Walter Parks warms up before performing a house concert in southeast Portland.
There’s the old debate about whether or not there is a “first annual” anything. But you see it all the time. First annual festival. First annual sale. First annual meeting. The AP style book sends a quick reminder that the word annual should not be used until an event has occurred for successive years.
Walter Parks, April 2010
And so it’s difficult for me to say that I am starting a “long-term project.” It can’t really be a long-term project until I have worked on it for some time. However, I am intrigued by the house concert. After hosting a show at our home last month, I decided I would try to slip into a few and make some pictures to see what happened.
Walter Parks is a great guitarist based on the East Coast who played a little house concert the other night. He plays guitar for the legendary Richie Havens, he’s in Swamp Cabbage and he plays soulful, thoughtful tunes as a solo artist. It was a thrill to be in little dining room in southeast Portland watching him perform.
I love this and want to dig deeper. I hope to continue with it for some time. A long time.
Walter Parks, April 2010
all images © Tim LaBarge 2010