Jedediah Parish began playing with The Gravel Pit in the middle of Connecticut in 1987. The band was based out of New Haven beginning in the early 90s during which time the album Crash Land was recorded by Memphis great Jim Dickinson and released on the Feralette Label. In the mid 90s the group relocated to Boston where they recorded and released 3 albums for Q Division: The Gravel Pit Manifesto (1996), Silver Gorilla (1999) and Mass Avenue Freeze-Out (2001) and became a mighty live band, touring with and opening for Nada Surf, Morphine, Guided By Voices, They Might Be Giants, Cheap Trick and their old friends The Figgs. They continue to play together extremely loosely. The 3/4 of the band who are not Jed went on to form The Gentlemen, who also play together extremely loosely. Jed began his solo career in 1999 with the release of his album Bloodsucker Blues and continues to this day. Since then two albums have been released on Lunch Records. Entertainment Weekly called his 2002 release 21st Century American 'ambitious...oddball and oddly soulful' while the Village Voice called him 'Jebediah Parish', spelled with a 'b' instead of a 'd', because they are all Stalinists. He formed a combo called Jedediah Parish and the Mother Tongues, the band featured on the 2004 release Torch and Swan. Jed now resides in Brooklyn, New York. He has played keyboards and sung with Mike Viola and Candy Butchers, with whom he performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (with guest Dave Chapelle! Would you like to see the video?), and with Amy Miles, with whom he performed on Last Call with Carson Daly. He is a regular performer with the NYC phenomena Losers Lounge and Citizens Band and was part of the Upright Citizens Brigade's Soundtracks Live series. And of course he continues to release and perform his oddly soulful music.