Destination — Christopher Peacock

Christopher Peacock • Piano, Percussion

Gene Nery • Guitars, synthesizers, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Vocal

Thomas James Ravel • Drums, Percussion, Hammer Dulcimer

Nancy Rumbel • Oboe

Strings of the Seattle Symphony:

Violin: Ella Gray, Leonid Keylin, Mariel Bailey, Simon James, Cecilia Poellin, Michael Miropolsky

Viola: Tim Kilian, Timothy Hale

Cello: Walter Gray, Theresa Benshoof

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Gene Nery teams with Christopher Peacock to create an energetic alchemy of acoustic guitar and piano. This album will take you to exotic places, from playing on Condado Beach and viewing the Orcas Moon, to romancing in Venezia and stepping out into London Nights. Added Fluegelhorn, strings, and percussion will make this album a destination you will want to return to.

Through our lives, we will experience many places for which we are destined. Our destiny is often uncontrollable, but as the TRADE WINDS appear, we have the ability to raise a sail, catch the breeze, and work in harmony with what exists to help guide our direction. What’s important is that we spend the PASSING TIME enjoying the ride.

As our journeys take us to exotic places – playing on CONDADO BEACH on a warm Caribbean day, viewing the ORCAS MOON rising over the Pacific Northwest island, romancing in VENEZIA on the grand canal, or stepping out to enjoy the LONDON NIGHTS – we must remember that as we come and go, our PASSAGES will touch others lives, and what to us may only be a brief visit, will remain to others, home.

Our own LETTERS FROM HOME will draw us to look inside ourselves and hear that single voice within our soul, to arrive HOME AGAIN and realize our true DESTINATION is the gift of being, and to share that joyous gift should be our goal.

1) TRADE WINDS

2) DESTINATION

3) PRELUDE

4) VENEZIA

5) CONDADO BEACH

6) PASSING TIME

7) PASSAGES

8) LETTERS FROM HOME

9) LONDON NIGHTS

10) ORCAS MOON

11) HOME AGAIN

Produced by Christopher Peacock and Gene Nery

Recorded at Bad Animals, Seattle

Engineered by Reed Ruddy

Assistant Engineer Sam Hofstedt

String arrangements by Gene Nery

Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood

Design by Ted Mader + Associates

Photograph by Keith Broefsky

Nancy Rumbel appears courtesy of Narada Records.

All songs composed and performed by Peacock & Nery and published by Pure and Simple Island Productions (BMI), except “Home Again,” composed by Richard Campbell and published by Pay the Band Music (ASCAP).

Special thanks to Jaylin and Nikki; to Kawika, Jenole, and Cara; to Reed, Sharon, and Kristen Ruddy; to all the folks at Bad Animals/Seattle for the great service; to Thom Ravel for his musical input; to Nancy Rumbel for her magic; to Ella and Walter Gray and the string players for adding their talent to this project; to Russ Martin and the gang at Precision Sound Marketing; to Todd Hauser and Cindy Dieter at Ted Mader Associates ; and to June Assenburg and all the staff at the Mayflower Park Hotel.

Also, thanks to Sam Hofstedt, Glen Ferguson, Richard Palalay, Pat Walker, Eric Daub, Rob Baird, Carl Petosa at Petosa Music, Mike Henry at Hugo Helmer Music, and to Gene’s Mom Alicia (he turned out O.K.)!