“Jazz”
Dan Peckham - guitar/ vocals
Scott Giles - guitar/ vocals
Dan Peckham and Scott Giles met in the fall of 1969 as seventh graders. Their common interest in guitar and music began a life long friendship and musical parntership. They formed The Dan Peckham ~ Scott Giles Duo in 1979 as a guitar/vocal jazz duo and began performing around the Bay Area.
Scott learned to play guitar in the sixth grade on Miss Davis’ nylon string. Before that he played French horn in the school band and orchestra. Before that he sang boy soprano solos at church. In the summer of 1969 he heard Crosby, Stills, & Nash for the first time and was immediately swept away. That fall Scott met his friend Dan Peckham, and the two began to play guitar together.
Since that time there has been a long string of teachers, students, classes, styles, ensembles, performances, and a few transcendent moments when everything faded away and there was just…Music.
Dan’s grandfather's tenor banjo hangs on the wall in his music room and, though he never heard him play, it gave him the idea that he came from a musical background. The Beatles and Bob Dylan were big influences, provided the background soundscape of his youth.
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, there were many opportunities for musical interaction: music schools, classes, friends and teachers. Dan obtained a music degree and was fortunate enough to have studied with George Barnes before he died. These days, the day gig is teaching middle school band and guitar.
www.peckhamgilesduo.com
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