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Giant Sand emerged in 1983 and released that group’s debut album, ‘Valley of Rain’ in 1985. In the 25 years since, he has released an estimated 40 albums or so. He’s not sure of the exact amount. Since his first record release came about by handing his demo tape over ‘in a less then lucid state’ to a touring band’s manager passing through Tucson in the early 80s, so had Howe continued the tradition by accepting the demos and facilitating the first releases of Grandaddy and M. Ward along the way.
2010 was a busy year for Howe Gelb and Giant Sand. The successful release of Giant Sand’s first new record on Fire Records ‘Blurry Blue Mountain’ marked a new chapter, whilst the prolific Gelb also found time to release a solo album with ‘A Band of Gypsies’. Recording in Cordoba, Spain during visits to the Andalucia city over a number of years, the group, featuring guitarist extraordinaire Raimundo Amador, released ‘Alegrías’, a genuinely beautiful and seamless blend of Howe’s infectious drawl with the vibrant warmth of a stunningly gifted set of flamenco musicians.
For his next release, Giant Sand would go big, quite literally. Increasing in size to match Gelb’s big idea of a country-rock opera, Giant Giant Sand were formed and tasked with realising the vision that is ‘Tucson’. It is a sprawling yet personal 2xLP release which loosely follows the story of a drifter in the Arizona country. There are ballads, blues, desert rock and all else in-between.
Over the course of the last decade, Howe Gelb and Giant Sand have continued to evolve, skipping from genre to genre, revisiting old songs and continuing to build and evolve a unique body of work. 2018’s ‘Returns To The Valley Of Rain’ and 2019’s ‘Recounting The Ballads Of Thin Line Men’ saw the band re-record seminal albums, shining a new light on the songs and celebrating the band’s rich catalogue. Howe Gelb, residing in Tucson (Arizona), continues to look forward, innovate and reinterpret the great traditions of our musical history – where he goes next, we will simply have to wait and see.