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Graham Parker (Howlin' Wind)
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- Caropop
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- Feb 26, 2026
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- 4198
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Summary
Musicians are said to have a lifetime to create their first album and six months to make the follow-up. That was literally the case with Graham Parker, whose landmark debut album, Howlin’ Wind , came out in April 1976, followed that October by the acclaimed Heat Treatment . Parker, the subject of Jay Nachman’s excellent new book Graham Parker’s Howlin’ Wind , tells his fascinating origin story here. He worked in factories and at a gas station, tried on almost every ‘60s/’70s musical style and wrote, wrote and wrote. How many songs had he written before he came up with one that made the cut for Howlin’ Wind ? How did he get connected to his ace backing band, the Rumour, and did he start writing with them in mind? The still-active, feisty Parker presents a vivid portrait of the artist as a young man--and conveys his current feelings about how the system is rigged against musicians trying to make a living. (Photo by Steve Goulding)