1. John Parish was born on 11 April 1959 and is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer.
13 Facts About John Parish
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John Parish has worked with such artists as Eels, Aldous Harding, Tracy Chapman, Giant Sand, and Sparklehorse.
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John Parish was born in Yeovil, Somerset and lives in Bristol.
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John Parish's first record release was a single "Mind Made" by the British new wave band, Thieves Like Us.
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In 1986 John Parish had begun a parallel career as a record producer working with UK bands including The Chesterfields, The Brilliant Corners, The Caretaker Race and The Becketts.
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John Parish co-wrote and produced The Eels album Souljacker, and played guitar on the world tour that accompanied its release.
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John Parish produced the Giant Sand album Chore of Enchantment, and a photograph of his wedding in Tucson in 1998 was used as the cover for the 2011 re-release of the record.
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John Parish began working as a film composer in 1998, writing the score for Belgian director Patrice Toye's debut film, Rosie.
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John Parish has now worked on seven albums with Harvey, including two co-written albums: Dance Hall at Louse Point and A Woman a Man Walked By.
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John Parish played in the PJ Harvey touring band from 1994 to 1999, from 2009 to 2012 and from 2015 to 2017.
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John Parish co-produced and played on To Bring You My Love, White Chalk, the Mercury Prize winning Let England Shake, The Hope Six Demolition Project and I Inside the Old Year Dying.
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John Parish has produced and played on three albums by New Zealand singer-songwriter Aldous Harding, two This Is the Kit albums and two albums by Malian artist Rokia Traore.
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John Parish has collaborated several times with two established European stars, the Italian singer Nada and Belgian singer Arno.