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PEGGY ATWOOD
Powerpop / Americana / Folk Rock

Hotter than a nuclear meltdown . . . - a fan



SHOKAN, New York
United States

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   PEGGY ATWOOD: General Info
Member Since4/27/2007
Band Websitewww.peggyatwood.com
Band MembersPeggy Atwood is a solo artist whose original material over the years has been augmented with the awesome talents of many great musicians, primarily: John Guth (engineer, co-producer, guitarist, arranger); Jeff Berman (percussion); Steve Gaboury (keyboards); Albert Rogers (bass), and last but not least, the late great Steve Burgh (mixing and guitarist extraordinaire).
Influences(This is a work in progress, just started it in January 2008) This is a partial list. As each influence came across my path, something was added to my depth of understanding, whether it was a rhythmic challenge or a soul excavation which would produce a certain vocal inflection. I honor and worship them all. Dusty Springfield, Yma Sumac, Bessie Smith, Linda Ronstadt, Emmy Lou Harris, J.J. Cale, Bob Dylan, Miriam Makeba, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, John Denver, Kingston Trio, Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Buffett, Ian & Sylvia, Carolyn Hester, Neil Young, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Gordon Lightfoot, The Cranberries, Loreena McKennit, Los Lobos, Chris Isaak, Villa Lobos, Segovia, Deep Purple, Concrete Blonde, Jimmy Webb, Willie Nelson, Ivory Joe Hunter, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Otis Redding, Hoyt Axton, John Stewart, Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, Moody Blues, Dan Fogelberg, Maria Callas, Tahuatinsuyo, Youssou N'Dour, Phil Ochs, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, Ladysmith Black Mambaso, Tom Paxton, Mississippi John Hurt, Oum Kalthoum, Louis Pena, Ry Cooder, Bruce Cockburn, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, Steve Earle, Joni Mitchell, Domenico Modugno, Edith Piaf, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Bonnie Raitt, Tim Buckley, Tim Hardin, The Mamas and the Papas, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Patsy Cline, Warren Zevon, James Taylor, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, The Fifth Dimension, Richard Thompson, The Band,
Sounds LikeJeez, I have no idea. I sound like myself. What a concept. Wish I could find a way to make another space, but here's a small slide show of my MONOLITHIC DOME, which I designed and contracted:
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Dec 19 2009 7:00P
Cafe Mezzaluna Bistro Latino (THE JESSE JANES) Saugerties, New York
Jan 30 2010 8:00P
JOHN STREET JAM Saugerties, New York
Feb 6 2010 8:00P
HIGH FALLS CAFE (with THE JESSE JANES) High Falls, New York
Sep 9 2010 8:00P
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   About PEGGY ATWOOD
An appearance by Peggy Atwood is always a kaleidoscopic and stimulating experience. Atwood draws an audience culled from many cultures and walks of life, every bit as colorful as she. In her Greenwich Village days, one favorite audience member was the mounted traffic officer who, without fail, would tie his horse up to a parking meter in front of the Speakeasy and saunter into her show, laying his helmet and gloves on the bar. Naturally, from then on, the rest of the audience was on its best behavior. What they came to hear was fresh, spontaneous, cutting edge. Atwood was never a follower, always out in front with her bold, unconventional artistry. Her music is a mirror of the independence and risk-taking she acquired from years of nomadic living. Traveling the world as a service brat, she grew up speaking five languages, the daughter of a military diplomat, living all around Europe and the Middle East, as well as Virginia and New England. Peggy started out at the age of five singing in church and kindergarten choirs, and was often chosen to sing with the adults as a featured soloist. Piano was her first instrument, but due to the traveling life, she took up guitar and soon excelled at that, performing in every school and theater function she could. Everywhere she went, she became the token performer and was in demand at high school and college functions. In high school in