Singer-songwriter @dakotarayparker is our guest on a BRAND NEW EPISODE of Roots Music Rambler this week. We talked to him about a tumultuous childhood that included parents fighting, foster homes and more chaos. Dakota told us his mom’s gift of a guitar gave him something to distract himself from that world which led to him becoming a musician.
Get the full episode on YouTube (@rootsmusicrambler), rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get podcasts!
Oh, and the episode bonus is a fun Falls rant about concert talkers at the @opry.
Chicagoan Francesca Folinazzo (Frank) founded Roots Music Rambler as a music and travel blog in a pre-pandemic world. COVID killed events and travel plus her desire to play her banjo. Falls texted her in 2023 and said, 'Let's bring it back as a podcast!' He was raised on John Prine, babysat on Waylon Jennings and taught to drink and cuss the proper, mountain way. He hails from Pikeville, Ky., the birthplace of Dwight Yoakum, whose annual festival is Hillbilly Days.
