Charlie Peacock
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Charlie Peacock (born Charles William Ashworth, August 10, 1956, also goes by Charlie Peacock-Ashworth) is a Christian Contemporary Music songwriter, record producer, musician, and writer. He was born in Yuba County, California. Ashworth studied at the California State University, Sacramento before becoming a professional musician. As of 2003, he was studying for a Masters degree in Theological Studies in Missouri.
In 1976, Peacock appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle in a jazz column written by Frank Kofsky who helped to start Peacock's career. His music is a mix of jazz, pop and rock.
Since his career began in the early 1980s, Peacock has received a number of awards, including an Emmy. As of 2003, he had been nominated for five Grammys. He is the only person to have gained the Gospel Music Association's Dove Award for Producer of the Year three times. He has produced works by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Al Green, CeCe Winans, Audio Adrenaline, The 77's, and Twila Paris among others.
Amy Grant's hit song, Every Heartbeat, was written by Peacock.
With his wife, Andrea, he founded the Art House, a group where artists and non-artists consider how faith relates to art.
Discography
- Last Vestiges of Honor (1981)
- Lie Down in the Grass (1984)
- Charlie Peacock (1986)
- West Coast Diaries: Vol. 1 (1987)
- West Coast Diaries: Vol. 2 (1988)
- West Coast Diaries: Vol. 3 (1989)
- Secret of Time (1990)
- Love Life (Charlie Peacock Album) (1991)
- Coram Deo: In the Presence of God (1992)
- Everything That's On My Mind (1995)
- Strangelanguage (1996)
- In the Light: The Very Best of Charlie Peacock (1996)
- Live In the Netherlands(1998)
- Kingdom Come (1999)
- Full Circle (2004)
Books
- At The Crossroads
- New Way To Be Human
Also contributed an essay to It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God, edited by Ned Bustard.