{"id":11,"date":"2020-01-23T17:37:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T17:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sub.billypeek.com\/wp\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2024-06-05T17:31:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:31:42","slug":"billys-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"Billy&#8217;s Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11\" class=\"elementor elementor-11\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8c3483 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8c3483\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0cee6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f0cee6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d88e1f elementor-nav-menu__align-start elementor-nav-menu__text-align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"0d88e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-horizontal e--pointer-background e--animation-grow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-0d88e1f\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-45\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=9\" class=\"elementor-item\">Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-46\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\">About Billy<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-43\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=11\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Billy&#8217;s Bio<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-42\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=13\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Fast Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-48\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\">Music<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=25\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Solo Albums<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=27\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Recorded Albums<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-51\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=49\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">45 Releases<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-47\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\">Photos<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-926\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=897\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Billy Peek photos<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-668\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=645\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Rod Stewart \u2013 the early years<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-41\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=15\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Rod Stewart &#8211; the later years<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=17\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Chuck Berry \u2013 the early years<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=19\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Chuck Berry \u2013 the later years<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=21\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Michael McDonald<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=23\" class=\"elementor-item\">Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=31\" class=\"elementor-item\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-857\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=832\" class=\"elementor-item\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=29\" class=\"elementor-item\">Links<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" 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elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">About Billy<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-43\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=11\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Billy&#8217;s Bio<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-42\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=13\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Fast Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-48\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">Music<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=25\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Solo Albums<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=27\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Recorded Albums<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-51\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=49\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">45 Releases<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-47\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">Photos<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-926\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=897\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Billy Peek photos<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-668\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=645\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Rod Stewart \u2013 the early years<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-41\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=15\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Rod Stewart &#8211; the later years<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=17\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Chuck Berry \u2013 the early years<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=19\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Chuck Berry \u2013 the later years<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=21\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Michael McDonald<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=23\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=31\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-857\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=832\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=29\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Links<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a458f elementor-hidden-phone 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href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/billy_peek\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-youtube elementor-animation-pop elementor-repeater-item-0bbffcd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/razzledazzle571\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Youtube<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-youtube\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fe5a9e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1fe5a9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">Let It Rock<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72b708b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72b708b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21ef99f e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21ef99f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-078b2aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"078b2aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1-1.