Some artists move to LA to launch their careers in music; others move to LA to launch their careers in music and discover behemoth shrines to bygone poultry joints. Stones Throw signees King Pari fall under the latter camp, relocating from the land of a thousand Paul Bunyan statues to the West Coast mecca that is Highland Park’s Chicken Boy statue, a remnant of the ’60s hotspot Chicken Boy Fried Chicken Restaurant. For their “Neighborhoods” session, Joe Paris Christensen and Cameron Kinghorn fulfilled their career ambitions when they were granted access to the Future Studio Design & Gallery rooftop, where His Gallinaceousness resides, to perform the tracks “Somethin’ Somethin’” and “Better the Devil” from their recent LP There It Goes.
“Chicken Boy is a Highland Park legend, and we were lucky to be able to be blessed with his presence,” the duo shares. “We live close by and pass beneath him daily, and have been obsessed with the mystery of Chicken Boy for as long as we’ve been in the neighborhood. Shoutout to Stuart and Amy, the keepers of Chicken Boy, for being so kind and accommodating, and for taking such good care of our boy.”
Check out their performance—with homage to their chicken overling sprinkled into the songs—below.
