Candidate for
Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 42

Brad Parker has topped the charts as an artist, songwriter, producer and musician. Parker's music has earned him numerous gold and platinum awards in 11 countries around the world with sales in the millions. In America his #1 Country song "Nobody's Gonna Rain On Our Parade", recorded by Kathy Mattea, earned him BMI awards in 1996 as a songwriter and a publisher as well as a BMI "Million-airs" citation for over 1 million broadcast performances.

Cher has recorded his songs as well as Richard Page, Edgar Winter, Karla Bonoff, K.T. Oslin, and many more artists including Native American Bill Miller. Parker has produced and written hits for artists around the world including Andy Lau in Hong Kong, M. Nasir in Malaysia and Eleanor McEvoy in Ireland. Parker was Vice-President of the National Academy of Songwriters as well as a co-founder of the "Western Beat" and "Songfarmers" songwriter showcases. Parker has performed with Bo Diddley, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Bolton, Brenda Russell, Billy Burnette, Canned Heat, John Densmore, Greg Allman, Johnny Rivers, Eddie Money, Dan Fogelberg, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Robert Cray. Parker has toured extensively in North America, Europe and Asia. Parker has co-written songs with Barry Mann, Paul Williams, Franne Golde, Wendy Waldman, Eric Kaz, Phil Galdston, Will Rambeaux and Allan Rich. Parker has produced recordings for Pop, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Alternative and Country artists.

Most recently, Parker launched Riozen records with a release of his CD "moonology" as well as "Christmas Card", a single performed with acclaimed Irish singer/songwriter Eleanor McEvoy and recorded in Dublin, Ireland. Riozen has signed Lawrence Lebo and Kate Wallace for Internet distribution including iTunes worldwide. Parker has also fulfilled long-term songwriter and publishing agreements with Windswept Entertainment and BMG Music Publishing.

Parker is very involved with Democratic political organizations including; Valley Democrats United (Exec. Bd.), Progressive Democrats of LA (Vice-Chair), Voter Services Committee of the Cal. Dem. Party and Officer of the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party. Parker's political essays and articles may be found at http://www.riozen.com/salon2.html. He has worked in many political campaigns for over 30 years, from local to National including Tom Hayden's State Senate races and Al Gore's presidential race.