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Peach at Hen House Studios
Peach isn't exactly a new artist and this isn't exactly her Blues Rock Records debut. But when you have the singular
... pleasure of discovering this ever-fresh, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter-guitarist, whether it's with her current masterpiece (no exaggeration) The Real Thing, her acclaimed live underground release Peach Live! (2002), which won her a coveted distribution deal with Morada Music, or her first recording, the EP The Cure for You (2001), then it doesn't matter that you're coming to the party a little late. As long as you're here... She duets with Taj Mahal on the title track, and serenades "Beyond My Wildest Dream," backed by Reggie McBride (Tony Bennett, Keb' Mo') on upright bass, whom she admiringly calls "the Mack truck of bass." There's The Band's Garth Hudson (keys, sax, accordion); James Gadson (The Temptations, Beck) and Gary Mallaber (Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen) on drums; Peach's own drummer/percussionist Maria Martinez (Barry White); baritone sax player Cece Worrall Rubin (Diana Ross, Guns n' Roses); Paul Barrére (Little Feat), Jon Woodhead (Leon Russell), and Rick Vito (Fleetwood Mac) all on slide; guitarist Amos Garrett (Stevie Wonder, Maria Muldaur), "the world's most bendy-note guy," according to Peach; and horn arrangement by Lee Thornburg (The Tonight Show Band, Tower of Power) on "Someone Else is Steppin' In." The list is long on power players, but to Peach, what really mattered was who was right for each of the lucky 13 tracks, half which she wrote, including the gorgeous ballad, "The Cure for You," featuring a sax solo by smooth jazz superstar Mindi Abair. The balance were written by the likes of Bobby Charles, who says he adores her rendering of his 1972 classic "I Must Be in a Good Place Now"; Danny Timms and Jodi Siegel, who penned the Triple A radio emphasis track, the sultry "Come Up and See Me Sometime"; and Jerry Lynn Williams (Eric Clapton) and Grebb, who conceived "Beyond My Wildest Dream." "They're songs that I dug up by local songwriters that I thought were incredibly great pieces of music," explains the former University of Denver voice major, whose accompanist was Condoleezza Rice, who left the piano for politics as National Security Adviser. "It's all pretty sexy music, but it's also really real." www.HenHouseStudios.com Hen House Studios is a record label and documentary film company located in Venice, California. First made famous by their unique concept in which they recorded musicians for free in exchange for the right to film them, Hen House has grown to a premiere, web based multi media company. Their site www.HenHouseStudios.com features countless music videos, CDs, DVDs, and podcasts all produced by the studio. Hen House has also produced a TV show "Hen House Studios Live" which is syndicated nationally. Visit HenHouseStudios.com where you can "Hear the music and see the stories." Please Log In / Sign Up