David Peel (musician)

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Peel in Washington Square Park, 1994 Pot Parade

David Peel (born as David Michael Rosario , * 1. August 1943 in Brooklyn , New York ; † 6. April 2017 ) was an American street musicians (guitar, vocals) and political activist from the district of Lower East Side in New York City , who published his recordings on his own music albums since the late 1960s.

life and work

David Peel came to New York in the early 1960s. Since then he has performed in Manhattan with spontaneous concerts and happenings in the tradition of agitprops .

His first two albums on the label Elektra Records found the end of the 1960s, the attention of John Lennon , the Peel's third album, The Pope Smokes Dope (German: "The Pope smokes dope") on the Beatles label Apple Records released. Since the late 1970s, some musicians and critics see him as a father of punk rock . Despite having his own record label and over twenty LP and CD releases, David Peel gave concerts “for free and outdoors”. The song I'm Proud To Be A New York City Hippie was never missing from any of his appearances.

Meaning and message

Peel described himself as "a survivor from a time when political anarchists were considered heroes" and was considered "one of the best underground street rock singers in the world". In contrast, “The New Rock Lexicon” from 1990 saw him as a “self-proclaimed backyard fool of the hippie ghetto on Manhattan's East Side”.

Together with Harold Black, Billy Jo White and Larry Adams, he formed the group David Peel and The Lower East Side , which gave spontaneous concerts in their neighborhood until the very end. Peel conveyed his political messages: against Bush, against wars, against environmental destruction, against the takeover of the Lower East Side by the yuppies and against the US drug policy. In November 2007 David Peel gave a concert with his band The Lower East Side in Berlin's House of World Cultures .

Discography (selection)

  • Have a Marijuana (1968)
  • The American Revolution (1970)
  • The Pope Smokes Dope (1972)
  • Santa Claus - Rooftop Junkie (1974)
  • An Evening With David Peel (1976)
  • Bring Back the Beatles (1977)
  • King of Punk (1978)
  • Death to Disco (1980)
  • John Lennon for President (1980)
  • 1984 (1984)
  • Search to Destroy
  • John Lennon Forever
  • Anarchy in New York City
  • The Battle for New York
  • War and Anarchy
  • Legalize marijuana
  • Long Live the Grateful Dead
  • Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw
  • World War III (1987)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marijuana Minstrel David Peel Passes Away in New York . CelebStoner.com, April 6, 2017, accessed April 8, 2017.
  2. ^ A b Graves, Schmidt-Joos: The new rock lexicon. Volume 2. pp. 601f.
  3. ↑ Event report David Peel's appearance in November 2007 on hkw.de
personal data
SURNAME Peel, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosario, David Michael (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American street musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2017