Howe Gelb

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.'"{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/sep/03/popandrock |title=True Grit |access-date=2009-02-20 |author=Sylvie Simmons |date=September 2004 |work=The Guardian}}

In 2013, he worked with the Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall on her fourth studio album Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon. He co-wrote and co-produced, and sang on several songs.{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/08/04/207955242/heartache-gives-kt-tunstalls-new-album-a-split-personality |title=Heartache Gives KT Tunstall's New Album A Split Personality |work=NPR.org |access-date=2017-11-12 |language=en}} His own solo album entitled The Coincidentalist was released on New West Records in November 2013.{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Howe-Gelb-The-Coincidentalist/release/5094019 |title=Howe Gelb - The Coincidentalist |website=Discogs |language=en |access-date=2017-11-12}}

Image:howe-gelb_01.jpg

Image:howe-gelb_02.jpg

Image:howe-gelb_04.jpg

Image:howe-gelb_03.jpg

Source:{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/179559-Howe-Gelb |title=Howe Gelb |website=Discogs |language=en |access-date=2017-11-12}}

• 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)
• Selections Circa 1990-2000 (Compilation, 2001)
• 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)
• Tucson (2012)
• Heartbreak Pass (2015)
• The Sun Set Vol.1 [Vinyl LP] (2017)
• Returns To Valley Of Rain (2018)

• Arizona Amp and Alternator (2005)
• The Open Road (2016)

• [https://www.discogs.com/release/12945897-Howe-Gelb-Incidental-Music Incidental Music] (1983)
• 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)
• Dust Bowl (2013)
• The Coincidentalist (2013)
• Future Standards (2016)
• Further Standards (2017) (with Lonna Kelley)
• Gathered (2019)
• Cocoon (2020)
• Howe Gelb's Schlager Christmas Album (2022)

• The Band of Blacky Ranchette (1985)
• Heartland (1986)
• Sage Advice (1990)
• Still Lookin' Good to Me (2003)

• Slush (1997)

• Not on the Map (2021)

• Drunken Bees (1996) – Giant Sand documentary by Marianne Dissard{{Cite web |url=https://mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/merch/drunken-bees-giant-sand-documentary-dvd |title=Drunken Bees : Giant Sand 'documentary' DVD from Marianne Dissard |website=Marianne Dissard |access-date=2017-11-12}}
• Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration (2005) – Howe Gelb interviewed{{Cite web |url=http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/va-feat-jon-spencer-looking-for-a-thrill-an-anthology-of-inspiration-dvd-us/ |title=V/A feat. Jon Spencer – Looking For a Thrill An Anthology of Inspiration (DVD, US) {{!}} Pop-Catastrophe.co.uk |website=www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk |language=en-US |access-date=2017-11-12}}
• High and Dry: Where the Desert Meets Rock and Roll (2006) – documentary which includes music and interviews with Giant Sand members{{cite web |url=http://www.upstairsfilm.com/highanddry/ |title=High and Dry the Movie: Where the Desert Meets Rock 'n' Roll |website=Upstairsfilm.com |access-date=6 May 2017}}
• This Band Has No Members (2006) – Howe Gelb solo concert film of his Japan tour in 2005{{Cite web |url=http://www.lo-vi.com/various.html |title=Workshop Lo-Vi :: Other Films/Projects |website=www.lo-vi.com |language=en |access-date=2017-11-12}}
• Ingenious (2009) - feature film soundtrack{{Citation |title=Ingenious (2009) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0991174/soundtrack |access-date=2017-11-12}}
• Jackie (2012) - actor ("Paul")
• Quantum Cowboys (2022) - actor ("Blacky"), writer, music; winner Best Original Music Award, Annecy International Animated Film Festival (2022){{Cite web |last=IMDb |date=25 April 2024 |title=Quantum Cowboys Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11662660/awards/?ref_=tt_awd |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=IMDb}}

{{Reflist}}

{{Portal|Biography}}

• [http://www.owomrecords.com/ Ow Om Records]
• {{Internet Archive music|id= HoweGelb}}

{{Howe Gelb}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gelb, Howe}}

Category:Living people

Category:American country singer-songwriters

Category:Musicians from Tucson, Arizona

Category:American alternative country singers

Category:American indie rock musicians

Category:1956 births

Category:Country musicians from Arizona

Category:Singer-songwriters from Arizona

Category:Rock musicians from Arizona