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-large size-large wp-image-753\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1-1.jpg 324w, https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1-1-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6b183 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e6b183\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4391bef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4391bef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He is too young to be a historical figure, but he is also too important to leave out of history. Billy Peek is a St. Louis institution, a living legend who writes the history of his city with the music he plays on his guitar. He learned his craft listening to St. Louis blues musicians, including Albert King, Ike Turner, and the great Chuck Berry. Then he went on to international recognition as a rock and roll musician for his work with Rod Stewart\u2019s band. But wherever Billy Peek goes, he takes a little of St. Louis with him in the hard-driving, boogie-woogie rock and roll that he says \u201ctells a story and tells it in overdrive\u201d.<br \/><br \/>\u201cI grew up on a street called Tower Grove\u201d, he explains when asked about his origins as a musician, adding that \u201cit was a good environment to grow up in to finally become a rock and roll musician, because it had all the background that it needed to give that good time feeling.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-166f107 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"166f107\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d654b91 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d654b91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1cab20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1cab20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tower Grove Avenue between Chouteau and Vandeventer formed the main corridor through \u201cThe Grove,\u201d a south side working-class neighborhood where Peek grew up in the 1940s and 1950s.<\/p><p>Like many people in the neighborhood, his parents had migrated from southeast Missouri during World War II to look for work in the foundries, warehouses and slaughterhouses along the Frisco Railroad tracks. Peek\u2019s father worked in a nearby tobacco warehouse, and his mother was employed by a meatpacking firm. They worked hard all day, and at night they relaxed to the sounds of country music singers, like Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams and Red Foley, coming from the radio and juke-boxes around town. Eventually they opened up a neighborhood bar featuring live country-and-western music, the Peek-A-Boo Inn.<br \/><br \/>Billy Peek learned to play country music from his father, but his neighborhood provided him with other resources. At Adams Elementary School and Roosevelt High School he met people who would remain his friends for life. One summer when he was a teenager, all of his friends got Mohawk haircuts and formed a club called the Mohawks, of which Billy was President. \u201cNobody\u2019s parents were too pleased with that\u201d he remembers, but it was the kind of neighborhood where everyone stuck together and everyone felt a part of something.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1223400 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1223400\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7da766 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7da766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-large size-large wp-image-754\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b517c68 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b517c68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1333e9 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e1333e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c01b086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c01b086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-1.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-large size-large wp-image-755\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ad14b5 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ad14b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c2f2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18c2f2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One day at a corner ice cream parlor, at the age of 15, Billy ran into the hippest guy in the neighborhood, the one who was always \u201cin the know\u201d before anyone else. Snapping his fingers and wearing an Ivy League cap, he motioned Billy over to the jukebox and said \u201cHey man, wait \u2018till you hear this.\u201d He played Chuck Berry\u2019s \u201cMaybellene,\u201d and it changed Billy Peek\u2019s life. \u201cI liked what I heard immediately,\u201d he remembers.<\/p><p>From that moment on, Peek vowed to make his living playing rock and roll. He practiced for hours in his room, trying to emulate the sounds he heard on records and the radio. As a teenager, he went to black night clubs to hear performances by local musicians including Ike Turner, at the Club Imperial in north St. Louis, and he went over to East St. Louis to the Midtown Country Club, the Apollo Club, the Palladium, and the Plantation to hear Little Milton and Albert King. At the age of 15, Peek formed his own band and also performed with others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae31e87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae31e87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12e5534 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"12e5534\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d26752d elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"d26752d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;underline_zigzag&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;Special Mentions\\\/Acknowledgments\\\/Recognitons:&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">Special Mentions\/Acknowledgments\/Recognitons:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3a056c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3a056c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chuck Berry: Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Music (Second Edition) Howard DeWitt 1985<br \/>Time Passages (George Lipsitz) 1990<br \/>The Sidewalks of St. Louis (George Lipsitz) 1991<br \/>Rod Stewart \u2013 Vagabond Heart (Geoffrey Guiliano) 1994<br \/>Father of Rock &amp; Roll \u2013 The Story of Johnnie \u201cB. Goode\u201d Johnson (Travis Fitzpatrick) 1999<br \/>Brown Eyed Handsome Man &#8211; The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry (Bruce Pegg) 2002<br \/>Gaslight Square \u2013 An Oral History (Thomas Crone) 2004<br \/>Rod \u2013 The Autobiography (Rod Stewart) 2012<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d9702b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d9702b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-749c21f e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"749c21f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ffff24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ffff24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the age of 18, on Tuesday nights he would sit in with Ike Turner\u2019s band and play the \u201cOkie Dokie Stomp\u201d to show off his skill. As a white teenager trying to make an impression playing with a black band, Peek would play the song twice as fast as Ike Turner did, a demonstration that won applause from the crowd but which caused more than a little grumbling on the part of Turner\u2019s drummer who hated to have to play that fast.