Howe Gelb

Howe Gelb
Howe Gelb performing in 2007
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.

Contents 1 Projects 2 Discography 2.1 Giant Sand 2.2 Arizona Amp and Alternator 2.3 Howe Gelb 2.4 The Band of Blacky Ranchette 2.5 OP8 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

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]

Discography

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)

Arizona Amp and Alternator

• Arizona Amp and Alternator (2005)

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 Me (2003)

OP8

• Slush (1997)

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

References

External links

• Howe Gelb
• Ow Om Records
• Live recordings by Howe Gelb at the Internet Archive
• Howe Gelb on Myspace

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Name	Gelb, Howe
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