Beirut, Lebanon, she produced and performed in numerous variety shows and theatrical productions, as well as taking the lead in Bertolt Brecht’s “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”. At the University of Vermont, she ran the Watertower Coffee House, booking performers and running an information center for the evolution of fledgling social consciousness and environmental awareness called “Total Involvement”. She was also a DJ and host of the “Peggy Atwood Folk Show”, where unusual and eclectic writers and performers were featured that might otherwise have had little or no airplay. But her activities were more extra-curricular than academic, and she soon set out for the open road. Out on her own, she won first prize as Best New Artist in the New England Folk Festival, and soon was playing other festivals and working with such varied musicians as Rod MacDonald (folk) to Skye (disco) and former members of Blue Oyster Cult (rock). Atwood has graced the stage as opening act for John Hall, Eric Andersen, Livingston Taylor, Tom Paxton, Odetta, Pete Seeger, John Stewart and Ronnie Blakeley, and has been on the bill with many other folk legends such as Joan Baez, Tom Rush and Don McLean. Variety called Peggy Atwood “an exceptional singer of folk, often country-flavored material; the total effect is excellent”. The Village Voice termed Atwood “. . . one of the Lower East Side’s best voices, her low notes like Bessie Smith, high notes like Joni Mitchell”. Peggy would be the first to tell you, she is only somewhat domesticated, a free-spirit, proudly untamed in the purest sense of the word; nature is central to her being, the heart of her work. Peggy has acted on her passion for nature and the great outdoors, from teaching mountaineering and cross-country skiing during the day and singing at night, to serving on the Executive Committee of the New York City Sierra Club; she has also played countless benefit concerts in support of environmental causes and animal rights. She had a long-standing association with the Pete Seeger’s Clearwater project and the Hudson River Sloop Singers, co-producing their first album, “Broad Old River” and singing the first recorded rendition of Rod MacDonald’s “A Sailor’s Prayer”, which has been called by WFDU-DJ Bill Hahn as “the definitive version” of that song. A few years ago, Atwood landed in Nashville to check out the new and more contemporary scene for singer/songwriters. Publisher Bob Berg called her “. . . one of the top five women singers in Nashville, and one the very few women who can really play the guitar”. While there, she performed at many local clubs and organized the Sunday writer’s night called “Something Different” at the historic Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge Backroom, to get attention for and promote the alternative country scene, with such performers as Kamie Lyle, Neil Fagan, Josie Kuhn, Claire Davidson, Will Rambeaux, and Celinda Pink. She also participated in co-founding a group to help Native Americans, H.O.N.A.R., and assisted in the collection and delivery of clothing and construction materials to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. However, Atwood’s sense of survival caused her to move back to upstate New York, and it was just in time, as the tornadoes came through and nearly demolished her East Nashville house. Back in the saddle and currently residing high in the Catskills, she has produced two CDs of her own, titled “Northern Country” and “Renegade of the Light Brigade”. She also produced a benefit concert for the Catskill Animal Sanctuary (“Animal Aid-1”) with an accompanying CD (featuring John Herald, Tom Pacheco, Bar Scott, Kurt Henry, Danielle Woerner, Barbara Speer and performance artist Nancy Ostrovsky), and has been featured on the Hudson Valley Music website (www.HVmusic.com) as well as developing her own website (www.peggyatwood.com). Performances in local venues in the last few years have included being the opening act for Tom Pacheco and Professor Louie and the Crowmatix. So come hitch your horse outside a Peggy Atwood gig and have a listen. The wild places in your heart might be stirred as she seeks them out with her haunting and dynamic music, taking you to places real and imagined, if only for a moment in your dreams. ===========

