LushCattPark band illustration: three feline musicians at piano, guitar, and upright bass beneath a Grateful Dead Steal Your Face skull, framed by climbing roses on a black background.

— About —

The LushCattPark Band

LushCattPark is a psychedelic rock and jam band with deep roots in Sonoma County, California. At the heart of the band’s music is long-form improvisation, which creates a sonic dreamworld that is faithful to the vision of the Grateful Dead.

The name is a portmanteau of the musicians’ names stitched together: Chris Lushington on bass, Rob Catterton on keys, Jamie Parker on guitar. (That’s why LushCattPark has two Ts. If you arrived via lushcatpark.com or searched “Lush Cat Park,” you’re in the right place.)

The band records and releases through Sonoma Coast Records, the artist-run indie label founded by pianist Rob Catterton. Original artwork by Sofie Engstrom von Alten.

— The Players —

Meet the Cats

Bass

Chris Lushington

Chris Lushington is an accomplished bass guitarist who has lived in Sonoma County since 1974. He brings a heavy bass foundation to the group, echoing the melodic bassline style pioneered by Phil Lesh and Jack Casady. His many credits include performing at AT&T Park for the San Francisco Giants’ Grateful Dead night, where his group opened for Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, as well as performing at several benefit gigs for Wavy Gravy’s Camp Winnarainbow and the Seva Foundation. Chris has also performed at the Skull & Roses Festival at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Southern California, and the Rio Nido Roadhouse, located in the birthplace township of the Grateful Dead’s classic composition, “Dark Star.”

Chris is featured on recordings by the Defectors, Josef Brinckmann and the Conspiracy of Equals, and the THUGZ (Tribal Hippie Under Ground Zone). He has played with LushCattPark since 2022, and Chris and Rob Catterton, pianist, are lifelong friends.

Keys

Rob Catterton

A thoughtful and original musician, Rob Catterton has always forged his own musical path. “For me, it was jazz on one hand and the Grateful Dead on the other. They were my two biggest influences.” In 2015, the pianist recorded A Grand Piano Tribute to the Grateful Dead, the first time the Dead’s music was presented at album length by a solo pianist. Remastered in 2017 by the Dead’s own mastering engineer, Jeffrey Norman, the record received critical acclaim from Grateful Dead scholars David Gans and Blair Jackson. “Bird Song” received national airplay on Sirius XM’s “Tales of the Golden Road,” as well as the syndicated “Grateful Dead Hour.”

In January, 2017, Rob performed his solo Grateful Dead set live, which was released as a full-length album, Live in the Redwoods. The pianist also performed with Bob Weir at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley in 2007. Of his future plans, Rob says simply, “My goal is to create timeless beauty.”

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Guitar

Jamie Parker

Born and raised in the North Bay, Jamie Parker is a multi-instrumentalist who has played guitar and/or keyboards for many bands throughout the Bay Area and beyond. These bands include Pure Cane, Wisdom, Bob and Brandon, and Stone Merlin. In addition, he performed all of the music for the duo Jamie and Mel, who played dozens of shows from San Francisco to Santa Rosa and everywhere in between.

Jamie is the son of Dave Parker, an original member of Mother McRee’s Uptown Jug Champions. Formed in 1964, this band was the first musical alliance between Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, founding members of the Grateful Dead. With deep family roots in the music, Jamie grew up on the Dead, and is an accomplished player in the guitar style of Jerry Garcia. Jamie is also a vocalist with a wide knowledge of music across all genres, and is featured on the YouTube channel Billy Da Mountain.

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