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Chuck Prophet shapes his restless career with inimitable subtle flair: a vivid parade of razor-edged one-liners camouflaged in a slack-jawed drawl, songs about heartbreak and everyman heroism, drenched in twisted lines of rude Telecaster.

When the early stages of a financial melt-down coincided with a rare San Francisco heat wave in the summer of 2008, with the window open wide and Dwight Twilley, Iggy, Thin Lizzy and the Knack blaring out the hi-fi, Prophet wrote a collection of political songs for non-political people. Later, in April 2009, he journeyed to Mexico City, where, in the clutches of a Swine Flu panic and earthquakes, he recorded ¡Let Freedom Ring!, his most incendiary record, every bit as urgent as the title demands.

The "Mission Express" is a bus line that runs through Chuck's neighborhood and is the name of Chuck's current band. The lineup: Stephie Finch (singing, vox organ), Kevin White (bass guitar), Paul Taylor (drums, vocals), James Deprato (guitar, lap steel).

Mystic Theatre will be welcoming Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express in early May.  East Bay Grease will also be performing at the show.

The show is 21 plus.