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Okay, I'll play. My gateway to CP was "Freckle Song" from Soap and Water, as it was getting some airplay on WXPN out of Philly. So I picked up S&W, then Age of Miracles. I liked A of M enough to drive 90 minutes down to Baltimore to hear Chuck and the band at the 8x10 Club, and I've been under CP's spell ever since. I'll second your nomination of Homemade Blood as favorite overall CD, however. The solo on the title track will make you weep. (Check the link.)

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I saw Chuck with Green on Red in Birmingham, the Bredon Bar, now flats, in 1989, having bought a cassette in Woolworths! It was about 49p. The cassette that is. I bought the 2nd solo album when it came out, so that would be Feast of Hearts. Favourite album depends on my mood, it'll be The Hurting Business, if only for Apology.

I first fell under Chuck's spell when I saw him perform "Would You Love Me" (off Soap and Water) on late night tv. I went out and bought S&W the next day, and then anything else I could get my hands on!!! I now have all his cd's, Stephanie's, Green on Red, Alejandro Escoveda's, and a few compilation cd's!!! He is almost all I've been listening to for the past two and a half years!!!It's hard to pick a favorite cd....they are all great!!!! I seen him perform twice and even got to meet him, shake his hand, and get his autograph!!!! He is remarkable.

ditto...would u love me...I have now invested a substanial portion of my income to completing my CP collection...favorite? Let Freedom Ring of course...so far . Hey? What's next?

i guess it was late 07 or early 08 one lazy Sunday morning, my first knowledge of CP was on local NPR radio when he did an interview/promo for Soap and Water. i liked Would you Love Me? and mentioned it to a trader/friend who sent me a couple of boots, one from 02 and one from 05. i liked what i heard so i went and bought No Other Love, Age of Miracles (to go w/ the boots), and later, the Soap and Water cds. Later picked up Homemade Blood and Hurting Business, and a few more boots. I messed up and missed Chuck and Co. in KC last winter, but hoping they'll come close by someday. You PROMISED TO COME TO TULSA Chuck! my favorite CP cd is probably No Other Love w/ Age of Miracles a pretty close second.

Having worked in a record store forever and a label for years, I'd heard of Green on Red but never got into it, for no particular reason. Heard of Chuck's name for years but didn't investigate (shame on me!), I follow several of the artists on Yeproc. In 2005 Webb Wilder released a recording of a song he wrote with Chuck titled "Only One" and realized my error. This past St. Patrick's day Chuck did a solo instore performance in my city so I went. WOW! Went to the full band show that night and have been hooked since. I had actually ordered Soap and Water and Let Freedom Ring about a week before St.Pat's but didn't receive them until after the day afer the show. Anyway, I've purchased what I can without going broke. Out of the ones I have my favorites vary day to day between Homemade Blood, The Hurting Business, Soap and Water and Let Freedom ring. Very much looking forward to another show. I think Chuck is a very interesting person. Am I a freak or what?

I first heard Chuck on Austin City Limits in 2003, it was on in the background and I kept getting pulled in. Soon raided his CD collection and "The Hurting Business" sealed the deal.If anyone knows how I can get a video copy of that ACL? I've been looking for it for years. Just got my tix for Decatur, Ga, show.

i would like to get a copy of that 2003 ACL video too, Steve G. i saw where it was a double bill w/ Johnny Lang. i found some mp3s doing a google search, but more interested in a video.

I would also like a copy of that video, and any other videos that are available. Did you see that video for "Hurting Business?" That was cool. The video for "You Did" was the first time I saw Chuck, and that was many years ago on MTV. I loved that video, but didn't remember it until I saw Chuck on Letterman some years later. You guyz ROCK!!!

It was No Other Love for me. I took the family on a camping holiday to the South of France, I don't know why because i find the French an intensely irritating bunch. Anyway our pitch was right by the latrine and shower house (see above!) To a sound track of Chuck singing "Summertime Thing" and the rest. My wife, kids and I observed a continual soap opera: moody French teenagers flirted and cried, a family in a caravan nearby argued and actually threw crockery at each other and opposite an extremely organised octogenarian Dutch couple arrived with their own full sized fridge to pitch next to their tent - the guy smoked a pipe and observed the action too Happy days indeed and I've been hooked on Chuck ever since.

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Green on Red @ The Powerhouse, Islington 1988. Rene Coman on bass. The whole gig was frightening. I go from GOR onwards........then Bro Aldo upwards..........

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I saw a three line review of Balinese Dancer in Guitar Player magazine back in 1993 and thought I'd take a chance on a fair haired guy with a blonde Telecaster, which was what I was playing at the time.I figured he must have good taste! So I jumped in my car and drove 15 miles to my nearest HMV where I bought the cassette of the album (there was no way of hearing such material back then without purchasing!).Drove home listening to it through the country lanes and was spellbound by its grit yet beauty. I checked the listings in NME to see that Chuck was playing 100 miles away the next week so I persuaded four friends who had never heard of him to hop in the car and make that journey with me to the Warehouse in Derby. Chuck and the band were eating takeouts upstairs in the venue when we arrived so we sat down at the next table and patiently waited for the gig. WHat a show, just so happened to be Chucks first UK show too.Happy days!

I first heard Chuck with Green on Red on the radio live from either Glastonbury or Reading I forget which. Then there was an interview with Chuck in the Guitarist Magazine (I found another copy the other day) where he was talking about the problems he had recording his latest album Balinese Dancer. I was in HMV in Portsmouth a couple of days later and there was a copy of the said album in the quickly shrinking Vinyl section. I bought it and instantly became a chuck fan. Currently my favourite recording has got to be Soap & Water, track: Lets do something wrong. Though live he creates so many different versions of all his songs I find new favourites every time I hear him

back in 97 i was listening to new years day on a music magazine sampler and instantly knew that's how (my) music should sound. bought all records and seen many shows around the world from that day on. best albums : soap and water / homemade blood

Wow Pete. I remember that gig. All these years, and we're still here. Sharing the prejudice of experience. Be true to your school. (I know you will).

I got hooked after reading an interview in Guitarist Magazine (UK) 1993 including a review of Balanese Dancer. As soon as i read words like Telecaster..Twang etc.i had to buy the CD. Hooked right away and first track i got hooked on was Savannah ! Loved him ever since and obviously buy every release and get to see him in the UK when i can. Wish he could play my 50th Birthday party next February :)

In response to NESE: Well, if you're a freak for thinking Chuck is an interesting person; then I guess I'm a freak, too!!!! Don't know him personally, but I find his music to be very stimulating, encouraging, uplifting, addictive, and totally original!!!!!! He is lucky to have found someone as talented and beautiful as Stephanie. They were made for each other. I would have liked to have seen them showing more affection towards each other when I saw him perform live twice.....maybe then I wouldn't have such a crush on him.