1.Your Profile
I’d like to think my sound encapsulates the best parts of the 1970s, balancing on the sharper edge of ’90s pop sensibility. I like writing songs, honesty (no oversharing, though), bizarre senses of humour, and two-for-one meal specials anywhere and everywhere. A fan just has to be a fan. Artists don’t get to choose their audience and that’s a great thing. We need them a lot more than they need us.
2.Keeping Busy
I’ve been super busy mixing my new album for the last few months with the man who recorded and co-produced it – Mr. Robin Waters. In between shows and sessions, I’ve been playing some lead guitar for the incredible Tracy McNeil and some pedal steel/guitar for the resplendent Marlon Williams. In May I’ll be hitting the road with my old friend and fellow troubadour, Steve Grady, for a run of shows up and down the east coast in support of my new single ‘I’ll Live And I’ll Die’ and Steve’s new EP A Year’s Gone By, which I was lucky enough to co-produce, record and play on.
3.Best Gig Ever
It would have to be the launch for my last album at The Old Bar in Fitzroy, Victoria. By their very nature, launches are great candidates for being special, but this particular night the band and I felt as if we couldn’t put a foot wrong, seemingly. It was a great crowd and was, personally, the culmination of a lot of hard work that I felt initially may have been too overwhelming to achieve on my own.
4.Current Playlist
I just bought Father John Misty’s new album I Love You, Honeybear. I’m loving it. Sonically, it’s lush and ornate, while lyrically it’s sardonic, brutally honest and even hateful at times. It is a classic paradox that never fails to reel me in. Full of lines that cut to the quick.
5.Your Ultimate Rider
My ultimate rider would consist of – but wouldn’t be limited to – a platter of Reese’s Pieces, a bottle of Bushmill’s, a bottle of cola (any kind is fine), some sunflower seeds and some high-quality Biltong. Really, I just get what I’m given and am happy if they give me enough to get a bit blurry.
Dan Parsons plays alongside Steve Grady atThe Junkyard, Maitland on Thursday May 7 and Live ’n’ Lounging, MacarthuronFriday May 8.
