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Chris Parkinson (born 31 March 1950) is a folk musician from the UK. He was a co-founder of the British folk band The House Band (1984-2001), playing accordion, harmonica, melodeon and keyboards. He has also performed with John Kirkpatrick in the accordion duo, 'The Sultans of Squeeze', who were included in nominations as 'duo of the year' in the 2006 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
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Career
Chris Parkinson has played music since the age of 5, starting with the harmonica. Other instruments include the piano, guitar, concertina, tin whistle, melodeon, piano accordion, keyboard and fiddle.
He has worked with Ralph McTell, Steve Phillips and Billy Connolly
Parkinson's tune Mr Isaac's Maggot appears on the accordion box set Planet Squeezebox.
Discography
Solo work
With The House Band
With John Kirkpatrick
With Steve Phillips
With Steve Phillips & The Rough Diamonds