For the past 6 years a cat named KC Turner has been presenting his outdoor cookout concert series up in Marin, and this year’s events have been as popular as ever. I attended one this past weekend featuring Chuck Prophet and The Sam Chase opening.
Just before the show, none other than Commander Cody guitar player Bill Kirchen, no slouch in the string slingin’ department, deemed “The Titan of The Telecaster” by Guitar Player magazine, gave Chuck & Steph’s live set a ringing endorsement as one of “the most enjoyable R’n’ R shows” he’d ever seen.
Here’s Chuck doing his song “Wish Me Luck” backed by his wife Stephanie Finch, drummer Vicente Rodriguez and bassist Steve Rue Adams (who is also in Animal Liberation Orchestra, and previously played with Chuck & Charlie Sexton doing a Rolling Stones’ Some Girls tribute tour in Spain circa 2018)
“Wish Me Luck’ is from Chuck Prophet’s album “Night Surfer” that was released in 2014 on Yep Roc Records
My life is an experiment that doesn’t prove a thingI wake up every morning wondering what the day will bring…Then I throw open the windowsI fill up both my lungsAnd I shout “Look out all you losers here I come”So wish me luckEven if you don’t mean itWish me luckIf it’s not too much to askWish me luckIt’s not like I really need itIt just feels so good to hear it anywayNow I’ve harvested your cannabisDown the YucatanIn fact I slept beside a Catholic priest one timeIn Henry Rollins’ vanI’ve marched in your paradesAnd I’ve fought your late night warsBut in my father’s house there are no doorsSo wish me luckEven though I don’t need itWish me luckIf it’s not too much to askWish me luckIt’s not like I really need itIt just feels so good to hear it anywayNow watch me dance upon a wireWatch me dangle from a stringShining like a diamond in the sunShining like a diamondShining like a diamondShining like a diamond in the sunWish me luckEven if you don’t mean itWish me luckIf it’s not too much to askWish me luckIt’s not like I really need itIt just feels so good to hear it anywayCome on nowHow hard can it be?Wish me luckYou can do itCome on now
Wish Me Luck lyrics © Kingsblood Music, No Socks Music, Dipsongs