Walter Parks, who plays the UU Dome at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Tampa, Florida on October 7, 2018. Credit: Walter Parks/Facebook

\\<\/iframe\>

Most weirdos find their way down to Florida, but Walter Parks did it backwards by jumping from Jacksonville to Jersey City. Famous for a stint in Richie Havens’ band as well as some time spent in a folk duo called The Nudes, Parks arrives at the UU Dome to share swampy, expertly picked gospel blues that’ll have you stomping your boots and using Kleenex to dab tears from eyes, too.

Walter Parks, Sun. Oct. 7 3 p.m. $15-$20. Unitarian Universalist Church of Tampa, 11400 Morris Bridge Rd., Tampa. uutampa.org.

See even more of the Tampa Bay concert calendar by visiting cltampa.com/musicweek every Thursday morning. Subscribe to our music letter to get a weekly email featuring stories from the paper, our website and a rundown of the week’s best concerts.

This article appears in Oct 4-11, 2018.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...