A very brief note about wobbleboards, just to clear up any confusion. Having issued an invitation to you all to join Missing Parsons (the band) on wobbleboard at the GP Guitar Pull this Saturday, it turns out this unique antipodean instrument is completely unheard of in America. Made famous in the UK by adopted Aussie national treasure Rolf Harris, the wobbleboard is a board which wobbles. It creates a gloopy, percussive sound rather like a geyser bubbling:

After two days in the studio laying down a version of Townes Van Zandt’s ‘If I Needed You’ (below), Chris and Simon were sitting in the dining room of Simon’s house reviewing their hard work and trying figure out what was missing from the recording. Spying a large piece of poster board behind the radiator (normally used to display Mrs. Simon’s wonderful jewelry), it dawned on us that the missing link was a wobbling board. Can YOU wobble a board? If so – join us!

It seemed rude not to. With our *debut* live performance coming up at the Gram Parsons Guitar Pull (Okefenokenee Fairgrounds, Waycross, Georgia, USA, Saturday 18th September, 2.30pm), we figured it was about time Missing Parsons had some T-shirts out there. They don’t exist in real life yet (update: they do now), but we’re too excited not to share these designs with you now. We may even do bumper stickers if they go down well.

Some huge thank you’s are due. The first and most important goes to the always incomparable Courtney ‘Annie Rich’ Connor (whom readers of Live Fast, Die Young have met) for making the gig happen in the first place. That there Ms. Rich is an amazing lady and we’d be nowhere without her. The second thank you goes to our stylist, web designer and friend Thomas Eagle for the wonderful shirt designs. We absolutely LOVE them. What do you think?

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