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Wikipedia / Howe Gelb

Howard “Howe” Gelb (born October 22, 1956, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer based in Tucson, Arizona.

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.'"

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. His own solo album entitled The Coincidentalist was released on New West Records in November 2013.

An impromptu performance at the wedding of a mutual friend lead to a long-distance collaboration under the name Geckøs with M. Ward and McKowski of The Lost Brothers. The group released its first eponymous album in September 2025.

Discography

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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)

  • 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)

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Howe Gelb

  • 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)

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  • Not on the Map (2021)

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

  • This Band Has No Members (2006) – Howe Gelb solo concert film of his Japan tour in 2005

  • Ingenious (2009) - feature film soundtrack

  • Jackie (2012) - actor ("Paul")

  • Quantum Cowboys (2022) - actor ("Blacky"), writer, music; winner Best Original Music Award, Annecy International Animated Film Festival (2022)

References