THE PARKS WITH WES SHIPP Friday, November 15, 2024 7:30 PM
THE PARKS WITH WES SHIPP Friday, November 15, 2024 7:30 PM
The Parks - Johnny and Clint Park - The Parks are a father/son duo consisting of Johnny (writing credit for #1 country music hit, “Roll With It”, Recorded by Easton Corbin) & Clint Park (writing credit for “Wounded Mind”, recorded by Cody Jinks, “Another Bad Apple” and “More Goodbye” recorded by Ward Davis). As a duo, the pair were signed to Lyric Street Records and worked at multiple Nashville publishing houses.
After more than 15 years off the road, The Parks are again set to perform a limited run of shows. They perform their original music and several covers of country music classics. They describe their sound as “Pre-Garth”, and borrow sounds from the golden era of country music.
You may not know Wes Shipp, but you will soon enough. Wes comes out of Florida with a voice comparable to Kentucky’s native son, Keith Whitley. After many years spent traveling, busking, and trying to survive while being addicted to drugs, Wes knows what it means to struggle, to fight for everything he wants in life. By grace and a fantastic voice, he has not only put his demons behind him but has excelled. He was filmed outside of the North Little Rock Walmart busking while in active addiction. His talent could not be denied as the video took off on a trajectory to viraldom. Since that video, Wes has kept the momentum going by writing original songs that weave a story that anyone can relate to like the tear-jerking “My Old Man”, the outlaw story of survival “Back Here in Ocala”, and his newest hit “Citrus County Jail”. The Whitley family has shared his covers of Keith Whitley on their social media platforms multiple times. He has played with some of the greats like Billy Don Burns multiple times over the last couple of years as well as rising outlaw country’s finest musicians like Whey Jennings, yes Waylon’s grandson, and had co-writes with Whey, Creed Fisher, Jared Hill & Cass Jones. Whether playing a set of all originals or a mix of his original songs and covering classic country, Wes Shipp is always there to put on a show and entertain the crowd. It’s only a matter of time before the masses know his name.