An American Starlet

“Cowboys don’t cry, they’d rather drink the ocean dry, they let the lonesome pedal steel, tell the world the way they feel.”—Ian Parks from the upcoming Cowboys Don’t Cry. Just so was An American Starlet born during 2001 in San Francisco. Ian Parks, who claims the world’s “worst luck” with women, understands the catharsis of music. “Songwriting is the ultimate therapy,” he says. Out of this came the first album Sweet Country Lullabies, which contains 11 songs that are Ia