The Roots, Rhythm, and Wisdom of Charlie Peacock

We are back where we started, in more ways than one, with songwriter, artist, producer, and musician’s musician – Charlie Peacock. In this comprehensive conversation, recorded in person at Charlie’s home studio in Nashville, JJT and CP revisit his earliest days as a young musician in California. The release of his recent memoir, Roots and Rhythm, and an EP worth of previously unheard recordings from 1981 called The Kahne Sessions, frames this story of formation and transformation. We then follow the man as he becomes one of the most successful producers in the history of pop music. A special 30-minute Jukebox feature traces the evidence – from his earliest production work with The Choir and The 77s, to a Top 40 pop breakthrough, his discovery and launch of one of the great 90s alternative rock bands, and multiple Grammy Awards in the 2000s in the Americana and Folk space.

 

This may be our longest show yet (and it features over 60 musical cuts), but when considering the work of someone like Chuck, it seems more than fitting. His voice, both literally and as experienced through his piano, pen, and studio control board, has done as much to shape our concepts and imagination about the redemptive potential of art in a broken yet beautiful world as just about any other artist. So, sit back, relax, and let the words and the music wash over you as we give thanks for the gift that is Charlie Peacock.

 

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For full show notes, (including a list of all of the songs used on this show,) photos, and more, visit TrueTunes.com/CP25 (coming soon)

 

Music List:

Set 1

Watching Eternity

Winsome Kelly Blues

One Man Gets Around

Charlie Peacock-Ashworth - Redbones In The Shadows

John McLaughlin - Extrapolation

Jeff Beck Group ft. Jan Hamme - Freeway Jam (Live)

Scrappy Lil’ Cat

We The People

Dance 4 Me All Night (Afrobeat ’23)

Jamming with Edward - The Boudoir Stomp

Refuge of the Wild (f. Eric Harland, John Patitucci, Chris Potter & Marcus Printup)

Suddenly

Big Man’s Hat (Live)

Istanbul, Gate To Prosperity (ft. Jeff Coffin & WonderTwins)

 

Set 2

High Risk Casualty

American Music

Lie Down In The Grass (Bruce Neher STEM mix)

Rhythm Girls

Charlie Peacock Group - Motion Sickness (Last Vestiges of Honor)

Charlie Peacock Group - No Magazines (Last Vestiges of Honor)

Hot Night Downtown

Vector - Running from the Light

Charlie Peacock-Ashworth - Jude, as in Hey Jude

Vector - Mannequin Virtue

Congolesia

I Will Need Your Help

Iridium-2022-07-09-Demo-Mix

 

Set 3

Message Boy (Video remix)

Experience

Rainbow Motherfunk

Monkeys at the Zoo

Blue for You (ft. Eric Harland, John Patitucci, Chris Potter & Marcus Printup)

This is How the Work Gets Done

Sexy Chill Sway

Beauty Left the Room

Go Light, Go Free (ft. Turtle Island Quartet)

One Small Pebble

A Boy and His Dreams

Whole Lot Different, Whole Lot the Same (Pandemic version, ft. Jimmy Abegg, Sam Ashworth, Brent Bourgeois, Eric Heilman, Michael Roe, Aaron Smith, Bongo Bob Smith and Roger Smith)

 

All songs credited to Charlie Peacock, except where noted.

 

Jukebox Playlist

 

77s

1. Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba
2. Caught In An Unguarded Moment
3. Someone New
4. You Don’t Scare Me

 

The Choir

1. Fear Only You
2. Render Love

 

Russ Taff