John Andrew Parks: John Andrew Parks

· It should have sold a million – but it didn’t! This is your second chance to add one of the best albums ever recorded to your collection.

· An emotion-filled voice with a three-octave range, John is affectionately known in Country Music circles as the “Country Eastern” boy. Kenny Rogers said of him: “. . . one of the greatest singer-songwriters I’ve heard in 20 years”; Willy Nelson is quoted as saying: “what a gift . . . what a voice, and I sure do like his songs”.

· John Andrew Parks’ road to Nashville took him in many different directions from his Texan birthplace. His first recording contract, signed in Los Angeles at eighteen, proved a false start and he moved on to open a studio in New York City. A song he wrote, ‘Planet Texas’, turned him around again when it caught the ear of Kenny Rogers. Rogers recorded it, it became a gold record and its writer became a Capitol Records artist. This album, recorded in 1990, contains his own version of ‘Planet Texas’.

· The album, which Parks co-produced, features a stunning array of supporting talent. Guitarists include British rocker Chris Spedding and multi-talented Californian Andrew Gold, while no less a player than Eagle Joe Walsh adds slide. Beatles sideman Billy Preston weights in on organ, Fernando Saunders (Lou Reed) and Bob Glaub (Warren Zevon, CS&N) are among the bass players, with Bread’s Michael Botts adding drums and percussion. The backing vocalists too, are a star-studded choir: Gerry Beckley (America), JD Souther and Timothy B Schmit (Eagles) and Steve Augeri (Journey) are among the names involved.

Track Listing:

1. DADDY ON THE RADIO
2. TEN GALLON DREAMS
3. THE WAY I FEEL
4. PLANET TEXAS
5. DO A LITTLE DANCE
6. VERONICA
7. THE GHOST OF JOHNNY RINGO
8. THE JOKE’S ON YOU
9. RAINBOW ON A RAINY DAY
10. NOCTURNAL LIGHT
11. DADDY ON THE RADIO (Alternate Version)
12. VERONICA (Alternate Version)