Anne Anderson, Jenny Bell, Claire Bothwell, Sheelagh Boyce, Eamonn Brady, Jim Callaghan, Julie Callaghan, Paul English, Christine Gibson, Laura Gillespie, Esther Gillies, Martin Graham, Linsay Gray, Gill Hanlon, Lesley Hepburn, Ulric Kennedy, Chris King, Jenny Lunan, Amanda McKeown, Laura McMahon, Mandy Malcolmson, Luci Marr, Dougie Morland, Douglas Morton, Janis F. Murray, Morag Neilson, Caz Norman, Patrick Oberg, Jenny O'Boyle, Emma Olver, Jim Ramsay, Amy Redler, Vanessa Rigg, Jenni Robinson, Tania Romany, Caroline Scott, Fiona Shepherd, Gillian Shepherd, Caroline Stott, Tim Street, Donna Swabey, Jon Thomson, Alex Wilde, Caroline Wilson, Lorraine Wilson, Victoria Young.....phew
Influences
Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Lorreta Lynn, Hank Locklin, Gillian Welch, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Handsome Family, Lee Hazlewood, Will Oldham, Devendra Banhart, Patsy Cline, Lefty Frizzel, Skeeter Davis, Alan Lomax, The Carter Family, Leadbelly, The Scuffers, Dolly Parton, The Grateful Dead, The Byrds, Cowboy Junkies, Ace Records, The Staple Singers, Cat Power, Billy Bragg, Bob Luman, Don Gibson, Frances McKee, Tarnation, Nick Cave, Calexico, Smog, Scott Walker, Tim Harding, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Gourds, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Lonnie Donegan, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, Waylon Jennings, Bruce Springstein, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Teenage Fanclub......
Sounds Like
A lot of people singing, the same song, all at once, in the same room. Rather nice actually.
Named in honour of the Grievous Angel, Mr Gram Parsons, The Parsonage is a group of around 40 Glasgow based singers which was formed at the beginning of 2006 by Janis F. Murray. We are a non-religious, mixed sex, varied of age, determinedly independent and self defining organic group. Inspiration comes from the raw, storytelling simplicity of the folk, country and blues traditions.
Our first EP, 'This Ain't No Lovey Dovey' was released December 2007 on Glasgow label OSScarr Records and is available at the OSCarr webiste http://www.optimo.co.uk.
2007 and 2008 were busy fun. Hilarious times performing in a great array of venues including backing vocals for Rod Stewart at Hampden and many summertime festivals (we had a crowd surfer - this must be a first in the world of choir!?) and wintertime singing with sad songs a plenty.
The dark nights of 2008 were devoted to accumulating a repertoire of Gram Parsons and Hank Williams songs followed by presentation of our very own Gram Parsons and Hank Williams tribute days.
It's now 2009, we're 3 years old and have performed the main stage at T In The Park and just completed recording our first album. This has 4 songs from Hank Williams and 4 from Gram Parsons. It will be entitled simply, 'Hank and Gram' and will be available in Spring 2010.
Welcome to our Parsonage thing, we hope you like the way that we sing.
Hi there. Hi-octane country / rock’n’roll from Arizona with Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers along with Glasgow’s finest gothic balladeers The Dirt. All at the Grand Ole Opry on Sunday 21st February. Good music, great venue. Why not come along?
We're at The Inn at Lathones on Sun 21 Feb and play Sounds In The Suburbs at The Woodend, Glasgow on Fri 19 March. We also have a bunch of other dates around Europe that your friends can go to. Full details can be found in my myspace blog. Johnny
Thought I'd let you know about our Bob Dylan night in Glasgow this month. We're exploring the roots of Dylan's music in Scottish and Irish folk songs and have assembled a 6 piece band and have various performers coming along to give their own interpretations of some classic Bob Dylan songs. It should be a fun night!
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LATEST NEWS New John Miller album should be finished by Christmas. Hope to have copies available by late January/early February. I'll let you know when it's ready. Johnny M
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