December 19, 2006
Graham Parker, Musician
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On Philadelphia: “I played at the Tower Theater in ’77 opening for Thin Lizzy. I did the TLA in about ’88. I recorded it, and that came out as a live album. I used to walk up and down South Street just to dig the funkiness of it. There were all these burned-out buildings on one part of it. I remember looking inside and there were comic books that were kind of charred on the ground—the kind of thing that sticks in your head. Philly’s a real place. It’s not like going to Dallas where all you see is glass, and there are no people. I’ve walked around and looked at a few historical things—the big bell or whatever. I went to see G. Love one night. In fact, G. Love played harmonica on my last studio album. We did it in Bryn Mawr, and Pete, the bass player of the Figgs, said I needed a really good harmonica player. He said, ‘G. Love does that,’ and I thought, ‘All right.’ So he came down.”
Graham Parker is currently working on a new album that will be released in March.
Posted by jfusco on December 19, 2006 10:30 PM
