Lloyd Parks

Lloyd Parks (born 26 May 1949) is a Jamaican reggae vocalist and bass player who has recorded and performed as a solo artist as well as part of Skin, Flesh & Bones, The Revolutionaries, The Professionals, and We the People Band.

Biography Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Parks' interest in music was fuelled by his uncle Dourie Bryan, who played in a calypso band, and Parks became the band's singer. In the late 1960s, he performed with the Invincibles band (whose members also included Ansell Collins, Sly Dunbar and Ranchie McLean) before teaming up with Wentworth Vernal in The Termites. In 1967, they recorded their first single, "Have Mercy Mr. Percy", and then an album Do the Rocksteady for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One label. After recording "Rub Up Push Up" for the Dampa label, Parks and Vernal split up. Parks then briefly joined The Techniques as a replacement for Pat Kelly, The band also included singer Ruddy Thomas and a horn section of Tony Greene (saxophone), Everol Wray (trumpet), and Everald Gayle (trombone), and with the band continuing for over forty years, the line-up has included Parks' daughter Tamika on keyboards and his son Craig "Leftside" Parks on drums.

Parks' band also backed John Holt along with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London in 2000.

Solo discography Officially (1974, Attack) Girl in the Morning (1975, Trojan)) Loving You (1976, Trojan)) Meet the People (1978, Parks) Jeans, Jeans (1985, Tad's) What More Can I Do (1983)

Compilations Still Officially Yours, The Collection 1970–2004 (2005, Parks Records) Time A Go Dread (2016, Pressure Sounds)