Though renamed back to Parkers after being the Aquarius Tavern for a while, this building recently served as a Casino.
This building was torn down in November 2012. Once a haven for young adult circuit music explosion. Many of the old 50's and 60's dance venues around Puget Sound no longer exist.We are in the process of compiling a list of the bands that performed at Parkers. If you had a band that played here, have a flyer or advertisement for gigs at Parkers, or remember seeing a particular band perform at this establishment, please let us know and we will add their name to the list of bands that performed here. Send any information to our Webmaster.
Staff
Louise Kennedy
Cory Koch
Stephanie Benedict Paulson
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Louise Kennedy Brodland & Donna at the Front Desk
October 1979
Did you know that in the transition between the Aquarius Tavern and Parker’s that the site was used to by Hollywood for filming scenes for a movie called the Last Convertible.. starring Bruce Boxleitner? I worked at a small pizzeria called Pizza Plus owned by Wally Curtis and Bruce nd the crew came for pizza. After meeting Bruce, I walked into the site and got an immediate job…..better work and better pay. I was now working for Skip and Vern. Wow…… I started as a waiter after dropping Pier70 as a reference.
One year later I was Restaurant manager. Perks were good. When Ray Charles was visiting for the weekend, I sat down with Burnett Fogg, Ray’s PA. We had such a good time. Ann and Nancy Wilson, Howard Leese, Al Hendrix, Randy Hanson, Al Dimeola, Chuck MaGione, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Buddy Rich and His Band all had a very positive effect on the community of Shoreline when we held the 25 Year Anniversary of KISW Radio in Seattle. I remember Glen Campbell coming over to my roommate’s house after the roadies got going. We sang and played all morning. I was a part of the history of Parker’s, the Aquarius….and the community. I have so many photos of those days too.
Mark Kuchenbecker, March 2017
Africa Fete The Alarm Putt Anderson & his Dixieland Band Alisyn Flyer Annie Rose & the Thrillers Aurora Axis Drive B.B. King Bad Boy Badfinger Backbone The Bandits The Beach Boys Beachcombers Duffy Bishop & Rhythm Dogs Elvin Bishop Black Oak Arkansas Blue Oyster Cult Blue Sky Bluebird Big Horn The BoDeans Bodine The Box Tops Boy Toy Bread BTO The Buckinghams Buffalo Springfield Burgundy Express The Bumps Burgandy Express The Byrds Calliope Canned Heat Captain Oh Wow The Cascades Chains of Hell Orchestra Ray Charles Chaser Cheeseburger Delux Child China City Limits Joe Cocker The Convertibles Albert Collins James Cotton Chic Corea City Zu Conspiracy Count 5 Country Joe McDonald Dan Reed Network David Crosby w/ Jeff Pevar Dr. Hook |
Crowded House Crown The Cyrkle The Daily Flash Bobby Darin Dave Clark Five Dave Lewis Combo The Deacons Delaney Bramlett Denise Richards Band Dick & Dee Dee The Dimensions Al Di Meola The Dinosaurs Doug Kershaw Duffy Bishop Band The Dynamics Easy Chair Edgar Winter Group The Edge Elvin Bishop Elvis Mania Emergency Exit Epicentre Eric Burdon The Exotics with Woody Carr The Fab Four The Fleetwoods Fragile Lime The Frantics Freddy Pink Full Blown Gabriel Jan Garber Orchestra Burke Garrett Orchestra The Gatormen Don & The Goodtimes Norman Greenbaum The Guess Who Arlo Guthrie, Jr Harbour Molly Hatchet Heart Hightops, Freddy Pink and The House of Freaks Hustlers Iron Butterfly Island Cowboys Jimmy Davis & Junction Joan Jett Edison Jones Guy Jones Jr. Cadillac Jupiter Albert King Knickerbockers Delbert McClinton Lee Michaels |
