Californian singer/songwriter/guitarist Chuck Prophet became immortal through Green On Red, but since 1990 he has also released quite a bit of must-have music under his own name. He is perhaps even more impressive (and entertaining!) on stage than in the studio, so it’s very good news that he – together with The Mission Express – is now finally making his first proper live album available. The fourteen tracks here were recorded on the band’s 2017 Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins tour in Paris, France, and they are a great representation of just how awesome the songs and the band are.
Live à Paris is out now digitally, on CD and vinyl LP through Yep Roc Records. There were only a very limited number of physical copies offered last Friday, only on Bandcamp, and I wanted to make a call here to also ship the vinyl version to Europe, but they sold out in a few days. Reportedly they will be gone for good…