Brian Peacock

Brian Peacock is a bassist whose career has carried him halfway around the world from his native New Zealand at various points. Born in Levin, New Zealand, in 1946, he grew up in the shadow of Mt. Owen near the town of Murchison. He was drawn to music at an early age and took up the guitar. He found the bass guitar -- then a relatively new instrument -- more to his interest, and built his first such instrument himself. Peacock became sufficiently skilled on the four-stringed instrument to earn his first spot in a band at age 14. He joined the Bel Airs, a band from Nelson, who ...