Peck

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peckthetowncrier — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:56:14 +0000

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…

WE DID IT!

peckthetowncrier — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:06:58 +0000

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,

City of Angels!

peckthetowncrier — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:08:15 +0000

backyardBOOGIE, Friday Sept.16th

peckthetowncrier — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:04:17 +0000

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

September 8th, Smiley’s in Bolinas

peckthetowncrier — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:06:32 +0000

CATCH THE BREEZE- sunday

peckthetowncrier — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:22:55 +0000

NORTH!

peckthetowncrier — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:37:37 +0000

Much Lava

peckthetowncrier — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:23:52 +0000

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!)

Tonight at the 222 Club

peckthetowncrier — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:10:08 +0000

Park Love

peckthetowncrier — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:41:17 +0000

Man, we love playing at the Park Chalet. Several Crymuscles dates are in the works…we’ll keep ya posted for summer.