Nathan Peek Band

Artist Information

Biography

Nathan Peek is a singer/songwriter who has been playing for over a decade in southeastern venues that promote and feature original music. Best described as 'deliciously unpredictable', Nathan's music peppers storytelling with grab-your-heart lyrics and styles ranging from Americana to Roots Rock to Country to whatever else he and his band may be feeling at the moment.
Accompanying Nathan in his band are guitarist/vocalist Alfie Chambers, guitarist/vocalist Hank Jones, bass guitarist Matt Marsh, and drummer/vocalist Ross Young.
The Nathan Peek Band released their first cd entitled Best Kept Ruin in 2003 and released their second cd entitled Stale Wine, Loose Ends, and Porcelain Hearts in December of 2005. Their latest cd entitled Sore Thumbs was released in December of 2007 which has received praise from fans alike and is currently in heavy rotation on college indie-music stations in their home state.
The Nathan Peek Band has been named a top attraction by The Birmingham News and continues to see a growing fan base with every packed show. There is no doubt that the unmistakable originality of Nathan's song writing combined with the raw energy of their live performances makes the Nathan Peek Band one of the very best live acts to see.

Instrumentation

Nathan Peek - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, and harmonica.
Matt Marsh - Bass guitar.
Hank Jones - Vocals and lead guitar.
Ross Young - Vocals and drums.
Alfie Chambers - Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and mandolin.

Discography

BEST KEPT RUIN - LP released in 2002.

STALE WINE, LOOSE ENDS, AND PORCELAIN HEARTS - LP released December of 2005.

SORE THUMBS - LP released december 2007.

Audio

• Baton Rouge
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• It's All Right To Be Proud
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• Nashville (See If I Care)
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• You Don't Belong to Anyone
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• Snake in the Grass
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Lyrics

• Baton Rouge

Video

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Press

• Nathan Peek Band - You don't belong to anyone [+ Show ]
  

  Non si sa mai da dove arrivano le belle canzoni. A volte sono un link di un link di un link; poi dev...Non si sa mai da dove arrivano le belle canzoni. A volte sono un link di un link di un link; poi devi capitare nel player che suoni, quasi per caso, proprio quella che non ti aspettavi . Un po’ come succede facendo zapping alla radio, in macchina, e in proprio in quel momento, all’ora giusta, al chilometro giusto sulla strada che porta al posto perfetto, ecco che suona la canzone che doveva suonare. Quante possibilità ci sono? Poche, ma molte di più che vincere al gratta e fatti fregare, che pure in troppi giocano.
  
  Detto questo, l’inutile introduzione serve a introdurre (essendo questo il mestiere di un’introduzione) una delle migliaia di band delle quali, prima della Rete, non avremmo mai sentito parlare. Perché il Grande Salto (contratti veri, soldi veri, distribuzione mondiale, promozione ecc) è più caotico della teoria del caos ed è spesso indipendente dalla bravura dei musicisti e dalla bellezza delle canzoni.
  
  E che invece ora sentiamo suonare. Nome: Nathan Peek Band. Ubicazione: Birmingham, Alabama, Usa. Etichetta: nessuna. Influenze dichiarate: shiner bock, camaros, nunchucks, chemical warfare, kittens, white snake, meatloaf’s new album, robots, lasers, robots with lasers, mcrib sandwiches, wealthy lobbyists.
  
  La canzone del colpo di fulmine: You dont’t belong to anyone. Un po’ Hootie and Yhe Blowfish, un po’ un sacco di altre cose. Buona per una domenica lenta come l’accento del Sud.
  
  (We don't read italian too well, but we're pretty sure this is a positive review, even if we did get compared to Hootie - Matt Marsh)
  

• Indie Kids - Juillet 2007 - "Japanese Robots ate our Slogan [+ Show ]
  

  Nathan Peek Band Comme le sous-entend leur headline myspacienne, Nathan Peek Band jouent de l'ame...Nathan Peek Band
  
  Comme le sous-entend leur headline myspacienne, Nathan Peek Band jouent de l'americana, mais pas que. "rock, americana rock, roots rock, folk rock, country rock, garage rock, punk rock, pet rock, bedrock, ...etc. " aussi.
  
  Le groupe de Nathan Peek est donc très généreux. D'ailleurs, ils mettent des tas de chansons à télécharger sur leur site internet, ainsi que quatre titres tirés de leur excellent album Stale Wine, Loose Ends, and Porcelain Hearts sur leur page myspace. Et un groupe qui écoute The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner ne peut être foncièrement mauvais.
  
