The songwriter, singer, and guitar player has been making records as a solo artist and with his band Varnaline for over two decades. His collaborations with Son Volt’s Jay Farrar include the “New Multitudes” project with Jim James of My Morning Jacket which paired unused Woody Guthrie lyrics with new music. With a show of his oil paintings currently running at Nola ’Nacular gallery and a summer tour with fellow troubadour Steve Earle coming up, Anders takes a detour into the Christmas Club for a couple rounds with the Troubled Men.

Topics include a backyard concert, Lynn Drury, good gigs, Newell Normand, porch parties, a cereal killer, milk and meat, a dead pope, the College of Cardinals, Morris Day and the Time, bad tenants, medical advice, open tunings, Hudson Valley, a farm, the circus, Donnie’s vs coyotes, writing songs, the Kentucky Derby, 4-track recording, Portland, strip clubs, a divided ballroom, moving to Alaska, immediacy in art, Anthony DelRosario, Gob Iron, moving to New Orleans, Miss Mae’s, French schools, Sarah Mailes, “Cisco Pike,” Karen Black, Kris Kristofferson, Doug Sahm, “Night Gallery,” psychedelics, flashbacks, a swimming moose, 24-hour daylight, and much more.

Intro music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

Break Music: "Don't You Let Them Get You Down" from "The Black Flight" by Anders Parker

Outro Music: "Dogs and Horses" from "Wolf Reckoning" by Anders Parker

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Chapters

• (00:00:00 ) - Troubled Men: Manny Chevrolet
• (00:01:04 ) - Your Neighbor's Backyard Concerts
• (00:02:30 ) - Jazz Fest
• (00:05:48 ) - Flying On An Airplane
• (00:06:01 ) - Kosher Rabbi on Animal Cruelty
• (00:08:34 ) - Kosher vs. Non-Kosher Food
• (00:08:50 ) - Morris Day and the Time at the Vatican
• (00:11:38 ) - Seniors Take a Walk For Fun
• (00:15:32 ) - The Art of Playing in Your 60s
• (00:16:02 ) - Guess Who's Playing
• (00:16:55 ) - Anders Parker
• (00:19:53 ) - Farm Life of Growing Up
• (00:22:08 ) - Donkeys Are Good for Animals, But Not For People
• (00:25:31 ) - "You Can't Trust Your Friend"
• (00:25:53 ) - How I Learned To Play Guitar
• (00:27:36 ) - Woodstock Singer on Writing Songs
• (00:31:06 ) - Kentucky Derby Announcer's
• (00:32:30 ) - Portland Has The Most Strip Clubs In The US
• (00:35:14 ) - The Smithereens Open at an 18 and Over Club
• (00:37:28 ) - Back in the Studio With Varnaline
• (00:41:22 ) - Jay Farrar on Working With Sun Volt
• (00:44:08 ) - Thank You!
• (00:46:43 ) - Anders Parker at Nolan Lounge
• (00:49:00 ) - Anders Parker on Jay Farrar's New Multitudes
• (00:52:32 ) - New Multitudes
• (00:53:24 ) - How do you get to New Orleans?
• (00:55:19 ) - The Man Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
• (00:57:38 ) - Karen Black in Five Easy Pieces
• (00:58:54 ) - When Did You Stop Recording in a Studio?
• (01:00:36 ) - Portrait Artist on Drawing and Painting
• (01:02:38 ) - Between Playing Guitar and Painting
• (01:05:09 ) - Have You Taken Too Much Acid?
• (01:08:02 ) - Santa Claus Has Never Visited the Arctic
• (01:08:51 ) - Alaskan Canneries: The Good Stuff
• (01:11:32 ) - Anders on The Troubleman Podcast
• (01:12:22 ) - Dogs and Horses on the Track