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August 21, 2001

Graham Parker Cuts Deep

Veteran rocker takes on religions, socks and Dave Matthews
September 5, 1997

Quote of the Day
November 1, 0003

335) Squeezing Out Sparks

Graham Parker

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Steady Nerves

Once upon a time, Graham Parker was pub rock's rawest nerve and, along with Elvis Costello, New Wave's most literate malcontent. Nowadays, he's a happily married man who can boast of steady nerves, having put emotional traumas behind him. The question is, What does an angry young man sing about when...

2005 RS: Not Rated

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Biography

One of the most critically acclaimed graduates of the mid-'70s British pub-rock scene, singer/songwriter Graham Parker was compared to Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen for the best of his angry, eloquent songs. Yet the commercial success he always seemed to deserve remained, for the most part, just outside his grasp.

Until 1975, Parker lived off a succession of odd jobs, including gas-station...

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