CHUCK PROPHET ¡Let Freedom Ring! (2009 UK 11-track CD album - Chuck reached out to some musicians and talked them into going down to Mexico City, where they recorded at Estudio 19, with Greg Leisz [Beck, Wilco, Emmylou Harris] co-producing. Within three days of arriving swine flu broke out and the indignity of having to wear blue surgical masks just to fit in. Over the course of the next eight days, the band set about recording '¡Let Freedom Ring!', enduring a poorly timed blackout, shakedowns by the Policia, and a 6.4 earthquake mid-take - Mexico City might only be 4 hours away by plane but it might as well have been on the other side of the moon. But whilst mayhem ensued, the band buckled down to the task in hand, all set up together in a tight little bamboo lined room with the amps cranked. Chuck played his Fender Squire, Kelly Stoltz on backing vocals, Rusty Miller [Jason Lyte's band] played bass while Drummer Ernest 'Boom' Carter turned his sticks into kindling. The results can be heard from the Clash inspired opener to the power pop of 'Let Freedom Ring' and the Eddie Cochran infused 'Good Time Crowd').