Parker is Back at the Rock House 2018

I been walkin' the fine line
Between the form and the function
Between the gall and the gumption
Between feelin' and touchin'

Parker on stage at the Rock House on Seventh Avenue September 26, 2018, a Wednesday night with a full moon. From my spot on the balcony, I can see the lights on the Gateway Arch through the window. The Saint Louis Cardinals are winding up their baseball season at Busch Stadium as the night is cool enough to feel like autumn. (It doesn’t look like our home team is going to be in the pennant race this year.)  The stage is lit and Parker and his band seem to be genuinely in agreement with Parker’s crowd pleasing declaration. “It’s great to be back in Saint Louis.” The last time Parker was on this stage it was Springtime a few days prior to baseball opening day in 2014. The band was electric and the show a treat. It is a special thing to see this band showcase their latest but also everything from Truckstop Gospel, to Heaven Sent to Hades Pleads and Other Arrangements. 

I was there for the thrill of it all. I was in the crowd when Parker Millsap played Off Broadway in the Saint Louis Lemp-Cherokee Historic District on a Friday the 13^th in May of 2016 and also when they returned to play the Pageant in the Delmar Loup in November of 2016. The performance is polished.       

I been walkin' the fine line
Between the thought and the action
Slippin' sideways and traction
As a matter of fact, hon'...

Other Arrangements, is Millsap’s latest CD and it is on sale at the door along with his previous albums and some pretty cool T-Shirts promoting Parker Millsap and this evening’s opening act, Gary Owen. Owen served admirably as the opening act for Parker Millsap and his bandmates, violinist Daniel Foulks, bassist Michael Rose and drummer Paddy Ryan.

After the show I was able catch up with Parker long enough to have another fan capture a photo above with my Apple iPhone 4. I kinda knew it was the also fourth time I was lucky enough to see Parker Millsap and his band in Saint Louis since that show in 2014. I have a fealing he'll be back.