Forgotten Audible Finds Charlie pecock's Lie Down in the grass

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https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009707259085 https://ello.co/biffburroughs http://biffburroghs.blogspot.com/ http://poxyrants.blogspot.com https://twitter.com/PoxySquirrel When Lie Down in the Grass appeared in 1984, the contemporary Christian music industry hadn't really ever seen anything like it. It immediately established newcomer Charlie Peacock as a songwriter of unusual creativity and intelligence with a willingness to go closer to the cutting edge than just about anybody else in the industry. Peacock later joked that the record earned him a reputation as an "alternative" artist simply because financial restrictions had forced him to use a lot of synthesizers, but that assessment seems unjustifiably dismissive. One of the strengths of Lie Down in the Grass is its modestly eclectic instrumentation: The synthesizers play a supporting role alongside electric guitars, saxophone, trumpet, and an array of percussive instruments that give the record an international feel. Peacock seems to draw from European and American new age influences, but the album never feels derivative. His lyrics are also impressive for an early-'80s CCM record, asking universal spiritual questions without giving them pat doctrinal answers. Songs like "Till You Caught My Eye" and "Turned On an Attitude" indulge a little too liberally in alternative angst, but that was an extremely refreshing development in a music industry dominated by earnest happy talk. More than a decade later, Lie Down in the Grass remains one of Peacock's boldest and best efforts 1978, songwriter Stephen Holsapple recorded Peacock's vocal compositions and they began writing songs together. He began performing at Maurice's American Bar and his song "So Attractive" was placed with a music publisher. Vocalist and songwriter Sal Valentino asked Peacock to join his band and gave Peacock's music to his industry friends. In 1980 A&M; Records signed Peacock for a demo recording with producer David Kahne.[9] Peacock formed The Charlie Peacock Group with Erik Kleven (bass), Jim Caselli (drums), Darius Babazadeh (tenor saxophone) and guitarist, Mark Herzig. He also recorded with David Kahne at the Automatt and at Moon Studios with Stephen Holsapple during this period and those recordings became the album Last Vestiges of Honor, released in 1998. Peacock contracted with a production imprint company called Exit Records in early 1983 and released his own debut solo album, Lie Down In The Grass, in 1984. Later that year he began touring as an opening act for The Fixx, Let's Active, General Public, Missing Persons, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.[citation needed] Peacock moved to Island Records and recorded a self-titled album that was released in 1986. During this period Peacock also began playing jazz in an electric improvisational band called Emperor Norton. The band consisted of Peacock, Brent Bourgeois, Larry Tagg, Bongo Bob Smith, Henry Robinett, and Aaron Smith. After being released from Island records in 1988 Peacock joined Jimmy Abegg and Vince Ebo to form an acoustic trio that toured the USA and Europe.[citation needed] In 1987, Peacock's song ("Down In The Lowlands") was recorded by contemporary Christian artist Russ Taff with Peacock singing background vocals.[citation needed] That same year Peacock produced the Christian band, The Choir. He then co-wrote songs with Margaret Becker in the fall of 1988 and the subsequent album, Immigrant's Daughter was nominated for a Grammy award. Peacock moved to Nashville in the Summer of 1989 and received a recording contract with Sparrow Records. His recording, The Secret of Time was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1990 (Best Rock Gospel) as Peacock continued to perform production and session musician work with Al Green, Twila Paris, and Amy Grant.[citation needed] He co-wrote Grant's No. 2 single "Every Heartbeat".[citation needed] From 1990 to 1999 Peacock produced over fifty albums in the Christian and gospel music genre and founded the record company, re:think (EMI/Sparrow) and signed the artists Sarah Masen and Switchfoot.[11] Peacock's book, At the Crossroads, a commentary on the genre of contemporary Christian music, was published by Broadman & Holman in 1999