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John Andrew Parks

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Released: Jan 15, 2010
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  • Genre: Experimental / Folk Rock / Southern Rock

    Location Fredericksburg, Texas, Un

    Profile Views: 80588

    Last Login: 12/4/2011

    Member Since 11/17/2005

    Website www.johnandrewparks.com

    Record Label 4 Entertainment (management)

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    John Andrew Parks is the seven-pound star sapphire you find hidden among the boulders in your backyard. The lost Picasso someone's trying to unload at a garage sale. The rare coin jingling among the change in your pocket. .... Parks is a Songwriter's Songwriter, a Poet, and a Storyteller. Park's melodic narratives run from windblown prairies and old jalopies to shooting stars across the cosmic canvas. As Kenny Rogers once said on an NBC Television Special, "John Andrew Parks is one of the greatest singer/songwriters I've heard in 20 years, and whether or not you like this song you have never heard anything like it before!" .... Equally important is his voice with it's three-octave range. Not only is it beautiful, it's powerful and highly stylized. His act is filled with humor, pathos and the rhythm of a steam locomotive. Parks traverses from a Texas-style bluster, bigger than life, to an intimate whisper that evokes some third, unseen entity that seems to glue the audience together into one single universal spirit. A music critic from The Music Connection, attending one of his concerts cited, "The breath of the audience came to a halt, and that's when I heard my own heart beating". The experience, I think you'll find, is absolutely unique. .... Because of his "bona fide originality", Parks was signed by the illustrious Bruce Lundvall at Capitol Records to record & release his first self-titled album. Produced by Parks, John Boylan and Jerry Crutchfield to much critical acclaim, it included his original full-length version of "Planet Texas", still a staple at "Texas Rebel Radio". .... In December 2006, Parks was the headline act for a CCTV entertainment special that was broadcast to over 600 million people in China. The special brought attention to the HIV/AIDS situation in China. John Andrew wrote and performed "My Windows World" specifically for the program, which tells the emotionally touching story of a orphan child with AIDS looking out his bedroom window, longing to be with the other children he sees playing outside. .... The music community continues to herald Parks' unique sound and style. Jim Fogelsong, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy winner, commented: "John Andrew Parks' influence will be felt for a decade to come." ........ ........
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  • Influences

    Roy Orbison, Marty Robbins, Gene Pitney, Dusty Springfield, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Joe Tex, Ray Charles, Sam & Dave, Willie Nelson, Charlie Rich, Merle Haggard, Beatles, Moody Blues, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Pink Floyd, Judy Collins, Debussy, Stravinsky, Tim Hardin, Dean Martin, Jimmy Webb, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Lenord Cohen, John Barry and so, so many other magicians...
  • Sounds Like

    Roy Orbison, Eagles, Marty Robbins, Gene Pitney, Charlie Rich, Moody Blues, Garth Brooks, Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Steve Earl, Neil Young, Beatles

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  • Lady From The Mountains

    stopping by to say hello and hope your weeks going good

    2 years ago
  • IMAGINE LOVIN' PEACE


    John Andrew Parks


    GIVE PEACE ! ! - - Give Peace a Chance.
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    GIVE PEACE ! ! - - Give Peace a Chance.


    Peace Sunday, June 5, 1982, Rose Bowl, no nukes - nuclear disarmament - stop nuclear madness concert - NYC - Central Park - June 12, 1982, 1,000,000 person march and rally for Nuclear Freeze. Photography and presentation by Curtis Rainbow. 'Give Peace a Chance' music by Achim Schultz. Inspiration by Yoko Ono. Dedicated to John Lennon.


    http://www.imaginelovingpeace.com


    3 years ago
  • Debbie

    HAVE A GREAT DAY XO DEBBIE

    3 years ago
  • Christian Lamitschka

    I’ve been a music journalist for more than 10 years. Over the years, many artists and managers have asked me what the best way to break into the European music market is.

    Here are some things you can do:



    Publish artist press releases, news, and tour dates to the CountryHome Forum on MySpace, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , CountryHome Forum is part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine. Everything you publish to the CountryHome Forum will be published in my weekly Newsletter which has over 80,000 readers.



    Publish artist interviews in English to http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazineInterviewsEnglish , interviews in French to http://groups.myspace.com/InterviewsAvecCountryMusicStars and interviews in German to http://groups.myspace.com/CountryMusikInterviews . All these groups on MySpace are part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine.



    Send me CDs and DVDs for review and set up an artist interview with me. All reviews and interviews will be submitted to the magazines I'm writing for. More information for which magazines I'm writing can be found at http://www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka



    Upload artist videos to http://www.MyVideo.de and http://www.ClipFish.de . Both websites are like http://www.YouTube.com and uploading videos is free. The websites are completely in German. If you don’t speak German and need assistance, I will help you open an account and upload a video for 25 Euro. Each additional video upload for the same artist name and at the same video website is 10 Euro.



    If you have more questions about the European music market or about any of the information I send to you today, please contact me at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de too.



    Editor & Journalist for Country Music
    Christian Lamitschka
    An der Pfingstweide 28
    61118 Bad Vilbel
    Germany

    3 years ago
  • Steve R.Haggerty

    Hi John Andrew Parks (and friends / und Freunde),
    please support us and vote for us at...
    Bitte unterstuetzt uns und votet fuer uns auf...

    www.CountryMusik.net

    Please vote for us...  Bitte votet fuer uns...


    Steve & Bianca

    www.SteveHaggerty.de
    www.Nashfield.de

    3 years ago
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  • FunkFiaker

    hallo! thanks for becoming our friend! don't forget to check out our new single "volle kontrolle" at our myspace page. all the best, funkfiaker.

    3 years ago
  • VibeJays

    Dear John Andrew Parks,
    in our modern life we have... moments...friendship... changes... expectations... dreams... crisis... roads to go... love to share...

    Enjoy this video about our urban life...
    have a good week......
    Vibejays

    ENGLISH




    John Andrew Parks,
    en esta vida moderna tenemos... momentos... amistades... cambios... sueños... espectativas... crisis... lugares adonde ir... amor para dar...

    Disfruta este video sobre nuestra vida urbana...
    Buena semana...
    Vibejays

    SPANISH

    3 years ago
  • Debbie

    XO DEBBIE

    3 years ago
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