set." In a Twitter post, director Robert Rodriguez referred to Michael Parks as "a true legend". Documentary Kevin Smith is producing a documentary on the life and times of Michael Parks, directed by Michael's former assistant, Josh Roush. Long Lonesome Highway covers his beginnings as an itinerant farmer where he hopped boxcars at age 12, through being blacklisted in Hollywood, to his career resurgence at the hands of filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino. It stars James Parks, Kurt Russell, Haley Joel Osment, Robert Rodriguez, Leonard Maltin, Mickey Rourke, Justin Long, Wyatt Russell, Mark Frost, and more. Filmography Film Television Discography ALBUMS: 1969 – Closing The Gap (MGM) 1970 – Long Lonesome Highway (MGM) 1970 – Blue (MGM) 1970 – Lost & Found (Verve) 1971 – Best Of Michael Parks (MGM) 1981 – You Don't Know Me (First American) 1998 – Coolin' Soup (Listen) 2011 – The Red State Sessions (SModcast) SINGLES: 1969 - Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again / Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon (MGM K14092) #117 Billboard's Bubbling Under chart 1970 - Long Lonesome Highway / Mountain High (MGM K14104) #20 Billboard's Hot 100 chart 1970 - Sally (Was A Gentle Woman) / Spend A Little, Save A Little (Give A Little Away) (MGM K14154) 1970 - Big "T" Water / Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon (MGM K14363) 1970 - I Was Born In Kentucky / Turn Around Little Mama (Verve VK10653) References External links Michael Parks sings Long Lonesome Highway 1940 births 2017 deaths American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors Male actors from California American male singers People from Corona, California 21st-century American male actors