Re: Ian Parker

You're right. Well, Ian had been playing with a band: Morg Morgan on keys, Chris Finn on drums & David Jenkins on bass last Saturday August, 1st. I suppose he doesn't want to do touring sa in former times as a full time musician because of his profession as a teacher...

Re: Ian Parker

Curby wrote:

When's Ian going to do a band release?  Solo efforts aren't my bag these days.  More energy with a band sound.

If you haven't already, recommend you check out Ian's latest release, Politik Blues; he seems to have got the "singer/songwriter" out of his system after the (excellent) Kinver album, and back to plugging in.

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Re: Ian Parker

Thanks Mike, I will.

40 (edited by BansheeUK 2016-02-25 08:02:01)

Re: Ian Parker

"School's out......."

March 2016
Sat 26 Mar Paradox, Tilburg, NL BAND
Sun 27 Mar De Comm, Groesbeek. NL BAND
Mon 28 Mar Café de Noot, Hoogland, NL BAND

April 2016
Sat 2 Apr The Bull's Head Inn, Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK SOLO

June 2016
Sat 18 Jun The Bull's Head Inn, Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK SOLO
Fri 24 Jun The Malvern Cube. Albert Road North, Malvern WR14 2YF, UK BAND (with Morg)

September 2016
Fri 9 Sep The Brewhouse, 116 High Street, Dudley, UK BAND (with Morg)

October 2016
Sun 16 Oct The Prince of Wales, Church Lane, Ledbury, HR8 1LD, UK BAND 16:00
Thu 27 Oct Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton, UK BAND (with Morg)

November 2016
Sun 6 Nov Tithe Barn, Bishop's Cleeve, UK BAND (with Morg)
Sat 12 Nov The Bull's Head Inn, Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK SOLO

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Give back the lemons.  Why were the lemons free?  What's wrong with the lemons?
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Re: Ian Parker

Dates for Ian, 2017:-

April 2017
Sat 8 Apr De Amer Club, Amen, NL BAND (3-piece)
Sun 9 Apr Le Melangeur, Geldermalsen, NL BAND (3-piece)
Mon 10 Apr (to be confirmed)   
Tue 11 Apr Topos Club, Leverkusen, DE BAND (with Morg)
Sat 15 Apr The Bull's Head Inn, Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK SOLO

May 2017
Sat 6 May Music Festival at Overton On Dee, Wrexham, UK BAND (with Morg)

June 2017
Thu 1 Jun Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton, UK BAND (with Morg)
Sun 25 Jun The Prince of Wales, Church Lane, Ledbury, HR8 1LD, UK BAND

July 2017
Sat 1 Jul The Bull's Head Inn, Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK SOLO
Sat 15 Jul Kinver Music Festival, Stourbridge, Staffordshire, UK BAND (with Morg)

October 2017
Sat 7 Oct Tropic @ Ruislip, Ruislip Social Club, Grosvenor Vale, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 6JQ, UK BAND (with Morg)
Sat 14 Oct Ripley Live, Ripley Town Hall, Ripley, North Yorshire, HG3 3AX, UK BAND (with Morg)

November 2017
Sat 11 Nov Tenby Blues Festival, UK SOLO

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Give back the lemons.  Why were the lemons free?  What's wrong with the lemons?
Do Not trust the lemons...

Re: Ian Parker

Somebody we don't shout about often enough on here...........


April 2018
Sat 07 Apr Café de Noot, Hoogland, NL FULL BAND
Sun 08 Apr
Calypso, Wijk Bij, Dunurstede, NL FULL BAND

May 2018
Wed 30 May
Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton, UK FULL BAND


June 2018
Sun 17 Jun
The Prince of Wales, Church Lane, Ledbury, HR8 1LD UK
16:00 start
BAND (without Morg)
16:00 start


July 2018
Sat 14 Jul Kinver Music Festival, Stourbridge, Staffordshire, UK FULL BAND

August 2018
Thu 30 Aug
Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton, UK
DOUBLE HEADER WITH AYNSLEY LISTER DOUBLE HEADER
Fri 31 Aug
The Harlington, 236 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hants, GU51 4BY, UK
DOUBLE HEADER WITH AYNSLEY LISTER DOUBLE HEADER

October 2018
Sat 27 Oct
Brasserie Wenzel,  Abbaye de Neumünster, 28, rue Münster, L-2160, LU  FULL BAND
Sun 28 Oct
Topos Club, Leverkusen, DE -  FULL BAND
Mon 29 Oct
Muddy's Club, Weinheim, DE -  FULL BAND

November 2018
Sun 02 Nov
Tropic @ Ruislip, Ruislip Social Club, Grosvenor Vale, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 6JQ, UK FULL BAND
Sat 10 Nov
Lichfield Arts,Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6LU UK
TO BE CONFIRMED

Good to see Ippy racking up some mileage.

