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Updated May 6, 2021 at 9:52 AM ET
Few American artists have concocted such a deliciously wild artistic and musical gumbo as 78-year-old Louisiana-raised, New York and California-tested Van Dyke Parks.
The arranger, songwriter, musician, actor and producer has performed and worked with everyone from Mothers of Invention and Skrillex to U2, The Byrds, Silverchair, and multiple collaborations with sonic genius Brian Wilson.
In this treasured set from 2012, Parks, in his first visit to
Mountain Stage, pulls back the curtain on his refreshingly scattershot career and shares his creative genius as one of America s truly diverse raconteurs.