Graham Parker w/ James Maddock v City Winery NYC
DOORS OPEN AT 6PM SHOW STARTS 8PM
GRAHAM PARKER
Graham Parker and The Rumour were formed in the summer of 1975 and released their first album, “Howlin’ Wind,” in January 1976 to worldwide critical acclaim. Their second album, “Heat Treatment,” followed six months later, garnering similar critical reaction and propelled Parker to international recognition.
That same year, a 4-track EP, featuring a cover of the Trammps’ “Hold Back The Night,” claimed the band two appearances on Top Of The Pops and gave them a UK top twenty single.
Their third album, “Stick To Me,” (1977) made the UK top 20 and “The Parkerilla,” a three-sided live album, reached #14 in the spring of 1978. “Parkerilla” spawned a hit single with the re-recorded and somewhat discofied version of Howlin’ Wind’s epic “Don’t Ask Me Questions.”
The bands’ classic 1979 release, “Squeezing Out Sparks,” cemented their position as one of Britain’s top live acts and ensured sell out concerts on their seemingly endless world tours. “The Up Escalator” followed in 1980, reaching #11 on the UK charts and sold well throughout the world.
GP and The Rumour disbanded after “Escalator” and Parker went on to forge a solo career that continues to produce powerful work including 1988’s “The Mona Lisa’s Sister,” 1991’s “Struck By Lightning” and the hard rocking “Acid Bubblegum,” released in 1996.
Dozens of compilations are available on a variety of record labels and Parker continues to tour frequently, sometimes with backing musicians but more often as a solo act. In June 2000, Parker released “Carp Fishing On Valium,” a collection of short fiction published by St. Martin’s Press (US) and Simon & Schuster (UK). He composed songs to compliment the stories and took “Carp Fishing On Valium Ñ the Stories, the Songs” on the road in September/October 2000. The book was also published in paperback in May 2001.
Parker’s first four albums plus a collection of lost demos and the fabled “Live at Marbl Arch” were recently re-released by Universal in the U.K.
The powerful and eclectic “Deepcut To Nowhere” was released on August 21st, 2001 on Razor and Tie and was voted one of the ten best albums of the year by Sound And Vision magazine.
In November, 2003, Thunder’s Mouth Press published Parker’s new novel, “The Other Life Of Brian.” (Graham wrote a surreal, comedic novel, “The Great Trouser Mystery” when he was just 21. The book was finally published in the UK in 1980 with illustrations by Willy Smax.) In 2004 Parker released “Your Country” on Chicago’s Bloodshot Records, a rootsy collection that included a cover of Jerry Garcia’s “Sugaree.” His version of this classic was much acclaimed by the songs’ co-writer Robert Hunter and heralded by horror fiction writer Stephen King as the best ever version of the song in “Entertainment Weekly.” “Your Country” was followed in 2005 by the powerful full force rocker “Songs Of No Consequence,” this set backed by Parker’s occasional touring band The Figgs.
In addition to his studio albums and the many live sets and compilations released on traditional record companies, Parker’s website now sells an “official” bootleg, “Yer Cowboy Boot,” featuring the multi-talented Tom Freund. (“Live Cuts From Somewhere,” backed by the Figgs, was the first in the “official bootleg series” but has long since been sold out.)
The professionally recorded “Live Alone: The Bastard Of Belgium!” is on sale but is also very near sold out.
2006 shows no sign of Parker slowing down with the haunting new song “2000 Funerals” released as a one-off single only in downloadable form on itunes and emusic.
New GP tunes are being tried regularly out at his solo shows and a new album can’t be far behind!
– Jay Weinerbaum, Campers Monthly.
JAMES MADDOCK
Since 1999, James Maddock’s boldly vulnerable songwriting, honeyed rasp, and distinct folk and Americana aesthetic have garnered acclaim from icons, peers, and tastemaking outlets like NPR, American Songwriter, Relix Magazine, and CMT Edge. Relix notes: “James Maddock possesses the kind of lived-in, craggy voice that would sound authoritative if he were singing the sports pages. Fortunately, he doesn’t need to do that because his compositional skills are a match for his delivery.” His consistency as a recording artist and a captivating live performer have attracted a devoted fanbase engaged and generous enough to fan fund the last two entries in his six-album oeuvre. He’s performed with Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nile, Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors) and David Immergluck (Counting Crows), sang on an album with Susan McKeown, and has built a respected international profile through tireless touring from the Northeast US to Europe to Australia.
Previous to his solo career, James was the frontman for the Columbia Records band Wood. It was in this context that he was first introduced to a mainstream audience when songs from the group’s debut, Songs From Stamford Hill, were prominently featured in Dawson’s Creek. In 2003, Maddock relocated from England to New York, and, soon after, launched his solo career. His 2009 solo album Sunrise On Avenue C won a New York Music Award for “Best Americana Album,” while its follow-up, Wake Up And Dream, ranked among the top albums of 2011 in WFUV’s (NYC) Listener Poll.
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