Peacock\u2019s production credits range from Chris Cornell and Ladysmith Black Mambazo to AAA and Americana successes such as The Lone Bellow, Holly Williams, The Civil Wars, Ben Rector and Brett Dennen. Between 2017-2022, Peacock was a artist\/producer for the Meta Music Initiative, helping to create over 13,000 songs for use on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms and ancillary projects. He is the co-author with his wife Andi Ashworth of “Why Everything That Doesn’t Matter, Matters So Much” (2024, Harper Collins W). Additionally, Charlie is the founder\/director emeritus of the Commercial Music Program, School of Music, Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee. <\/p>\n
Peacock began his iconoclastic career in the 1980s as a singer-songwriter for Exit\/A&M and Island Records. In addition to his unique solo efforts, Peacock has played a lead role in creating major chart hits in three separate decades\u2014most notably Amy Grant’s “Every Heartbeat” (1991), Switchfoot’s “Dare You to Move” (2002), The Civil Wars’ Gold debut album Barton Hollow (2011) – earning Grammys for Best Folk Album and Country Duo – and the (2013) #1 Billboard Pop debut, The Civil Wars, featuring the co-written single, \u201cThe One That Got Away.\u201d In recent years, Peacock’s solo output has included his acclaimed singer-songwriter release, No Man’s Land (2012), and four jazz\/improvisational releases, including Trout Creek Ranch (2021).<\/p>\n
In the 2010s, Peacock dedicated himself to championing the independent music scene. Toward that end he has worked with Brooke Waggoner, The Civil Wars, Ruby Amanfu, k.s. rhoads, Lenachka, and the Ten Out of Tenn project featuring Erin McCarley, Butterfly Boucher, Matthew Perryman Jones, Trent Dabbs, Katie Herzig and more. A long-time advocate for social justice, Peacock has worked directly with International Justice Mission, and the ONE Campaign (a fruitful relationship that began in 2002 when he hosted co-founder Bono and, later, ONE President David Lane at his home, putting them in front of Nashville’s artist community).<\/p>\n
Jazz collaborators include Eddie Henderson, Ravi Coltrane, Marc Ribot, Jeff Coffin, Felix Pastorius, Don Alias, Joey Baron, B\u00e9la Fleck, James Genus, Kirk Whalum, Victor Wooten, Roger Smith, John Patitucci, Eric Harland, Steve Swallow, Matt White, and Kurt Rosenwinkel. Production credits include, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Holly Williams (with Jackson Browne, Jakob Dylan, and Gwyneth Paltrow), The Lone Bellow, Switchfoot, Brett Dennen, Jon Foreman, Kris Allen, Lenachka, Ben Rector, Chris Cornell, and co-wrote and produced \u201cHush,\u201d the title theme to the AMC drama Turn: Washington\u2019s Spies featuring Joy Williams and The National\u2019s, Matt Berninger.<\/p>\n
Music is a family affair for Peacock. His son, Grammy and Oscar-nominated songwriter-producer, Sam Ashworth, and daughter-in-law, singer-songwriter Ruby Amanfu (co-writers of \u201cHard Place\u201d, the Grammy\u00ae nominated, break-out hit for H.E.R.), often contribute to Peacock\u2019s productions. Peacock\u2019s daughter Molly, and son-in-law, Mark Nicholas (music publisher), are co-founders of the music platform, Noisetrade.<\/p>\n
Peacock is married to the writer, Andi Ashworth. The couple are co-founders of Art House America with branches in Nashville, St. Paul, and Dallas. They’ve been together for 50 years and have two grown children and four grandchildren. <\/p>\n
Fans also like T Bone Burnett, Bruce Cockburn, Bill Frisell, Buddy Miller, Tonio K, Daniel Lanois, Steve Taylor, Aaron Parks and the Brian Blade Fellowship.<\/p>\n","url":"https:\/\/www.charliepeacock.com\/","url_text":"charliepeacock.com","main_services":"Music artistry, songwriting, and production, Fine Arts, Author, Consultant, film producer and director, music supervisor, film composer","image_1":"https:\/\/diib.com\/featuredmembers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Logo-Charlie-Peacock.jpg","client_review":"","why_we":"","history":"","image_2":false,"image_3":false},"yoast_head":"\n