Music Style Experimental/Pop...Singer-Songwriter

Musical Influences Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, Tom T. Hall, Charlie Haden & Quartet West, Ennio Morricone, Marvin Gaye, Pere Ubu, Scott Walker, Paul Simon...

Similar Artists Smog, Vic Chestnut, East River Pipe, Spain

Artist History Chet...*was born in Mt.Carmel, PA. *Recorded the EP entitled "Chet" ("Y" record label) with the help of Cleavland Graham (drums), John Nevins (bass), and Gary King co-producing. *Scored a theatre production with the help of Sean Holowell (Steel Wool). *Recorded "Hong Kong Stingray" with the help Kid Congo Powers (The Cramps, The Gun Club, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), Buzz (Alcohol Funnycar & Vexed) on drums, Sean Holowell on bass, Ann Marie Raljancich on violin, and a guest appearance by Joel R.L. Phelps. *Started a new set of recordings with the help of David Lovring (The Pixies) on drums, Kiara Gellar (The Sugerplastic) on bass, and Woody Jackson (Friends of Dean Martinez, Jude) on mandolin, organ, and guitar. *Settled in Philadelphia, PA, in the beginning of 1999 to focus on "The Fountain". *"The Fountain" released in April 2000 on the Record Cellar label.

Group Members Chet & friends

Albums "Chet" (Y records), "Hong Kong Stingray" (K-9 Audio records), "The Fountain" (Record Cellar)

Press Reviews Joey Sweeney of The Philadelphia Weekly gave "The Fountain" four stars; Sweeney wrote "His tunes are wistful, melancholy and obsessively manicured to elicit just the right shade of dispossession... And while Delcampo pops out of his crushed-velvet reverie every once in a while to delve into some alt-country figures and Freddy Johnson-style on-so-lonesome-me's, it's the overall wash of pure blue tome that makes "The Fountain" a keeper". *"The Philadelphia Daily News" called Chet Delcampo "a promising new singer-songwriter in the style of Elliot Smith" and called "The Fountain" a "lovely and moody debute".

Additional Info more info on the "The Fountain" can be found at http://www.record-cellar.com

Location Philadelphia, PA - USA

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