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Don and Patti Parks, Part II

Vintage poster from Don and Patti Parks' national touring days
Patti Parks
Vintage poster from Don and Patti Parks' national touring days

Patti Parks and her children return with more background on the country gospel duo

On this episode of Johnson's Improbable History of Pop, host John Johnson revisits the Inland Northwest country gospel duo Don and Patti Parks. They toured the county and recorded music in their Spokane Valley home studio from 1964–1975.

Patti is back in the studio as John's guest along with her daughter Teresa Elliott and son Don Parks, Jr. They share the memories and music from the family's long-standing traveling ministry.

First broadcast September 16, 2023.

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