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Chuck E. Weiss is an American songwriter and vocalist. Weiss released "Extremely Cool" in 1999, featuring extensive collaboration with Tony Gilkyson and 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. Chuck E. Weiss has also played with legendary bassist Willie Dixon, who was quoted on the original packaging of "Extremely Cool" ("Ain't ya got ears son? That little Jew boy with the big old head be one of the best musicians in this town, this country even.") "Down the Road a Piece," from "Old Souls & Wolf Tickets," is a 1970 recording of the two playing together. Chuck E. Weiss has been associated with Los Angeles and Southern California for years, saying he does not like to travel by airplane. Weiss played 11 years of Mondays at a club called the Central before it fell on hard times. Weiss and his friend Johnny Depp (who executive produced the first track on "Extremely Cool") were instrumental in resuscitating it as the Viper Room, which became immediately trendy when River Phoenix died there in 1993. "Extremely Cool" makes reference to Canter's Kibitz Room, a small nightclub in a larger diner in Los Angeles's Fairfax District, where Weiss has also played habitually. His regular band is called The G-d Damn Liars. User-contrib