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Give back the lemons.  Why were the lemons free?  What's wrong with the lemons?
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43 (edited by BansheeUK 2018-10-02 06:59:53)

Re: Ian Parker

Parker & Lister; August 2018

From The Robin: Tell The Truth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Uu4VVHMYw
From The Harlington: Born Under A Bad Sign - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVqVFmiKrvE
From The Robin: 1010 Degrees - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5lglhWX5FI

Hot stuff indeed….....

PS - I know I just posted these on Aynsley's thread, but would you deny Ian a moment in the sun?

PPS - Look out for Ian's new album, Spoonful of Gold, released 22nd Oct.

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Re: Ian Parker

BansheeUK wrote:

PPS - Look out for Ian's new album, Spoonful of Gold, released 22nd Oct.

Taking pre-orders now over on his website.

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Re: Ian Parker

Well, my “Album of the Year” competition has just got interesting. Just when you think RHR have it cut and dried, along comes Mr Parker and [ahem] muddies the waters, as it were…. Spoonful of Gold - Blues For Willie is just an absolute aural treat from start to finish.

The inspiration, it seems, came from picking up a volume on Willie Dixon at a bookstore and from there the idea rolled. Now it has to be said, a lot of Willie Dixon songs have either been done to death over the years, or else there are those where there are such iconic takes by various artists that it’s almost impossible to discern that they are covers already. So to do a tribute album that is neither a direct replication of the great man’s work, nor duplicate other artists who have gone before can’t have been an easy task. Somehow though, Ian has achieved an outstanding “live” studio performance, ricocheting between the above constraints, but has given the chosen tracks a freshness and vitality that excites the ear yet remains Blues to the very core. Great credit for that also goes to the assembled band around Ian, the three Chris’s; Finn (drums & percussion), Lomas (bass) and Eaton (lap-steel, electric guitar & dobro). And finally, no Ian Parker album would be complete without piano, Rhodes & Hammond from Morg Morgan.

Taking the tracks, Evil is the snarling opener, a big loping riff from Ian’s trusty Strat drives the song along. Following along easily comes Back Door Man, slow, swaggering piano riff with delicious slide licks in-between and a more sultry than braggadocio vocal phrasing. With I Can’t Quit You Baby, as soon as you see the title, you’re thinking Plant, or “upstart” Josh Kiszka for the opening line, but that’s too obvious a path, if anything the performance more echoes Clapton at his best, let the guitar do the “talking” and Boy, Ian is at his most eloquent. Just when you think you know what’s coming along, Mighty Earthquake & Hurricane takes everything back to a bouncing, semi-acoustic style that makes the feet itch. I Just Want To Make Love To You is probably the song that been done over the most, especially with what seems to be the current trend of plundering Etta James back-catalogue (see earlier note about covers…), so how to carry this off? Big, baritone riff and under-play the vocals for a start, underpin with great slide and the middle section has a great dual between Ian & Chris E. Skipping along with an urban-tough ZZ Top-esque stuttering beat comes I Can’t Understand and again, the middle section guitars are crisp & biting. Slowing things down, My Love Will Never Die; a song I last heard in 1992 covered by Diamande Galas, is just beautiful; such clarity in tone and perfect weighting of each struck note. Seventh Son is a shorter, stabbing track, mixing the Rhythm & Blues with what was the contemporary emergent Rock & Roll. Giving over to Morg for the opening solo, Weak Brain, Narrow Mind is yet another superb turn. And finally, Spoonful; well, if you’re going to end on a “biggie” it may as well be one of Dixon’s biggest and best known numbers… Somehow though, keeping away from the associated histrionic performances such as Howlin’ Wolf’s, Ian has still retained the stark, haunting feel to the piece.

I’m not the greatest fan of the older school of Blues, but in short, the highest compliment I can give this album is that it makes me want to dig into Dixon’s back-catalogue more, and soon. And if that was Ian’s intent, then job done, with great aplomb.

Rating - 95%

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Re: Ian Parker

A vid from Ian's show in Luxemburg on Saturday 27th Oct:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=essKuLui5oM

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Do Not trust the lemons...