  Donc si vous aussi subissez une attraction à la limite de l'aliénation pour la ringardise burlesque de Turkish Star Wars et L'Attaque de la Moussaka Géante, le kitsch assumé des films d'Ed Wood et le jeu de jambes hypé de Julien Doré-plus-communément-appelé-NouvelleStar 2007, les quatre chansons ci-dessous n'ont strictement rien à voir avec tout ça (mais valent le coup).
  
  
  (French, I can handle. I love that the writer recognized that "a band that listens to the best of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy can't be all bad" - Matt Marsh)
  

• WBHM Tapestry, July 2008 [+ Show ]
  

  Nathan Peek is a singer/songwriter who has been playing for the last twelve years in Birmingham venu...Nathan Peek is a singer/songwriter who has been playing for the last twelve years in Birmingham venues that promote and feature original music. Peek's music peppers storytelling with grab-your-heart lyrics and styles ranging from Americana to Roots Rock to Country to whatever else he and his band may be feeling at the moment.
  
  Accompanying Nathan in his band are guitarist/vocalist Alfie Chambers, guitarist/vocalist Hank Jones, bass guitarist Matt Marsh, and drummer/vocalist Ross Young.
  
  The Nathan Peek Band released their first CD Best Kept Ruinin 2003 and released their second CD Stale Wine, Loose Ends, and Porcelain Hearts in December of 2005. Their latest CD Sore Thumbs, was released in December of 2007.
  
  The Nathan Peek Band has been named a top attraction by The Birmingham News
  

• Southern rock fusion [+ Show ]
  

  Friday night, The Nathan Peek Band out of Birmingham played for a packed house at Eighth and Rail. T...Friday night, The Nathan Peek Band out of Birmingham played for a packed house at Eighth and Rail. Their sound is a unique fusion of modern southern rock revival reminiscent of Kings of Leon and Ryan Adams - particularly on songs like “Say You’ll Stay,” and “You Don’t Belong to Anybody,” which sound like unused demos for Adams’s “Cold Roses” album.
  
  The band has a more traditionally leaning blues rock sound, sounding at times like Muddy Waters and at other times like The Stooges on tunes like “Talkin’ Ray Bradbury Blues,” and “Can’t Get it Back.”
  
  Their set was versatile and reflected their experimentation in a handful of genres, never particularly leaving behind their own take on the southern punk blues sound, and never once abandoning an appropriate opportunity for a hook.
  
  The band mainly performed original songs, but threw a small handful of well known and well received covers, they did great takes on a few Beatles’ tunes. Their professional, tight sound really fit in well with Eight and Rail’s low lit art gallery kind of atmosphere.
  
  The vocal harmonies are studio quality, and despite clear skill in each respective area musically, no particular player (not even Peek himself) stole too much of the spotlight. They seemed like five guys who just enjoy playing music together.
  
  For more on the Nathan Peek Band, visit myspace.com/nathanpeekband.

Setlist

A typical set list consist of thirty or more songs, half original songs and half covers.

Cover songs include:

Left of the Dial - The Replacements
Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
Baby You're A Rich Man - The Beatles
Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles
I'm Always in Love - Wilco
I'm A Wheel - Wilco
End of the Century - Wilco
Flag Decal - John Prine
Windfall - Son Volt
Picking Up the Signal - Son Volt
Suffragette City - David Bowie
Jet - Wings
Driver 8 - REM
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
I Still Miss Someone - Johnny Cash
Shakedown on 9th St. - Ryan Adams
Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams
To Be Young - Ryan Adams
If He Can't Have You - Whiskeytown
When the Whip Comes Down - Rolling Stones
Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan
Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat - Bob Dylan
Strange Condition - Pete Yorn
Closet - Pete Yorn
Murry - Pete Yorn
The Bends - Radiohead
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Ghost Tarts of Stockholm - The Minus 5
All the Girls Love Alice - Elton John



Originals:
Love Song for Flannery O'Connor
Dynamite
Vincent in Love
All Night
Can't Get it Back
Out of Luck
Julie Queen of Virginia
Apartment Seventeen
Anna's Song
Baton Rouge
Hard Enough to Hold
Nevermind the Poetry
Ten Years
It's All Right to be Proud
Nashville (See if I Care)
Mister Brown's Black Leather Boots
Yer Flo Blues
Pins & Needles
Money Spent
Say You'll Stay
You Don't Belong to Anyone
For the Fear of Winning
While You Were Out
Breakfast for Dinner
I Only Came Here to Drink
Darling Gardenia
The Shape is Everything
Stolen Cars and Winding Hills
Help is On the Way
Snake in the Grass
Rhyme or Reason
When Did We Grow Old?
Nobody's Cheating Tonight
Talkin' Ray Bradbury Blues
Hearts are Like Angry Souls
Dancing with Emily Veers

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