ALBUMCarp Fishing On Valium - the SongsGraham Parker
ALBUMDon't Tell ColumbusGraham Parker
ALBUMPlatinum BastardGraham Parker & The Small Clubs
ALBUMSongs of No ConsequenceGraham Parker
ALBUMYer Cowboy BootGraham Parker & The Twang Three
Graham Parker's Popular Music Videos
Local Girls
Graham Parker
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (with Graham Parker)
Stone Foundation & Graham Parker
Protection
Graham Parker
Get Started, Start a Fire
Graham Parker
Temporary Beauty
Graham Parker
Artist Playlists
Graham Parker Essentials
Triumphant American rock propelled by a bristling British sneer.
Graham Parker: Deep Cuts
Finger-pointing folk rock and bitter country laments.
Artist Biography
Graham Parker is the hook-jammed link connecting British pub rock to its prickly punk successors. Born in East London in 1950, Parker quit school at 16, worked as a manual laborer, and eventually taught himself guitar. Backed by The Rumour, which included leading pub-rock guitarist Brinsley Schwarz, Parker released his promising Nick Lowe-produced debut, Howlin’ Wind, in 1976. He hit a peak in 1979 with the critically acclaimed Squeezing Out Sparks, a raw distillation of lyrically stylish rhythm ’n’ blues that reached the U.S. Top 40. Recognizing a stylistic connection, Bruce Springsteen guested on The Up Escalator the following year, when The Rumour were widely regarded as The E Street Band’s live equals. (The album, however, proved to be Parker’s last with The Rumour for decades.) During the ’80s, he pleased critics and fans alike with albums such as The Real Macaw (1983) and The Mona Lisa’s Sister (1988). Parker maintained his literary bona fides in the new millennium by publishing a novel and a collection of short stories, before reuniting with The Rumour for Three Chords Good (2012) and Mystery Glue (2015).