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Don Sparks

Don Sparks



Dec 20 2009 2:28 PM

Happy Holidays, Peggy!
Hope you're enjoying them.

Don
Jeff Moats

Jeff Moats



Dec 18 2009 5:58 PM

Dear PEGGY ATWOOD,
Wow it's December already and my 50th birthday has come and gone.

I want to Thank You for being my friend and listening to my music. Also, for the wonderful comments you post.

With your support it's been a very good year.

I wish you the best this holiday season.

Musically,

Jeff Moats

p/s drop by on Christmas eve or day to listen to a very special song I will post!
V1 Music

V1 Music



Nov 30 2009 3:36 AM

THanks for the friendship add!!

What a great voice Peggy!!! Awesome songs, from the heart but yes delivered with amazing power.

Thanks again!!



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Tim Cheatle

Tim Cheatle
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Nov 27 2009 4:45 PM

Hiya Peggy!


God Bless,
               Tim.
Jeff Moats

Jeff Moats



Nov 27 2009 3:14 PM

Dear PEGGY ATWOOD,
It's after Thanksgiving and the busy holidays are approaching. Take a break and drop by to listen to my featured songs. You may find my music to be just the thing you need during this hectic time of the year. I appreciate your friendship and I hope you enjoy the music. I wish you much joy and peace.

Musically,

Jeff Moats
Teresa Hull, Songwriter

Teresa Hull, Songwriter



Nov 20 2009 10:06 PM

Compilation CD is finished!!!  Will begin mailing out to radio stations any day now!!  Please come by my page and listen to “Angel Kisses” by “Delores Hershey”.  I hope you will also add Delores at www.myspace.com/deloreshershey  and listen to “I’ve Been Waiting For You” Both songs are on this CD.  You can start calling your favorite radio stations to request these 2 songs by Delores Hershey!

Thank you so much and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Teresa Hull

“Songwriter”

Thomas Ottogalli

Thomas Ottogalli



Nov 10 2009 4:59 PM

Hey PEGGY ATWOOD !
Posted a few samples from my new album.
Should be out soon.
Feedback on the music welcome...

See you soon,

T.
Teresa Hull, Songwriter

Teresa Hull, Songwriter



Nov 6 2009 12:54 AM

Hi Peggy

I enjoyed listening to your songs!! 
Come by to listen to my songs when you have a moment.  

I hope you have a good weekend :)

Teresa Hull
"Songwriter"

Don Sparks

Don Sparks



Nov 3 2009 6:42 AM

Peggy,
Been really loving your songs here and on your website. Just beautiful, funny, the whole enchilada. Thanks!!
Brain Surgeons

Brain Surgeons



Nov 2 2009 3:38 PM

Keep it SWEATY & BITCHIN
HAIL & XXXX
Deborah
Friends of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Friends of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society



Nov 1 2009 5:58 PM

Have a great week my friend....
*hugs*
Maddiexx

Flying Cat Music

Flying Cat Music



Nov 1 2009 5:25 PM

We'll be flying again on November 22 at the Phoenicia Railway Museum featuring BettySoo from Austin. Hope you can stop by and enjoy the show.
Bahama Kin

Bahama Kin



Oct 21 2009 1:22 PM

Ari Zonteel

Ari Zonteel



Oct 17 2009 2:50 PM

Hi Peggy

nice to hear your music, esp Lament

kind regards


Andrea Starbird

Andrea Starbird



Oct 16 2009 9:38 PM

Hello PEGGY ATWOOD

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Oct 16 2009 6:04 PM

Hi,
Great music!
Cheers
Hardware
Tim Cheatle

Tim Cheatle
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Oct 9 2009 11:44 PM

Hiya Peggy!
                 Hope you are keeping well!
                 This week I've added three new songs up on to my player!
                                 God Bless,
                                                Tim.




Tim Cheatle

Tim Cheatle
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Oct 2 2009 1:45 AM

Hiya Peggy!
                 Musical greetings from Portsmouth,England!
                           God Bless,
                                          Tim.




Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie



Sep 8 2009 9:45 PM

Thank you for adding Buffy Sainte-Marie as a friend!

Keep an eye on the page for news and event updates.

Peace.
Jamie Lynn Noon

Jamie Lynn Noon



Aug 14 2009 1:31 AM

Hey,

Thank you so much for the love and support! :)

Always,

Jamie

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freddie live



Jul 23 2009 7:47 AM

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Shadow-Minds

Shadow-Minds



Jul 22 2009 4:11 AM

Ahoi Peggy,
 
thank you very much for being our friend.
Keep in touch and
have a graceful week.
 
best wishes
Charly and Michael
 
Cathey J. Johnson

Cathey J. Johnson



Jun 27 2009 12:00 PM


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HI PEGGY! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE ADD AND THE FRIENDSHIP! I REALLY APPRECIATE IT A LOT, AND I HOPE YOU WILL KEEP IN TOUCH! GREAT PROFILE AND SONGS!! LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, CATHEY J JOHNSON
THE JESSE JANES

THE JESSE JANES



Jun 22 2009 9:58 PM

Hey, Peg - Some fun gig the other nite!
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Jun 22 2009 12:20 PM

thanks Peggy

check out the video from the first gig.

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