{"id":368,"date":"2010-06-15T08:56:06","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T15:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2019-06-23T11:39:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T18:39:57","slug":"giant-sand-punishing-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"Giant Sand &#8211; Punishing Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Giant-Sand.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Giant-Sand.jpg 240w, https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Giant-Sand-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Chore of Enchantment\" src=\"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/images\/giant-sand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-368-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/03-Punishing-Sun.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/03-Punishing-Sun.mp3\">https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/03-Punishing-Sun.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><br \/>Giant Sand &#8211; Punishing Sun<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giant_Sand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Giant Sand<\/strong><\/a> is a band from Tucson, Arizona (and points further south), largely the invention of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howe_Gelb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Howe Gelb<\/strong><\/a> poet laureate, singer, song-writer and general music Guru of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sonoran_Desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sonoran desert,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0home to the Saguaro cactus. As the eye-of-the-storm for the musical scene from Tucson to Bisbee, Gelb and company have spawned the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Calexico<\/strong><\/a> and side acts The Band of Blacky Ranchette, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>OP8<\/strong><\/a>, Arizona Amp &amp; Alternator, and of course Giant Sand since 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Classified either lo-fi, indie rock or alt. country, Gelb&#8217;s writing-song style is best described as native Sonoran music (one of the largest, hottest deserts in North America) and that best describes the temperature and tone of a Howe Gelb band.<\/p>\n<p>The included sample: Punishing Sun from the 2000 LP release, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chore_of_Enchantment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Chore of Enchantment<\/strong><\/a>, captures the thought-provoking lyrics and the understated musical style completely. Absorb the flavor of Giant Sand and you will begin the appreciate the beauty and the wonder of the desert southwest.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant Sand &#8211; Punishing Sun Giant Sand is a band from Tucson, Arizona (and points further south), largely the invention of Howe Gelb poet laureate, singer, song-writer and general music Guru of the Sonoran desert,\u00a0home to the Saguaro cactus. As the eye-of-the-storm for the musical scene from Tucson to Bisbee, Gelb and company have spawned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-alternative-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":979,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesstoprofess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}