Green Monkey Records / Artist
Jeff Parkhurst
Dark and Deep is Olympian Jeff Parkhurst’s solo debut, 12 years in the making. Jeff is first a highly skilled drummer, but here he makes his first public foray as a singer, a multi-instrumentalist and most importantly, a songwriter, with nine quite varied songs that range from jazzy spoken word to thumping rock.
In 2022 Jeff brought producer Tom Dyer aboard, taking tracks that he had recorded on a solo piano 10 years before and added new grooving drums. On “Freewheelin”, add the late beat poet Charles Adler, space-jazz guitarist Joe Mailhot and Oly bass master Steve Lucino to take it to another level. Jeff descended through the “17 Layers” of Dante’s Hell with John Ridgeway’s cheerless accordion.
Some songs are sharply autobiographical tales from Jeff’s life, “Woods Are Dark and Deep” is famously and beautifully Robert Frost, fifty years after his death.
An exceptional debut!
Woods Are Dark And Deep
- Woods Are Dark And Deep
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He took an ancient iPad to a school portable building to record singer Betsy Perkins in the perfect environment and then brought it all back home to twist into shape in the studio. Dyer even adds a little guitar grind to the smashing “GTO”. In addition to this limited-edition debut LP, there is an even more-limited 25-copy edition in a special hand-built multi-faceted box created especially for the project by Randi Parkhurst, an Olympia paper, book and box artist who creates works from all natural PNW plant sources.
- Freewheelin’ Souls
- GTO
- Sister Julianne
- Turn Me Out
- Something Larger
- Another Portrait
- Forget This Craziness
- 17 Layers
- Woods Are Dark and Deep
Jeff Parkhurst: Vocals, Piano, Synths, Bass, Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Hang, Bells, Drums
Charles Adler: beatnik gait (Freewheelin’ Souls)
Tom Dyer: Guitars (GTO and Sister Julianne)
Joe Cason: Organ (Sister Julianne)
John Ridgway: Accordion (17 Layers)
Diz Carroll: Flute and clarinet (Woods are Dark and Deep)
Betsy Perkins: Backing vocals (Sister Julianne and Turn Me Out)
Steve Luceno: String bass (Freewheelin’ Souls)
Richard Lopez: Flute and trombone (Freewheelin’ Souls)
Joe Mailhot: Electric guitar (Freewheelin’ Souls)
Laurie Peterson: Clarinet (Woods are Dark and Deep)
Carol Langston: Electric guitar (Woods are Dark and Deep)