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Nick Parker
with: Wes Dance

Sunday 10 September 2017
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

£4 in advance £6 on the door

Tickets: Buy on-line

Glastonbury based Nick Parker started gigging in his early teens playing mandolin and singing in folk/rock/skiffle band ‘Why?’, and spent the next 10 years bouncing around on stages at hundreds of venues and festivals around the UK and Europe. In 1998 Nick called it a day with Why? and started guitar band ‘Tobermory’. After various false starts, a few flirtations with industry ‘big’ boys and a few tours in Germany, Tobermory played their last gig in 2004.
In 2010 Nick embarked on a solo career and has since released two full-length albums, 2010’s ‘The King of False Alarms’ and 2014’s ‘Angry Pork and the Occasional Bird’. His third album ‘Besta Venya’ is to be released on May 1st 2017.
Over the years Nick has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with The Wedding Present, Bright Eyes, Ben Marwood, Frank Turner, Mike Peters and Mike Scott among others, and he regularly tours with Bristol based Gaz Brookfield (as a separate act, but also playing mandolin in his band).
Nick’s songs are often tongue-in-cheek and cheerful, and on the rare occasion when fun IS poked it is always with a wry smile and an element of satire.
Although primarily a solo effort Nick often plays with his band ‘Nick Parker and the False Alarms’ which is a folky/rocky/country affair using guitars, fiddle, pedal steel, mandolin, bass and drums.
Over the last few years they have played at many festivals including Farmer Phil’s, Chagstock, Glastonbury and Lakefest among many others. For this gig Nick will be joined by friend and fiddle player Ben Wain.

 

 

A singer-songwriter from Worcester, UK. After hearing Bob Dylan at a friend’s house, Dance dropped his punk rock influences and began a journey soaking up influences that include Gram Parsons, Jack Kerouac, Henry Miller, Neil Young, and The Band.

This journey into roots rock music and literature led Dance to record the album ‘Penance’ – that pays tribute to his heroes, whilst simultaneously creating something that is “majestic” and “mesmerising” (Will Munn – Rhythm & Booze)

In recent years, he has played in various bands, playing lead guitar for Robinson and Vinny Peculiar around the country.

 

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