7^th Dec 2012

Bob Parks

In the run-up to Christmas, Wavelength welcomes back Bob Parks to talk about his personal approach to gospel music and religion: Parks’s career started out some forty years back, when he first entered into the arena of performance art during the sixties and early seventies. Born in the UK, Bob moved to South Central Los Angeles in 1972, where he immersed himself in various aspects of avant-garde culture. A stint as an actor resulted in a walk-on part in Martin Scorsese’s New York New York, and further encounters with the mainstream involved appearances on The Gong Show. The R&B Feeling is an album by Bob on the Junior Aspirin label dedicated to outsider gospel and surreal lo-fi songwriting.