Born in the Southern California suburb of Whittier, San Francisco-based Chuck Prophet hit the road in the '80s with the psychedelic roots band Green on Red straight out of high school and never looked back. In addition to working as a singer/songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, and musical collaborator with artists as diverse as Cake, Kim Carnes, and Solomon Burke, Prophet's deepening solo catalog of self-produced "sideways" roots rock has steadily becoming his calling card. Prophet continues to perform as a solo artist and with his band, the Mission Express, featuring his wife, Stephanie Finch, on keyboards and vocals. ~ Denise Sullivan