Ashley Peacock (singer)
Ashley Peacock | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 28, 1978 Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Origin | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | April 23, 2019 (aged 40) |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Producer, Manager |
| Associated acts | The Times, The Chance Brothers, Building Birds, The White Wolves |
Ashley Peacock was a American singer-songwriter best known as lead singer for the band The Times.
Biography[edit]
Growing up in and around Flint, Michigan, Ashley Peacock was exposed to music at a young age performing christian rock and folk music throughout high school. In 1996, Peacock was a first soloist in the elite choral group at the University of Michigan-Flint. After performing solo in and numerous bands including in the folk band The Wives of Bath, and performing in 2000 at the Flint Folk Music Society.[1]
Being heavily influenced by the band U2, Peacock's musical interest moved to that of alternative. From 2001-2006, Peacock fronted the Ashley Peacock Band in Cincinnati, Ohio. Along with drummer Zach Stutzman, guitarist Allan Mayne, and bassist Kyle Lipps, Peacok's band would eventually become known as The Times and release their only studio album "Begin" and extensive touring the United States. In 2005, The Times were rated as one of the ‘Top Ten Unsigned Bands in U.S. by Maxim. Their title track “Begin” gained modest radio airplay around the midwest and in Europe and would air on April 12, 2006 in the WB’s popular hit show One Tree Hill.[2] During this time Peacock won numerous songwriting competitions and his band The Times was national finalist for the 2005 Zippo Hot Tour national battle of the bands. [3] During this period, Peacock also spent time as worship pastor at the Vineyard Leadership Institute in Florence, KY.
In 2012, Peacock teamed up with longtime childhood friend Todd Gilbert fronting the alternative country band The Chance Brothers, releasing "Growing Concern" along with the single "Ruby". [4] Reaching modest local success Peacock along with Gilbert left the Kentucky/Cincinnati area and moved back to their hometown of Flint, MI and established [[Soul Foundry Records] in 2013. [5] Peacock setup the studio's recording space on the second floor of the re-established Flint Local 432, a legendary all-ages concert venue located in downtown Flint, MI. While running Soul Foundry, Peacock recorded, produced and co-wrote songs for several Michigan musicians including country music artists Caleb Hawkins and Barry Forster, and alternative rock artists Mercy Beach. Peacock was also a creative consultant and having recently managing Detroit dark-wave artist Josie Pace in 2018.
In 2014, Peacock formed the indie rock band Building Birds with former Army of Juan bassist Johnny Mason and toured the midwest in support of their two studio albums [6] The band band's first album "Swirling Among The Stars" was compared to Radiohead and Muse [7] leading to four Detroit Music Award nominations, including Outstanding Alt/Indie/Punk Group and Outstanding Rock Vocalist. [8]. Building Birds contributed their cover of Jimmy Eat World's "Hear You Me' for the "Not Safe To Drink: Music For Flint Water Crisis Relief" [9] album to raise awareness for the Flint water crisis. The compilation album also includes tracks from Flint, MI rockers The Swellers and Thunderbirds Are Now! frontman Ryan Allen.
In November, 2018 Peacock was invented to performat the 21st Annual Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert at Uncommon Ground, Chicago, covering Buckleys single "Everybody Here Wants You".[10] Also during this time Peacock opened for Billy Bob Thornton and provided lead vocals on the track Revolution for the Nashville rock band The White Wolves. [11] Written by Todd Burman and Chuck Feltner, Peacock also stars in the accompanying music video for the single. [12]
Peacock committed suicide on April 23rd, 2019 in Flint, MI.[13]
Discography[edit]
Solo[edit]
- Gasoline Rainbow (1998)
- Trespass 491 (2001)
- Good Dog, Bad Dog (2002)
- Precursor E.P. (2005)
The Times[edit]
- Beging (2003)
The Chance Brothers[edit]
- Growing Concern (2012)
- Ruby (maxi single) (2012)
Building Birds[edit]
- Swirling Among The Stars (2014)
- If A Tree Falls... (2015)
The White Wolves[edit]
- Revolution (single) (2018)
Compilations[edit]
- Over The Rhine Tribute CD — What It Takes To Please You (2003)[14]
- Not Safe To Drink: Music For Flint Water Crisis Relief (2016)[15]
As Producer[edit]
- Wood And Wire (2003) - Caleb Hawkins
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.flintfolkmusic.org/past-concerts Retrieved on April 30, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb369565.htm Retrieved on April 30, 2019.
- ↑ MacConnell, C.A. (February, 1 2006). "Locals Only: Severe Emotional Standard", Cincinnati CityBeat’’. Retrieved on April 30, 2019.
- ↑ https://thechancebrothers.bandcamp.com Retrieved on April 30, 2019.
- ↑ Rigdon, Tyler. (July 12, 2017). "Flint recording studio exec: 'I cannot predict the future, but I suspect it will be magnificent'", Flintside’’. Retrieved on April 30, 2019.
- ↑ Spezia, Mark. (March 2, 2015). "Taking Flight", My City Mag’’. Retrieved on April 30, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/building-birds-swirling-among-the-stars/Content?oid=2202806
- ↑ https://www.detroitmusicawards.net/nominees-archive Retrieved on April 30, 2019.
- ↑ https://notsafetodrink.bandcamp.com Retrieved on April 30, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.uncommonground.com/lakeviewmusic/2018/11/18/jeff-buckley-tribute
- ↑ https://www.thehubflint.com/musician-raises-flints-voice-in-song-set-for-national-release-next-month
- ↑ http://www.flintside.com/inthenews/AshleyPeacockRevolutionWhiteWolves.aspx
- ↑ https://www.citybeat.com/music/spill-it/article/21065977/rip-former-cincinnati-musician-ashley-peacock-1978-2019
- ↑ http://www.drewvogel.com/TributeCD-CityBeat.pdf
- ↑ https://notsafetodrink.bandcamp.com/album/not-safe-to-drink-music-for-flint-water-crisis-relief
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