Originally published as part of David Peel’s press kit

STREET ROCK MUSICIAN

 

A STREET-SINGER, MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER, RADICAL ACTIVIST, AND CERTAINLY A NEW YORK ROCK `N` ROLL OUTLAW – DAVID PEEL HAS ALWAYS INSTINCTIVELY UNDERSTOOD THE NEED TO CHANGE.  HE SEARCHES FOR NEW IDEAS, NEW EXPERIENCES, AND NEW PEOPLE.  THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL OUTLAW LIFESTYLE WORKS FOR PEEL, AS IT DOES FOR MANY OF US NOT TO KEEP HIS OWN LIFE AND WORK IN PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO TO COPE WITH THE MUSIC SENSES.  DAVID IS ALWAYS TELLING US:

“KNOW WHAT IS POSSIBLE, AND DO WHAT MUST BE DONE  … “

 

NOW, IT’S BEEN OVER TWENTY YEARS SINCE DAVID PEEL BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL MUSIC CAREER ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY.  HIS SONGS ARE HEARD ALL OVER THE WORLD.  THEY ARE EXTREMELY CANDID AND CONTEMPORARY WITHOUT CENSORSHIP, A MUSIC HERITAGE OF HIS LIFE THAT WILL LIVE ON FOREVER.  THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT AROUND DURING THE SIXTIES MUSIC RENAISSANCE.  THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO DAVID PEEL OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE IS, AND ARE CURIOUS AND EAGER TO FIND OUT – ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM AND NIGHTMARE, AND THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL OUTLAW. AS QUOTED BY JOHN LENNON:  “HIS NAME IS DAVID PEEL AND I KNOW THAT HE’S FOR REAL – SINGING THE POPE SMOKES DOPE EVERYDAY!!”

 

DAVID PEEL IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST UNDERGROUND STREET-ROCK SINGERS IN THE WORLD.  HE IS ALSO A GREAT GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER.  WE ONLY KNOW A SMALL PART OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL OUTLAW, IN THE YEARS SINCE HE BEGAN HIS MUSICAL CAREER AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK IN GREENWICH VILLAGE, AND NEW YORK’S EAST VILLAGE. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT HE BECAME A RADICAL ACTIVIST MUSICIAN-NEW YORK CITY HIPPIE.  WORKING CLOSELY WITH JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO DURING THEIR MOST POLITICAL TIMES ON APPLE RECORDS, THEY RECORDED, PERFORMED AT ROCK CONCERTS, AND APPEARED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION TOGETHER.  DAVID PEEL’S MUSIC COMMITMENT TOWARDS HIS ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE WITH JOHN AND YOKO, BOB DYLAN, ABBIE HOFFMAN, AND OTHER ACTIVIST FRIENDS –

IS PART OF ROCK HISTORY THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

“DAVID PEEL IS FOR REAL!!“ — IS HIS OWN MOTTO.

 

THERE ARE SIMILARITIES THAT LINK PEEL’S WORK WITH THE NEW SOUND OF

THE NINETIES.  DAVID’S MUSIC ALWAYS HAD THE SPIRIT OF REBELLION.  HIS HIGH ENERGY HIS HARD EDGE AND REBELLIOUS SONGS COME FROM THE VIET-NAM WAR PERIOD AND FLOWER POWER DAYS OF PEACE AND LOVE.  JIM MORRISON OF “THE DOORS” ROCK GROUP WAS QUOTED AS SAYING:

“DAVID PEEL IS THE ONLY MAN I’VE EVER KNOWN, WHOSE

SUBCONSCIOUS CRAZINESS IS ON PAR WITH MINE…”

DAVID PEEL ALSO SANG HIS SONG:  “I LIKE MARIJUANA“ IN THE MOVIE:  RUDE AWAKENING <ORION PICTURES/AARON RUSSO PRODUCTION>.  THE MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR THE FILM WAS PAUL ROTHCHILD, FORMERLY THE RECORD PRODUCER FOR THE DOORS, JANIS JOPLIN, AND LOVE RECORD ARTISTS.  CHEECH MARIN, ERIC ROBERTS, ROBERT CARRADINE, JULIE HAGERTY, AND LOUISE LASSER, WERE THE MAJOR STARS AND CHARACTERS IN THE COUNTER-CULTURE FILM.  PEEL’S STAGE IS NOW THE WHOLE WORLD!  ALSO DAVID’S POLITICAL SONGS:  “OINK, OINK“ AND

“LEGALIZE MARIJUANA“ WILL BE ON THE ABBIE HOFFMAN MOVIE SOUNDTRACK:  “STEAL THIS MOVIE“ WHICH WILL BE RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE YEAR 2000.

 

DAVID PEEL IS AN EXCITING CREATIVE HUMAN BEING.  IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE MAN, THE ACTIVIST MUSICIAN, AND HIS STREET MUSIC THAT HE USES FOR HIS ULTIMATE WEAPON TO COMMUNICATE TO ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. AS QUOTED IN ONE OF HIS SONGS:

“ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FOREVER – FOREVER ROCK ‘N’ ROLL!”

DAVID PEEL IS THE LOWER EAST SIDE.