Walter Parks

Walter Parks is a songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and bassist originally from Jacksonville, Florida now living in Saint Louis, MO. Walter Parks founded several musical groups, Wingtips, The Nudes, Swamp Cabbage and also toured as a sideman for Richie Havens.[1]

Walter Parks
OriginJacksonville, Florida
GenresBlues, Rock, Jazz
LabelsZOHO Roots, Wildflower Records
Associated actsDear John, The Wingtips, The Nudes, Swamp Cabbage, Richie Havens
Websitehttp://www.walterparks.com/

Career

Between 1991 and 1999, Parks performed in the alternative-folk duo The Nudes with Stephanie Winters. The Nudes released three albums: The Nudes (1993), Velvet Sofa (1996),[2] and Boomerang (1998), and licensed recordings to an HBO series. Billboard magazine described the duo's first CD as unlike "anything else on the airwaves."[3] The Nudes reunited under "Stephanie Winters and Walter Parks" to perform a reunion show at Grace Church in September 2017.[4]

From 2001 to 2010, Parks toured with Richie Havens. Various venues included the Cannes Film Festival, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, Monte Carlo Sporting Festival (Monaco), Chiasso Festate (Switzerland), Solidays (France) and Womad Festival (Australia, New Zealand). He played on Haven's albums Wishing Well (2002),[5] Grace of the Sun (2004) and Nobody Left to Crown (2008).

When Parks was not touring with Havens, he formed the low country blues band Swamp Cabbage, active 2003 to present.[6] The band has released three studio recordings, Honk, Squeal, Jive, and one live recording.

In 2011 Parks worked with the Florida Ballet on a joint project "Ballet de Marais" that debuted October 1, 2011 in Jacksonville, Florida.[7] In 2015 and 2016 Parks researched music coming out of the Okefenokee Swamp in the 1940s and created a one-man show called "Swamp By Chandelier".

Parks digitally released his debut solo self-titled CD in December 2011 and a live solo acoustic CD, Cathedral, in September 2016.

In August 2020 Parks was featured in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for his historical research on the music coming out of the Okefenokee Swamp.[8]

Discography
  • Walter Parks (2011)
  • Cathedral (2016)
  • TBA (2021)
With The Nudes
  • The Nudes (1993), Acoustic America Records
  • Velvet Sofa (1996), Acoustic America Records
  • Boomerang (1998), Acoustic America Records
With Swamp Cabbage
  • Honk (2003), self-released
  • Squeal (2006), ZOHO Roots
  • Live in NYC (2010), self-released
  • Drum Roll Please (2012), self-released
  • Jive (2016), Chicken Head Knob
With Walter Parks & The Unlawful Assembly
  • TBA (2021), TBA

Singles
  • "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" (2015)[9]
  • "Comin' Home Hollers" (2017)[10]

References
  1. "Walter Parks to perform in Folkston". Charlton County Herald. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  2. Joyce, Mike (8 March 1996). "The Nudes Unadorned Folk". The Washington Post.
  3. "Album Reviews". Billboard. 4 December 1993. p. 56.
  4. "Stephanie Winters & Walter Parks at Cathedral Arts Live". Jersey City Arts Council. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  5. Goodman, Frank. "Pure Music Interview with Richie Havens".
  6. "Swamp Cabbage". Sonicbids.
  7. Lovejoy, Heather (September 30, 2011). ""Ballet de Marais" combines dance with swamp-inspired music". Florida Times Union.
  8. "Walter Parks Haunting Swamp Hollers from Georgia Homegrown Concerts from the Library of Congress, Co-sponsored by the American Folklife Center". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  9. "Walter Parks: Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)". CD Baby. 2015.
  10. "Comin' Home Hollers". Bandcamp.
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