About Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, and their 2022 EP The Land That Time Forgot Revisited Since his neo-psychedelic Green on Red days, Chuck Prophet has been turning out country, folk, blues and Brill Building classicism. After a false start in his hometown of San Francisco, Prophet decided to get out of Dodge and found himself re-energized in Upstate New York just a few miles from the Vermont border to make 2020’s The Land That Time Forgot, a record that is as much a 21st century exorcism as it is America. Written mostly with Prophet longtime collaborator and co-conspirator Klipschutz, the songs that inhabit The Land That Time Forgot come at you from an array of locations both real and imagined, including San Francisco’s Tenderloin, an English roundabout, and Nixonland while hanging out with the ghosts of Johnny Thunders, Willie Wonka, and John the Baptist, and contemplating the train that carried Abraham Lincoln home for the final time. To compliment the critically acclaimed album, in early 2022, Prophet released The Land That Time Forgot Revisited, a four-song digital live EP recorded at the Make Out Room in San Francisco featuring “Meet Me at the Roundabout,” “Womankind,” “Fast Kid,” and “Kiss Me Deadly,” with his band, the Mission Express, and a string quartet (the Makeout Room Quartet.) “I know a little bit about how to craft a studio LP,” says Prophet. “But recording live with a string quartet on a linoleum floor on a rainy Tuesday afternoon in an empty barroom in San Francisco’s Mission District is something different. For one thing, there is an actual “arranger.” Like Nelson Riddle. Or what Randy Newman does, adding his own secret sauce to the compositional gene pool that has scored half the soundtracks in Hollywood history. They’re a new way into the songs- and an adventure finding our way out. There’s still an acoustic Mission Express in the mix, along with the strings. Three songs from The Land That Time Forgot reimagined, plus a Lita Ford cover that has to be heard to be believed.” LEARN MORE http://www.chuckprophet.com/