Father/son duo The Parks release debut
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 – The Parks, a father/son duo, released their debut single As Long As You're Going My Way. The song was written by son Clint Park and father Johnny Park with Brett Beavers.
The Parks are the only father/son duo in the modern era of country music. The family, originally from Borger, Texas, moved to Nashville to pursue their musical dreams as performers and songwriters. The Parks co-wrote every track on their upcoming debut album, "Born Into It," expected to release later this year.
Johnny Park is not an unknown. He was one-half of the duo Archer Park with Randy Archer. They had two songs chart in 1994, Where There's Smoke and We Got a Lot in Common from their Atlantic Records album "Where There's Smoke."
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Father and son duo The Parks may have the same blood in their veins, but don't expect the tight bluegrass-and-barbershop style harmonies so typical of other family groups. Instead, they divide their vocals with southern rock and blues mixture drizzled over with some country twang. They come across loud and passionate on every track. Most of that undoubtedly comes from years as a bar band north of Nashville. One club they played in changed names and management several times during the ...
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