Peter Case
For over 30 years Peter Case has developed from street singer to soul-punk bandleader to solo acoustic performer, all the while using his songs to crash barriers in popular music. As a member of the Nerves, Case
worked as the opening act on the 1977 Ramones tour. By 1984, he’d disbanded his pioneering maximum R&B band, the Plimsouls, becoming among the first musicians of his generation to put down the electric guitar in favor of an acoustic and forging a sound he dubbed tribal folk.
Debuting with a self-titled album in 1986 that earned him top critical favor, Case’s maverick move inspired a whole new generation of musicians to pursue alternative-Americana routes of sound. Six more albums followed, including the watershed new acoustic singer-songwriter work The Man With the Blue Postmodern Neo-Traditionalist Guitar (Geffen 1989), Full Service No Waiting (Vanguard 1998) and the self-released Thank You St. Jude (2001). In spring of 2001, he compiled Avalon Blues (Vanguard), a tribute to his hero, Mississippi John Hurt, featuring contributions from Lucinda Williams, Dave Alvin and Steve Earle, which was consequently nominated for a Grammy in the Best Traditional Folk category. Case’s ninth and latest solo album, Beeline (Vanguard 2002), infuses essential elements of his iconoclastic rockin’ folk music with new rhythms.
Join etown for an encore performance from Peter Case as he plays tunes from his new album, “…toe-tapping folk rock + plucky guitar licks + a dash of harmonica = Beeline, a collection of bluesy songs that’s perfect for a road trip.” – Marie Claire
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