Wavelength

Wavelength is broadcast on Resonance 104.4fm, on Fridays at 2:30pm and repeats on Mondays at 5am.
20th Apr 2012

Blind Date Parks

Today sees a welcome return visit from the phenomenon known as Blind Date Parks. As a student in Leicester Bob carried a 15 foot No Parking sign on his head for 2 weeks before pursuing a chequered career including performance artist, painter, auctioneer’s assistant, film extra in Martin Scorsese’s New York New York… appearances on The Gong Show, recording artist, notably on his own LP; The R and B Feeling on The Junior Aspirin label. If you look up Bob Parks on You Tube you can see him perform naked apart from a thick coat of bright yellow paint, in his adopted persona of Bignose. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEAZn7yyNBM Today Bob Parks pays tribute to the legendary Johnny Otis and is joined by his regular accompanists The Recreationals live in the studio.