Very sad news about another musician...again in the space of a few days......

America's great single, Sister Golden Hair, should have had them rivalling Fleetwood Mac for catchy tunes. Horse With No Name, Sandman, Ventura Highway, Muskrat Love, I Need You, Don't Cross The River. So many!

RIP Dan. You wrote some killers.

Just heard about this. Bummer. America was a great band and he w as huge part of thier succes.

I saw them once at BB King's as a friend is a big fan. I have fond memories of being a kid in the back seat of the car, growing up, listening to the AM radio and America, Tin Man, for example, was part of the soundtrack of growing up in the 1970's-80's.

RIP brother!

They came along in 1972 with just the right sound at the right time, filling the gap left by the breakup of CSNY. It's no coincidence that A Horse With No Name was the record that knocked Heart Of Gold out of the #1 spot on the U.S. singles chart. Neil Young hit singles were what Top 40 radio wanted, and if Neil Young couldn't, or wouldn't, provide them, America were there to meet the demand.



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against my better wishes, i thought i'd check in here just for a sec to see if there was a thread about Dan - I was so happy to see there was - he was a good friend of mine - one of the loveliest, gentlest people you could imagine - he told me more stories, expressed more frustration and was so brutally honest - every time we spoke i learned something new about life from him - just a wonderful man.

and he could be like a little kid - that beautiful piano part on tin man? he begged george martin (who was producing) to play that - which he did - dan still beamed about that since way back

anyway - good job Sicilian - I'm just a mess over this and it was nice to see smart people talking about Dan - he'd have dug that

ce



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R.I.P.
Dan Peek



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Love this song to bits. This is for you Dan.

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Love this song to bits. This is for you Dan.

My favorite America song. Just a great sound.

This was Dan Peek's song. Written by Dan:





These particular videos are just brilliant. Just a cousy setting, a bunch of musicians playing music and drinking a few beers. What a laid back scene.

BTW, America is playing at the county fair in Buffalo on August 15th.



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One of my favorites, the beautiful "I Need You"

I guess there ain't no one for to give him no pain.

America, along with Three Dog Night always got trashed by the rock media. In 1997 I went to a local festival to see Leon Russell. A friend begged me to stay and watch America's set on the same stage. We were there - what the hell? Geez, I hated America. I left very impressed. They were excellent guitar players and in 1997 they could still produce very nice harmonies. I went from a hater to a fan immediately.

Remember seeing them at The Bitter End in the Village right as their first

album was released; they opened for Robert Klein .. felt at the time they were

Neil Young imitators but as they progressed they became much more than an

imitation.