Peck

THE WAY TO GO—>http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4337055&pl=cdnord

Wow!  A 400 pound shipment of vinyl arrived yesterday at Chez Peck.  And literally in the same instant, Pre-sales for our RELEASE PARTY went live!

It’s happening March 27th, at Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco.  For a mere $10, you will see:

8:00pm BEAM- a beautiful acoustic duo from Bolinas…

8:45pm  PECK- a clip of the new band here…

9:45pm  MIDI MATILDA  (have you seen “Day Dreams”?!…click that link…)

A special night indeed.  I’ll be premiering a new music video too, what a gas… All three bands are promoting so heavily! This show is likely to sell out…So please, if you plan to attend, get thee to Ticketweb!

Below are the precious vinyl copies of HOME/GHOST…To my Kickstarter Backers who chose the vinyl gift: you will be the very first to receive these.  I anticipate shipping them in 2 weeks, when the companion art is finished!

With love and giddiness, can’t wait to see you on March 27th!

Peck the Town Crier

Hullo,  I am home from the East.  Saw Baltimore, Wilmington, played Philly and DC, slept in a pig barn built in 1790, mixed and fixed “Home Phone” with Miles Kennedy in Dumbo Brooklyn, hung with Naftali Rutter and talked about his latest work, a WSJ commercial called “Real Deal Key Lime Pie” which features music by Luke Westbrook, who has an amazing New Band in New York.   I wouldn’t normally hoot and hollar about a commercial, but this one has something reverent in it’s feeling…and it’s just loaded with talented young people who are doing their thing with flair.  Naftali is writing a feature film right now, and these commercials indicate that his game is presently very much ON.

Also featured in “Real Deal Key Lime Pie” is our homey Zac Jaffee, who plays the sweet man who keeps clipping articles for his lady.  On my second day in NYC, I saw Zac’s one-man show, “Heroes and Other Strangers” .  If you are in the area, you must get your butt to the Cell Theater this Thursday-Saturday, before his run is over.  Zac brings such magic to the table: years of deep work in the theater, a deep realness in his life, and a story framed from his own family history.   The play grabbed me by the throat and I cried in the final moment.  It’s not the kind of ending that obviously makes one cry, but others had the same reaction.

My reason for visiting all the other places I mentioned was to play with the Half of It, a funk fusion dance band out of Philly.  I’ve known some of these cats for a decade, and they’ve never stopped growing musically.  I leapt at the opportunity to play some shows with them.  Rehearsals, co-writing, and driving thither and yon…’twas a blast.  Here’s some footage from our DC show:

The last links lead to two new Peck EP’s, “Home Phone” and “Ghost of Payphone”…

http://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/album/home-phone

http://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-of-payphone

Mind you, neither of these are OUT yet, but we think these tunes are done.  You are my special blog-reading homies, so I want you to hear these before most anyone else…The final step will be the mastering, and then this music will be pressed to VINYL…sha-BOO-yah.  Pretty exciting times.  Thanks to the generous support of my friends, fans, and family via Kickstarter.

More love soon, thanks for reading.

Peck

Miles Kennedy, wrapping up “Home Phone”…

Dan Paul, closing up the barn…

My People-

What a nail-biter!  We reached our funding goal this morning, and the HOME/GHOST project is a go!  Thanks to you, my backers, my word spreaders, my words of encouragement givers, my keepers of the flame!

Tomorrow, I am off to Ventura for 2 days to finish up some recording with Tomas delToro Diaz. Upon my return, I will be updating you all about PHASE 2!

Now off and into the world for the afternoon.

Love,

CP

To all my youthful rockaz…this one’s ALL AGES, AT LAST!

Yes, much lava.  It has been flowing for years here…

What are you up to tomorrow night, Thursday?  I’m hosting a night of music at AUBERGINE San Rafael, a fly little vintage clothes shop.  My homegirl Marjorie Taylor manages the store with panache and has great music through there on Thursday nights, when the San Rafael farmers market is happening.

Myself and a cast of local musical gems will be playing from 5-8 pm…there will be food and drink for all and it’s FREE!  Hope to see you there.

Aubergine Vintage Emporium, 1344 4th Street at corner of D, FREE SHOW, all ages 5-8pm

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After 9 months of planning, Tomas delToro-Diaz and I were able to convene last weekend at my folks’ house in Novato and finish tracking GHOST OF PAYPHONE, my next ep.  Tomas produced and wrote with me, and we nurtured the wildest reaches we could make.  Only with TDTD could music like this happen.  (work in progress below…diggit!)