Chuck E. Weiss 
Extremely Cool  

Label: Slow River
Released: February 1999
Source: Original CD 
Size Torrent: 308 MB
Format: FLAC




You might think you're unfamiliar with Chuck E. Weiss, but you're probably incorrect. He became a permanent sidebar to pop culture when Rickie Lee Jones' ode to his romantic bliss "Chuck E.'s In Love" became a huge hit in the '70s. That decade saw the release of some Weiss solo material that went largely unnoticed. After a long recording layoff, veteran L.A. scenester Weiss returns with EXTREMELY COOL. Produced by his longtime buddy TOM WAITS, the album sounds like a slightly more accesible version of Waits' RAIN DOGS-era material, full of purposefully primitive percussion, artfully twisted, blindingly eclectic arrangements and gravelly, mad-dog vocals. Weiss' is a vision of America that effectively blends trailer park, carnival and freak show. His compositions are much more conventional than those of Waits (who cowrote a couple of tunes here), but the production takes them just as far from the mainstream as Waits' weirdest.


Personnel: 

Chuck E. Weiss (vocals, drums, snare drum, percussion, background vocals); 
Tom Waits (vocals, guitar); 
J.J. Holiday, Tony Gilkyson (guitar); 
John Herron (accordion, organ, background vocals); 
Jon Herron (accordion, organ); 
C.C. Worall (saxophone); 
Lee Thornberg (trumpet); 
Mike Murphy (piano); 
Nick Vincent (drums, snare drum, percussion); 
Jim Christie (drums, percussion); 
Eleni Mandell (background vocals).


Track Listing:

1 Devil With Blue Suede Shoes 5:03 
Executive Producer - Johnny Depp 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss , J. J. Holiday , Marla Thorogood , Spyder Mittelman 

2 Deeply Sorry 5:16 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss , Tony Gilkyson 

3 Oh Marcy 2:55 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss , Tony Gilkyson 

4 Pygmy Fund 3:07 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss 

5 It Rains On Me 2:34 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss , Tom Waits 

6 Sonny Could Lick All Them Cats 3:33 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss 

7 Jimmy Would 2:38 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss 

8 Extremely Cool 4:45 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss 

9 Just Don't Care 2:37 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss , J. J. Holiday 

10 Roll On Jordon 2:16 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss 

11 Do You Know What I Idi Amin 5:36 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss , Tom Waits 

12 Horseface 3:07 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss 

13 Rocking In The Kibbitz Room 3:36 
Written By - Chuck E. Weiss