# 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.

## Discography

Source:

### 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)

### Arizona Amp and Alternator

* Arizona Amp and Alternator (2005)
* The Open Road (2016)

### Howe Gelb

* 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)

### The Band of Blacky Ranchette

* The Band of Blacky Ranchette (1985)
* Heartland (1986)
* Sage Advice (1990)
* Still Lookin' Good to Me (2003)

### OP8

* Slush (1997)

### The Colorist Orchestra & Howe Gelb ft. Pieta Brown

* 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)