<\/p><p>It was an exciting time for St. Louis music. Chuck Berry, who had lived his whole life in the highly segregated Ville neighborhood in the heart of black St. Louis, all of a sudden found himself playing all over town and drawing teenagers to his appearances. A creative new synthesis emerged from the search by young whites for an exciting music that they could call their own. As Billy Peek recalls, \u201cFor so long black artists had been entertaining and doing this type of thing we didn\u2019t know anything about. I\u2019m saying we, as the white community, didn\u2019t know anything about it until they started making some records and the kids started buying them and they found out \u201cHey, these guys are playing some out-of-sight music.\u201d<\/p><p>Like many other white teenagers, Billy Peek listened to disc jockeys Dave Dixon on KATZ and Jesse \u201cSpider\u201d Burks on KXLW to hear blues and rock and roll. He learned the language of the blues and tried it out on his guitar, the one-string runs of BB King, the bottleneck sound of Elmore James, and the 8\/8 time rolling bass boogie-woogie of Muddy Waters that became the subtext of American rock and roll. But the most important influence on Peek remained Chuck Berry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-707562f e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"707562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ff2aae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ff2aae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5a.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-large size-large wp-image-763\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5a.jpg 450w, https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5a-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad52614 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad52614\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e488ca6 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e488ca6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bca92fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bca92fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6-1.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-large size-large wp-image-758\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a84ab e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07a84ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-627f67b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"627f67b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Three years after he heard \u201cMaybellene\u201d in that corner ice cream parlor, Billy Peek played on the bill at a show featuring Chuck Berry. Peek had previously pulled off a successful appearance on Russ Carter\u2019s \u201cSt. Louis Hop\u201d, and as a result was chosen to appear on that program\u2019s first anniversary show, at the Casa Loma Ballroom on Iowa near Cherokee in south St. Louis. Peek was the opening act, and was careful not to steal the headliners thunder, so he played no Chuck Berry songs that night. But he did meet his hero and get his autograph, which was thrilling enough. Peek worked at the Terrace Lounge on the DeBaliviere strip, playing his entire repertoire of rock and roll songs, but doing especially well with Chuck Berry\u2019s material.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e7e90d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0e7e90d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fe35a8 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fe35a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-170a406 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"170a406\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One night late in 1963, while playing a string of Chuck Berry songs at the Terrace Lounge, Berry strolled in and Peek noticed Berry sitting in the audience. Fearful of offending his idol, Peek steered clear of any more of Berry\u2019s compositions that evening, but at the end of the show Berry came up, congratulated him on his playing, and invited him to perform at Berry\u2019s club, Berry Park on Sunday afternoons in Wentzville.<br \/><br \/>Peek played some Ray Charles, a few BB King numbers, a little of Jimmy Reed\u2019s tunes, and nearly everything ever done by Chuck Berry. Sometimes Berry would sit in with Peek\u2019s group and they would play together.<\/p><p>The years at Berry Park enabled Billy Peek to get close to Chuck Berry, musically and personally, and that association later led to a European tour during which Peek played in Berry\u2019s backup band. In 1973, Billy Peek backed up Chuck Berry on a tour of Europe, and he began to see that he could hold his own with guitarists from all over the world. They played together again on an awards show honoring Berry\u2019s induction into the rock and roll Hall of Fame, and shortly after that in 1975, on a television show \u201cRock Concert.\u201d<\/p><p>Rod Stewart happened to see that show with his guitarist Ron Wood, and Wood suggested that Peek would be perfect for the new band that Stewart intended to form. Rod Stewart called and setup an audition a few months later. When Billy Peek auditioned for Rod Stewart, he drew upon all that he had learned growing up in the Grove. Stewart asked him to listen to one of the tracks they had recorded and to play whatever came into his head. Stewart stayed in the control booth with his head phones on. The song which had been giving the rest of the band difficulty, turned out to be \u201cThe Wild Side Of Life\u201d, originally a Hank Thompson country song from 1952. Peek remembered the song as a favorite of his father\u2019s, one that he had heard around the house incessantly when he was growing up. Billy laid down a hard driving Chuck Berry-style rhythm underneath the melody, and when he saw Rod Stewart jump in the air and practically hit the ceiling of the control booth yelling, \u201cThat\u2019s It! That\u2019s It! That\u2019s exactly what I want!\u201d he knew he had the job.<\/p><p>With Billy Peek\u2019s guitar helping to set the pace, the Rod Stewart Group became one of the best-selling musical aggregations in the world over the next five years. Billy Peek\u2019s guitar solos on \u201cBetter Off Dead,\u201d \u201cBlondes Have More Fun,\u201d \u201cBall Trap,\u201d \u201cWild Side Of Life,\u201d \u201cBig Bayou,\u201d \u201cShe Won\u2019t Dance With Me,\u201d \u201cBorn Loose\u201d and \u201cHot Legs\u201d anchored the band in the traditional rock-and-roll style that provided an effective contrast to Stewart\u2019s pop vocalizing. But Peek secured his place in that band through more than technique alone; his entire life history had prepared him for that role. Other musicians could play the same notes, but Peek \u201chad the feel\u201d of the music, a feel he acquired through hard experience in the 1950s.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a49696 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8a49696\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245d1d7 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"245d1d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff9a90a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff9a90a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When Stewart\u2019s band dissolved in 1980, Peek returned to St. Louis where he became a local favorite. The song \u201cCan A White Boy Play The Blues?