Dave Peacock (musician)

Dave Peacock
Dave Peacock at Let's Rock Bristol, 6 June 2015.
Background information
Birth name David Victor Peacock
Born (1945-05-24) 24 May 1945
Enfield, Middlesex, England
Genres Rock, pop, comedy pop
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Vocals, piano, bass guitar, guitar, banjo, ukulele
Years active 1975–present
Labels Retreat, EMI, Rockney
Associated acts Chas & Dave
Website chasndave.net

David Victor Peacock (born 24 May 1945) is an English musician and bass guitarist. He was raised in Ponders End and the Freezywater areas of Enfield. Peacock is best known as having been one half of the English musical duo Chas & Dave from 1975.

Career

Earlier in his career in the 1960s, Peacock was in a group called the Rolling Stones (before the more famous one was formed),[1] as well as The Tumbleweeds, and worked with Mick Greenwood and Jerry Donahue.[2] He met Chas Hodges in 1963 when he and his friend gave Hodges a lift home, and became friends when they found they have similar taste in music.[3][4] Later in the late 1960s they became part a group called Black Claw together with Harvey Hinsley and Mick Burt that recorded with Albert Lee, and released an EP called Country Pie.[5] Black Claw however was short-lived, and Peacock left to join a Country and Western band, while Hodges joined Heads Hands & Feet in 1970.[6]

Chas & Dave

In 1972, Peacock and Hodges decided to form a band together which would be the beginning of Chas & Dave. In their early years, they also recorded as Oily Rags (cockney rhyming slang for cigarettes - "fags") with Gerry Hogan and Ian Wallace, and releasing a self-titled album in 1974.[7][8] They also worked as session musicians and recorded with a number of artists, and recorded an album with Oliver Nelson.[9] In 1975, both played on Labi Siffre's album Remember My Song. Eminem would later sample a riff from the song "I Got The" (featuring Hodges on guitar and Peacock on bass) on his 1999 hit "My Name Is".[10]

One of the early songs Peacock and Hodges wrote together "Gertcha" would become a hit in 1979 after it was used in a television commercial for Courage Bitter. They would have a number of hit songs together, including "Rabbit" and "Ain't No Pleasing You". They also recorded a number of songs with Tottenham Hotspur F.C. as they were both fans of the club – the first song they wrote for the club "Ossie Dream" was largely written by Peacock.[11]

In 2009, following the death of his wife Sue, Peacock announced his retirement from performing with Chas & Dave.[12] However, in 2010 the band announced a tour in 2011.[13] They also played their "Christmas Jamboree" at the IndigO2 on 23 and 24 December 2011 and 8 December 2012. Since then they have had a "Back By Demand" tour of the UK between 28 February and 16 May 2013. The double act ended with Chas Hodges' death from pneumonia on 22 September 2018.[14][15]

Discography

With Chas & Dave

With Oliver Nelson

With Jackie Lynton

  • No Axe to Grind (Performance Music, 1980)

References

  1. ↑ Rees, Jasper (23 September 2018). "theartsdesk Q&A: Chas and Dave". theartsdesk.
  2. ↑ "About Dave Peacock". JHS.
  3. ↑ Duerden, Nick (15 June 2014). "How We Met: Chas & Dave - 'I was surprised we weren't more successful more quickly'". The Independent.
  4. ↑ Hodges, Chas (October 2009). "Chapter 18: HH & F – RIP". Chas and Dave: All About Us. ISBN 9781857828269.
  5. ↑ Watts, Derek. Country Boy: A Biography of Albert Lee. McFarland. pp. 88&ndash, 89. ISBN 9780786482955.
  6. ↑ Hodges, Chas (October 2009). "Chapter 16: Now What Do I Do to Get Some Money?". Chas and Dave: All About Us. ISBN 9781857828269.
  7. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "Oily Rags". AllMusic.
  8. ↑ Clarke, Donald (1998). The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music. Penguin Books. p. 239.
  9. ↑ Wyse, Pascal (28 October 2005). "We're jammin': Chas & Dave". The Guardian.
  10. ↑ Burnett, Bryan (28 October 2008). "My name is...Chas and Dave". BBC. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  11. ↑ Chas Hodges (October 2009). "Chapter 27: I'm A Grandad". Chas and Dave: All About Us. ISBN 9781857828269.
  12. ↑ "Entertainment | Pop veterans Chas and Dave split". News.bbc.co.uk. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  13. ↑ "The return of Chas & Dave! – farewell tour 2011". Chasndave.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  14. ↑ "Chas Hodges death: One half of famous London duo Chas & Dave dies". The Independent. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  15. ↑ McShane, Asher (22 September 2018). "Chas Hodges of Cockney music duo Chas and Dave dies aged 74 after suffering 'organ failure' in battle with throat cancer". Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 September 2018.


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