3×3: Shane Parish on John Coltrane, Johnny Cash, and a Moment in the Sun

Artist: Shane Parish
Hometown: Asheville, NC
Latest Album: Undertaker Please Drive Slow (Tzadik)

 

Time to reconnect with my roots… "Never mind what's been sellin, it's what you're buyin…" #fugazi

A photo posted by Shane Parish (@birdonsixwires) on Nov 10, 2016 at 10:21am PST

What was the first record you ever bought with your own money?
RUN DMC, Raising Hell

How many unread emails or texts currently fill your inbox?
86

If your life were a movie, which songs would be on the soundtrack?
"The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash, "Staying Alive" by the BeeGees, "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel, "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane

 

My new solo album, Undertaker Please Drive Slow, is released today on Tzadik Records! Here's the track listing.

A photo posted by Shane Parish (@birdonsixwires) on Nov 18, 2016 at 7:53am PST

What's your favorite word?
Tchotchke

Which sisters are your favorite — Andrews, Secret, McCrary, or Mandrell?
McCrary

If you were a liquor, what would you be?
Tequila

 

Loitering

A photo posted by Shane Parish (@birdonsixwires) on Nov 22, 2016 at 9:25am PST

Fate or free will?
Fate

Cake or pie?
Pie

Sunrise or sunset?
Sunset