Van Dyke Parks Live

[curiousjapan]

He can sing in Japanese? Mind bloooown.

[DrowningWitch1982]

たしか中野サンプラザだったか、見に行きました。終わった後、裏­口からヴァンダイクが出てきて、名刺をくれました。懐かしいです­。

[rasenkan63]

細野さんだ！

[SonofJaphet]

Van Dyke Parks played with the Mothers of Invention in 66

[TheJetfighter666]

I hear Iggy is gonna jam with him soon. NOT! Who listens to this shit???

[MrJihadjared]

lol

[vata3688]

Bring it to Athens, Ga

[mkl62]

1-3-2010. Happy Birhtday, Van Dyke. And Happy New Year, too.

[Huddiethegreat]

Gotta love Van Dyke, hes the master

[bgbreakdown]

Back in the 80's (oh lord, "OK, Grandpa...") there was a DJ at the best bar in San Francisco. In between the usual dance music: New Order and the Cure, he would play Van Dyke Park songs. I loved that!

[didithegrave]

Haruomi Hosono!!

Actually, Parks produced the first Happy end LP.

[fmf7vc]

wonderful. could you post more of this concert?

[bobprompter]

What a joy to see Van Dyke with a large ensemble, not crammed onto a postage stamp sized stage. And what a pity that such a concert couldn't happen here in his home country.

[GayleMI]

In addition to Symphony Sid Page, my guess is that Syd Straw is the female vocalist. Sounds like her (check out her stuff with the Golden Palominos) & matches with the few photos I've seen. VDP contributed keyboards and an arrangement on her 1st LP, Surprise. This is gorgeous. Wish I could have sucked up the ambiance of such a classy presentation in person, but this is the next best thing. Thanks for posting.

[mkl62]

Van Dyke Parks, I just want to take the time to wish you a Happy Birthday today. I hope that you come to South Carolina sometime.

[hideroma29]

Oh!

There is hosono !!!

[briendeheny]

impressive composition.

He took a american song and changed it totally.

[candyismydarling]

I liked him best in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.......

[redshirt71]

Thank you for sharing...a friend turned me on to Van Dyke Parks recently and I have been hooked ever since. The man is awesome.

[PaulTheWig]

Beautiful! A note - the concertmaster featured here on America The Beautiful is reported to be Sid Page. Mr. Page is an amazing violinist. One of his early career gigs was with Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks (check out their music on Rhapsody). The musical world is one of the truly diverse and inclusive of human endeavor. My son is a concert violinist (amateur), leads his own chamber quartet and plays violin and keyboards in a rock band. Now that's getting around wouldn't you say?

[pamthereceptionist]

I love this man.

[chbremer]

Magnificent! Thanks for sharing!

[Concatelli]

Thanks for posting this! Where is it from?

[pokopen]

Thank you.

This is Japan live.