Anders Parker
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Parker grew up on an old farm in New York’s Hudson Valley, amid apple orchards, strip malls, and liberal arts colleges, listening to The Beatles, Bob Dylan and ABBA. Later, his interest flowed to R.E.M., The Replacements, Husker Du, The Smiths, etc. … “Anyone who can write a song,” as he once put it, had a fan in Anders Parker. During his twenties, he moved to Portland, OR, bought a four-track and entered the lofty ranks of real-deal troubadours. 1996’s Man of Sin (an Anders Parker solo album released under the name Varnaline) introduced Parker’s knack for new chord structures that feel lived in, and lyrics that delicately illustrate our world’s myriad variations on the sadly beautiful and beautifully sad.
The next year Varnaline became a band, as Anders’ brother John Parker got on board as bassist. Drummer Jud Ehrbar, an old friend of both Parkers, joined on the condition that Anders help out with Ehrbar’s other band, Space Needle. 1997 saw the release of Varnaline’s self-titled sophomore effort, the acclaimed second Space Needle album The Moray Eels Eat the Space Needle and the acoustic Varnaline EP A Shot and a Beer.
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Yim Yames
Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, United States
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- Mar 14 New Multitudes Tour Webster Hall, New York NY, United States
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Yim Yames
Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA, United States
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News
TOUR & TEES
8 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/andersparker
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SKYSCRAPER CROW
3 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/andersparker
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faulknerlistens and thafrza added Anders Parker to their libraries. Wednesday morning
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- Anders Parker posted a news item ‘TOUR & TEES’. March 2011
- Anders Parker posted a news item ‘SKYSCRAPER CROW out today’. March 2011
- Anders Parker posted a news item ‘SXSW DATE’. March 2011
- Anders Parker posted a news item ‘Portland’. March 2011
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