Sun 7 Feb 2010
Musical genius Van Dyke Parks makes rare Seattle appearance
Posted by Marlow Harris under Music1 Comment
Van Dyke Parks
One of my favorite musicians and songwriters, Van Dyke Parks, is appearing Tuesday 2/9 in Seattle at The Triple Door.
Best known for his collaboration with Brian Wilson/The Beach Boys, but also as a session musician, composer, arranger, lyricist, and singer, he’s contributed significantly to several decades’ worth of masterpieces credited to other artists, as well as generating two or three masterpieces of his own.
You can view just a sample of his music on his website.
He was a session musician and worked with Sonny & Cher, as well as playing sessions for producer Terry Melcher on records by Paul Revere & the Raiders and other artists.
Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson
In 1998, he released a live album, and in the next decade he collaborated anew with Brian Wilson, who finally released a finished realization of SMiLE with new recordings on the Nonesuch label in 2004. Two years later, Parks began contributing lyrics to another Brian Wilson project, That Lucky Old Sun.
Information on The Triple Door website.
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