Parker Trio

Parker Trio
OriginPickering, Ontario, Canada
GenresSouthern Gospel
Years active1995-2006
LabelsSong Garden Records
Past members
  • Warren Parker (1971-2006)
  • Shannan Parker
  • Angie White
  • Vanessa Young
Websitewww.parkertrio.com (defunct)

The Parker Trio was a Southern Gospel music group founded in 1995. The group originated from Pickering, Ontario but was based in Nashville, Tennessee and most of its performances were in the US. The group initially consisted of Warren Parker, his wife Shannan Parker, and Vanessa Young.[1] In 2004, Young left the group and was replaced by Angie White, whose husband Brandt White was their tour bus driver and sound technician.[2] On January 8, 2006, Warren Parker was struck by a truck and killed while touring with the trio in South Carolina.[3][4] The group released five CDs, including a live concert DVD, recorded in Havana, Illinois.[5] Their albums won several Gospel Music Association of Canada Covenant Awards and Shai Awards.[citation needed] While on tour, the group ministered in churches, and many different types of venues, including many prisons and drug rehabilitation centres; they were known to perform as many as 260 concerts a year.

  1. ^ "Singing for Warren Parker, Nov 2009". durhamregion.com. Oshawa This Week. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ Montague, Joe. "Tragedy Strikes Parker Trio". marriagetrac.com. MarriageTrac. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ^ Warren Parker's Obituary at David Spencer's Media Spin[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Kropf, Schuyler. "Driver sentenced in singer's death, Dec 2016". The Post and Courier. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  5. ^ "The Parker Trio Artist Profile". crossrhythms.co.uk. Cross Rhythms. Retrieved 13 December 2021.