Interviews
Charlie Peacock
By Larry Crane, Zachary Gresham
He might be one of the best producers and artists out there, but it’d be hard to tell from Charlie Peacock’s humble demeanor when you get to talk with him. His recent book, Roots & Rhythm: A Life in Music, is an engaging read, chronicling a life growing up in Northern California’s Central Valley, journeys through music in Sacramento and the Bay Area, and decades working in Nashville, Tennessee, where he now resides. A six-time Grammy Award-winning producer, he’s helmed records for The Civil Wars, Switchfoot, The Lone Bellow, and Holly Williams. But don’t forget he began as an artist and songwriter himself. Charlie has co-written hit songs with Amy Grant, and dc Talk even made one of his songs very popular (their cover of “In the Light”). It was a hoot to chat with Charlie, especially when we learned we’d grown up less than 30 miles from each other in California!
