Chuck E. Weiss

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Chuck E. Weiss From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chuck E. Weiss is an American songwriter and vocalist. He grew up in Denver, Colorado, where his parents owned a record store (Record Center). Through his parents, and by spending time at the local blues bar Ebbett's Field, he met Lightnin' Hopkins, who was impressed with his drum playing and took him on tour. Weiss had the opportunity to play with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Roger Miller, Dr. John, and others. Weiss released "Extremely Cool" in 1999, featuring extensive collaboration with Tom Waits, who co-produced the album for his longtime acquaintance (they met in 1972 at Ebbett's Field, where Weiss played in the house band) and appears on at least two tracks. The style is heavily reminiscent of Waits, both in composition and vocal approach. Either could have influenced the other. "Old Souls and Wolf Tickets" was released in early 2002, perhaps less reminiscent of Tom Waits and more redolent of Delta blues acts decades older. Weiss's music includes strains of every rhythmic style from nursery rhymes to zydeco. Chuck E. Weiss was the subject of Rickie Lee Jones's hit "Chuck E.'s in Love" from her 1979 debut album, in which she claims "Chuck E." is in love with "the little girl who's singing this song" (Jones says the song was fictional). At the time Jones was linked romantically to Tom Waits. All three lived at the time at the Tropicana Hotel in Los Angeles, in the middle of a fertile musical scene including Jackson

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Extremely Cool

Old Souls and Wolf Tickets

Red Beans and Weiss

The Other Side Of Town

Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys

23rd & Stout

Old Souls & Wolf Tickets

23rd and Stout

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Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys CD1

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Discover - Acoustic Blues

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Strange Angels: In Flight with Elmore James

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Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys [2013]

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