Jerry Lee Lewis Guy Lombardo Orchestra Grassroots Loverboy Johnny Limbo & the Lugnuts Lyle Lovett Lydia Pense and Cold Blood The Machine Magic Fern Marshall Tucker Band John Mayall MoJo Men Ivan Neville Nomads Neville Brothers Ohio Players Johnny Otis Paul Revere & The Raiders Rick Nelson Graham Parker Patch Peece Max Pillar Orchestra The Playboys The Montana Band Nazereth Omar and the Howlers The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Pied Pipers Zassu Pitts Poco Popcorn Pretty Poison John Prine Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Quest Radio City Rail & Co. Rapid Transit System (R.T.S.) The Young Rascals The Rangehoods Stevie Ray Red Rider Leon Redbone Buddy Rich The Righteous Brothers Rimfire Johnny Rivers The Rock Collection Rock Kandy Rocky & His Friends The Rogues Rose & The Dirt Boys Frankie Roth Orchestra The Rum Runners Santana Seattle Star |
Shock Shyanne Simply Red Sonics Sons of Chaplin Spirit Standells Statics Stella & The Back Porch Revue Al Stewart George Straight Stray Cats Strypes Superband Sun Ra Sweet Talkin' Jones Koko Taylor BJ Thomas David Clayton Thomas Texas Tornados Thea & The Sunset Drifters Them The Thin Red Line George Thorogood Time Machine Billy Tolles Toots & the Maytals Tower of Power Trane Pat Travers Robin Trower True 2 Life Tubes Tanya Tucker Merrilee & The Turnabouts Tina Turner Stevie Ray Vaughan The Ventures Viceroys Bobby Vee Wailers Jerry Jeff Walker Joe Walsh Muddy Waters West Coast Natural Gas Carl Wilson Who Found Who Johnny Winters Stevie Wonder Young Fresh Fellows Jesse Collin Young Warren Zevon Zero to Zero |
In high school (Shoreline) we were regular visitors to Parkers. The Dynamics were my personal favorite. I also remember seeing Bobby Vee there around 1962 or 1963.Skip Bowe, Stockton, CA, August 2007
I can not forget my sneaking out from my bedroom window to go to the forbidden, infamous, PARKERS.
How well I remember watching Jerry Lee Lewis right after his involvement with his cousin and the rude, mean audience he played to, there, throwing pennies at him, and my crying for the ugly cruel way people were showing their lack of respect for him as a proformer. I guess that was not a time when we placed, “Principles before Personalities”.
Deb Cook, May 2010
R.I.P. They tore Parker's Ballroom down yesterday (15 Nov 2012)... sad ... I went there a lot.
Richard Evans, November 2012
Portland’s “Crazy 8s” were a fairly popular band at Parkers for a few years around 1988.
Peter Andrijeski, November 2012
In the late 1980's, John Prine played a very emotional show there shortly after his friend and touring partner, Steve Goodman, died.
Mike Nichols, November 2012
Steve Marchant managed the Aquarius between the years 1973 and 1976.
Deborah Marchant, February 2013
Credits: S. Carlson, Top Photo by B. Semple, Norm Peterson, Dave Baroh (R.I.P.), Steve Feary, Dean Tonkin, Denny Gor e, Louise Kennedy Brodland, Marc Lathrop, Don Gardner, Steve Fukushima, Keith Craine, Fred Raxter, Paul Rieland, Ed Busey, John Rice, Mike Allan, Chris Ronning, Jim Sola, Kevin Mason, Gretchen Christopher, Robin Feetham, Alan Berry, Michael Linehan, Peter Simpson, Walt Melweski, Fil Gudmundson, Dave Burke, Bob Brannon, Stan Price, John Gordon, Greg Cole, Nina Mabalay, Skip Bowe, Phil Dirt, Joel Johnson, Glenn Raymond, Tom Lash, Trapper Graves-Lalor, Mike Elwell, Don Edge, Ron Edge, Jim Henning, Deb Cook, Richard Evans, Richard McNamee, Jeff Morgan, Craig Fletcher, Chuck Hickman, Jack Dolan, Peter Andrijeski, Jerry Perrine, Mike Nichols, Deborah Marchant, George Merrill, Don Peterson, Michael Kelbaugh, David Jaedyn Conley, Mike Apker, Stan Larsen, James Miller, Norm Heutmaker, Maria McCrackin, Steph Paulson, Rick Edwards, Cory Koch, Dave Kuntz, Al Hooper, Kristina Bammert, Robert Varney, Randall, Garland, Robert Hall, Peter Blossom, Cliff Lenz, Robert Downey, Kirby Hoyt, Peter Blecha