Parker Kindred is an American drummer who played in the band of
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (raised as Scott Moorhead; November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997) was an American musician. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, he attracted a cult following in the early 1990s performing at venues in ...
, appearing on his unfinished second album, ''
Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk'' in 1997, as well as playing live with Buckley and the rest of his band at
Arlene's Grocery on February 9, 1997. Kindred was introduced to Buckley through
Mick Grøndahl, then Buckley's bassist, as a permanent replacement for Eric Eidel after mainstay drummer
Matt Johnson left the band at the end of the Australian leg of the tour.
After Buckley's death Kindred continued to work with the other band members on other projects in
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
. Kindred, with Michael Tighe and Buckley's then-girlfriend,
Joan Wasser, formed
Black Beetle. Shortly after Wasser embarked on a solo career and the band split up. However Tighe and Kindred continued to play together and later went on to form
The A.M. with bassist
Andrew Wyatt. Their debut self-titled LP was released in 2003 by
Storm Music.
Since then he has worked with numerous other artists including
Antony and the Johnsons,
Joan As Police Woman,
Amen Dunes,
Cass McCombs,
Minor Alps,
Luke Temple,
Adam Green,
Grand Mal,
White Bike and
Mike Bones.
The UK's best-selling drum magazine ''
Rhythm
Rhythm (from Greek , ''rhythmos'', "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a " movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions". This general meaning of regular r ...
'' featured a two-page article on Kindred in January 2009.
[. Rhythmmag. Retrieved on 2009-01-26.]
References
External links
Antony and the Johnsons: Parker Kindred
American male drummers
Living people
Anohni and the Johnsons members
The A.M. members
Year of birth missing (living people)
Drummers from Philadelphia
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