Five questions with pop music producer and musician Van Dyke Parks

Van Dyke Parks has never really been a household name, as he has primarily worked behind the scenes as a producer, arranger, songwriter and session musician and only occasionally released albums as a solo artist. But his significance in the world of popular music is immense when you look at the names he has worked with over the past 40-plus years: Brian Wilson, Phil Ochs, Tim Buckley, Gordon Lightfoot, the Byrds, Harry Nilsson, U2, Ry Cooder, Fiona Apple, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, Joanna Newsom...

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