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Charlie Peacock Comes to Montreat
Charlie Peacock
doesn’t speak as a side
lines critic or new
comer to music. The
33-year-old Sparrow
artist IS an educated
observer of both the
secular and Christian
music worlds.
The son of a jazz
musician/music in
structor, Charlie
launched his music
career in Sacramento,
CA in the mid-’70s,
taking his new bride
with him. He played
in clubs, first as a side-
man, then as a solo
pierformer. Unfortu
nately, the road of a
struggling young art
ist led him to drug and
alcohol addiction.
“One day I’d have
some lofty reason to
play music,” he recalls,
“and the next day I’d
want to play at some
bar because I knew I
could drink for free.”
Charlie didn’t
remain a prisoner of
substance abuse for long. He found
his way to Alcoholics Anonymous,
then - with the help of a fellow
musician - he became a Christian in
1982. With new purpose in his art,
he signed with Exit Records and
Modern Christian Artist Charlie Peacock
crafted two records. Lie Down In
the Grass and Charlie Peacock,
which earned praise from the secu
lar and Christian music communi
ties and gained him a modest but
loyal group of listeners. He fol
lowed these projects
with a three-volume,
privately distributed
series titled“West Coast
Diaries.”
Charlie’s early mu
sical influences were a
diverse group of artist
including Miles Davis,
The Beatles and James
Taylor, with an interest
in R&B artist such as
The Temptations and
Smokey Robinson de
veloping in his teen
years.
Today, while many
artist draw their inspi
ration form other artists,
this is not the case with
Charlie. “I’m not usu
ally inspired by music,”
he says. “I study writ
ers alot - R.C. Sproul,
the Schaeffers, Charles
Colson, and A.W.
Tozer. I believe the best
thing I can do for my
music is to study the
realm of ideas of Chris
tian thought.”
The Charlie Pea
cock Trio will be in
concert January 11, at 8:00 pm, in
Gaither Chapel. Students may pick
up complementary tickets from
Student Affairs. For non-students,
the cost is $5.
ASHEVILLE
SPORTS
CLUB
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
13TH
8:00 PM-11:00PM
FREE TO ALL
M-AC STUDENTS
INCLUDES:
RACQUET BALL
COURTS
BASKETBALL
COURTS
FREE WEIGHTS
NAUTILUS
WHIRLPOOL
SAUNA
25th Anniversary
BLOW OFF SOME STEAM BEFORE
FINAL EXAMS START
THE
ALETHEIA
STAFF
WISHES
YOU
AND YOURS A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW
YEAR!!
SGA Changes
"Mr. Prattville High" poses with
Miss Leslie Kiuw at the
Homecoming Dance
Next semester the SGA will
go through some signicant
changes. The major change is
the absence of the now SGA
President, Mr. Reid Cavnar. Reid
will be leaving for Washington
D.C. at the beginning of next
semester to serve out an intern
ship in the nation's capitol. He is
planning to learn about integrat
ing Christian faith into the po
litical forum. In his ab-sence,
Mr. Matthew Haney will be
taking over the reigns of the SGA
Presidency. Reid is a senior here
at Montreat-Anderson and in the
four years he has attended he has
contributed to several areas. He
was R.A. of the year in Hower
ton two years in a row. President
of Alpha Chi in his Junior year,
member of Phi Theta Kappa,
selected for Who's Who in both
his Sophomore and Senioryears,
and recipient of five Distin
guished Scholar awards among
other honors.