Peach at Hen House Studioshttp://henhousestudios.com/
The prestigious L.A. Music Awards have been dialed in to Peach from the beginning, naming her Blues Artist of the Year in 2001 and followed it up with an Award of Excellence in 2002.
The Real Thing is a historical record with an unmitigated who's-who of blues and jazz players produced by Marty Grebb (The Band, Bonnie Raitt, Etta James).
Pech duets with Taj Mahal on the title track, backed by Reggie McBride (Tony Bennett, Keb' Mo') on upright bass; The Band's Garth Hudson (keys, sax, accordion); James Gadson (The Temptations, Beck) and Gary Mallaber (Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen) on drums; Peach's own drummer Maria Martinez (Barry White); sax player Cece Rubin (Diana Ross, Guns n' Roses); Paul Barrére (Little Feat), Jon Woodhead (Leon Russell), and Rick Vito (Fleetwood Mac) all on slide; guitarist Amos Garrett (Stevie Wonder, Maria Muldaur); and horn arrangement by Lee Thornburg (The Tonight Show Band, Tower of Power).
"They're songs that I dug up by local songwriters ...