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Nick Parker

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Also known as Nicholas Parker, Nicholas Ralph Parker, Sir Nick Parker

British Army general

Person · Open Library

Works
9

Top works

  • Exploding Boy and Other Tiny Tales
  • Supply chain management
  • World class manufacturing
  • A Language for management
  • Benchmarking

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1920-08-29
Active to
1955-03-12
americanbebopcool jazzjazzsaxophone

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,442
Total plays
60,117

Tags

countryfolksinger-songwriteracousticdeath cab for cutie

Nick Parker was 13 when he first picked up a guitar and tried to string together a few chords. By 14 he had put down the guitar and picked up the mandolin. Not least of all because he wanted to be in his brother, Ant’s band and they needed a mandolin player. The first few gigs came and went, under the name ‘The Mandolin Brothers’ (genius) before they changed their name to ‘Why?’ (equally genius) and they spent the next 10 years bouncing around on stages at hundreds of venues around the UK and Eu

via Last.fm · Nick Parker

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