Grant Peeples will send you his latest album, Pawnshop, all you have to do is go to his website and ask. He’s trying out a new “trust” system – relying on listeners to pay him the $15 after they receive the music. And fans who like their Americana with a little character (think Ryan Bingham, Gurf Morlix, James McMurtry) should lend him their ears.
After returning to Florida from a remote Nicaraguan island where he spent 11 years, he began writing songs that said the things he wanted to hear.
He’s got a bit of an activist edge, “it’s hard to start a revolution when your face is six feet from your television,” he sings in the opening track, Searching for a Sign, perhaps the most political of the batch.
There’s some country-tinged, troubadour ballads like Leaving Her Was Easy and There’s a Bluebird in My Heart that while written by Grant, sound like they could easily have been found hiding in one of Willie Nelson’s notebooks.
The title cut, Pawnshop is a simple, stripped-down affair, just Grant and a piano. The direct delivery gives the lyrics, the most intense on the album, center stage.
Ending the record is Jesus was a Revolutionary, a bluegrassy, Southern gospel jam.
To purchase a copy of Pawnshop visit GrantPeeples.com or CDBaby. The album can also be downloaded on iTunes.
The man is awesome. Period.
Paul’s got it right. I’ll second that motion.
Grant’s songs grab you by the throat and make you sit up and pay attention. This is true the first time you hear the song and the fiftieth time you hear the song.
in the songs you hear the life and breath of a man that has walked it the shoes of those hanging on by a breath and being blessed in a life scattered with experiances that very few will ever have. Listen and hear the soft shuffling of a man’s heart screaming enough is enough but a heart. A soulmate for a lifetime
Grant has given himself over to these songs in the fullest and most authentic way. What more could one ask of the songwriter who scratches away one song, one gig, one life at a time?