Temple Beautiful

VINYL FORMAT. "First, as you know, the record's called Temple Beautiful, which was the name of a long closed rock and roll club, located between Bill Graham's iconic Fillmore Ballroom and the tragic storefront church founded by the Reverend Jim Jones. It's where I saw my first gigs as a teenager. The record was made in San Francisco by San Franciscans about San Francisco. That's the great Roy Loney from the Flamin' Groovies singing on the title track. There's a kind of rock and roll psych renaissance going on here in this town at the moment. With bands like the Oh Seas, Girls, Fresh and Onlys, and Sonny and the Sunset's/ Anyway, I'm encouraged by all this stuff going on here. The record's an unsentimental (though loving) tour of San Francisco. My effort to tap into the history, the weirdness, the energy, and spontaneity that brought me here in the first place. All the songs are SF related somehow." – Chuck Prophet