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John Parish (born 11 April 1959) is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. Parish is best known for his work with singer-songwriter PJ Harvey.〔(Parish from the earth. ) Minnesota Daily. 13 March 2003. Accessed 26 June 2008〕 He has also worked with many other bands including Eels, Tracy Chapman, Giant Sand, and Sparklehorse. His sister is the actress Sarah Parish.〔(Accessed December 27, 2011 )〕 Parish was born in Yeovil, Somerset and lives in Bristol. ==Career== His first record release was a single "Mind Made" by the British new wave band, Thieves Like Us (1980).〔(Discogs.com ) Accessed 27 December 2011〕 In 1982, he formed the band Automatic Dlamini, with Rob Ellis. The changing line-up of Automatic Dlamini included Polly Harvey from 1988 until 1991. Automatic Dlamini recorded three albums: ''The D is For Drum'' (1987),〔( Discogs.com ) Accessed 27 December 2011〕 ''Here Catch Shouted his Father'' (1990 – unreleased but available as a bootleg), and ''From A Diva to a Diver'' (1992).〔( Discogs.com ) Accessed 27 December 2011〕 By the time ''From A Diva to a Diver'' was released, Harvey had left to form the PJ Harvey trio with ex-Dlamini members Rob Ellis and Ian Olliver, and Parish was playing guitar with Marc Moreland's band The Ensenada Joyride.〔(Marcmoreland.com ) Accessed 27 December 2011〕 In 1986 Parish had begun a parallel career as a record producer working with UK bands including The Chesterfields, The Brilliant Corners, The Caretaker Race and The Becketts. In 1995 he co-produced PJ Harvey's "To Bring You My Love", on which he also played guitar, drums, percussion and organ.〔To Bring You My Love (Island Records 1995) Sleeve Notes.〕 He co-wrote and produced The Eels album ''Souljacker'' (2001), and played guitar on the world tour that accompanied its release. He has produced and/or played on a number of Howe Gelb / Giant Sand albums and frequently appears onstage with them.〔(Howe Gelb official website )〕 Parish produced the Giant Sand album ''Chore of Enchantment'' (2000), and a photograph of his wedding in Tucson in 1998 was used as the cover for the 2011 re-release of the record. He also began working as a film composer in 1998, writing the score for Belgian director Patrice Toye's debut film, ''Rosie''.〔( The Internet Movie Database ) Accessed 27 December 2011〕 Parish's score won the Jury Special Appreciation prize at the 1999 Bonn Film & TV Music Biennale. He has since scored other films and a Dutch seven part TV drama ''Waltz'' (2006).〔( The Internet Movie Database ) Accessed 27 December 2011〕 Parish has now worked on six albums with Harvey, including two co-written albums: ''Dance Hall at Louse Point'' (1996) and ''A Woman A Man Walked By'' (2009). He played in the PJ Harvey touring band (guitar/drums/keyboards) from 1994 –1999, and again from 2009 – 2012.〔(John Parish official website )〕 He co-produced and played on ''White Chalk'' (2007) and the Mercury Prize winning ''Let England Shake'' (2011). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Parish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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