\u201d led to a blues album which attracted some attention in the U.S. and England, and which led to Peek\u2019s emergence in the late 1980s as a performer on the Midwestern blues circuit and as a recording artist with records like \u201cThe Hammer\u201d played on blues radio stations.<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been a rock and roll player, and I\u2019ll always be a rock and roll player,\u201d Peek proclaims. \u201cAnd blues, I think the older I get, the more I lean toward blues. And I\u2019m even giving thoughts about leaning into country music a little, because I\u2019m beginning to understand what my dad was talking about.\u201d<br \/><br \/><em>(The Sidewalks of St. Louis and Time Passages by: George Lipsitz)<\/em> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d681381 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d681381\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f9b0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45f9b0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/4a.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-large size-large wp-image-797\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/4a.jpg 425w, https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/4a-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84e9782 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84e9782\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51aa252 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51aa252\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31a469c elementor-testimonial--skin-default elementor-testimonial--layout-image_inline elementor-testimonial--align-center elementor-arrows-yes elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial-carousel\" data-id=\"31a469c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;show_arrows&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;space_between&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cBilly Peek plays my music better than I do\u201d\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Chuck Berry<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The biggest find was probably Billy Peek, who I happened to see on Don Kirshner\u2019s Rock Concert\"\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Rod Stewart<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \u201cBilly Peek\u2019s storied career has taken him around the world and onstage with some of music\u2019s legends\u201d\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch\/Suburban Journal<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cA national music legend and one of the finest rock and blues guitarist in the country\u201d\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">St. Louis Magazine<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cBilly Peek pulled out his guitar and belted \u201cJohnny B. Goode\u201d\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">The New York Times<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76b79a2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76b79a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cd607b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9cd607b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4473a3 elementor-cta--layout-image-left elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"f4473a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/call-to-action-1.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"call to action 1\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFind Billy performing live\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLive music is better\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e7fdd3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e7fdd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5915466 elementor-cta--layout-image-left elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"5915466\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/call-to-action-2.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"call to action 2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEnjoy Billy's videos\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA legend of music\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=23\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-577e43f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"577e43f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b781402 elementor-cta--layout-image-left elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"b781402\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/billypeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/call-to-action-3a-1.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"call to action 3a\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBook the Billy Peek band\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVisit his contact page\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"https:\/\/billypeek.com\/?page_id=31\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36494fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36494fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-179c788 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"179c788\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9b7fb3 elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"b9b7fb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;underline_zigzag&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;Billy Peek&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Visit the social network of<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">Billy Peek<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfe3702 e-grid-align-mobile-center elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 e-grid-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"bfe3702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-facebook elementor-animation-pop elementor-repeater-item-b032cbd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/billypeekofficial\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-twitter elementor-animation-pop elementor-repeater-item-c977cc7\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billypeek11\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Twitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-apple elementor-animation-pop elementor-repeater-item-3500230\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/artist\/billy-peek\/id294907146\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Apple<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-apple\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-animation-pop elementor-repeater-item-dd46acd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/billy_peek\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-youtube elementor-animation-pop elementor-repeater-item-0bbffcd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/razzledazzle571\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Youtube<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-youtube\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4747b23 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"4747b23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-pop\" href=\"#top\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-up\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook Twitter Apple Instagram Youtube Bio of Billy Peek: Let It Rock He is too young to be a historical figure, but he is also too important to leave out of history. 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