Gretchen Peters
- Country folk
- Americana
- Singer
- songwriter
- Guitar
- piano
- vocals
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Gretchen Peters is an American singer and songwriter.
Early life
Peters was born in Bronxville, New York on November 14, 1957. She wrote her first song with her sister at the age of 5. In 1970, her parents broke up, and Peters moved with her mother to Boulder, Colorado.
Music career
In Boulder, she discovered a lively music scene, and began playing at local clubs. In 1988 she moved to Nashville, where she found work as a songwriter, composing hits for Martina McBride, Etta James, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, George Strait, Anne Murray, Shania Twain, Neil Diamond and co-writing songs with Bryan Adams.[1][2] Some of Peters' notable compositions include "The Secret of Life", "On a Bus to St. Cloud", "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" and "Independence Day", for which she received the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year. In addition, Peters has released fourteen studio albums of her own, beginning with 1996's The Secret of Life.
As a writer, Peters' style is defined by melancholy lyrics and dark themes, such as murder, loneliness, PTSD, sexual abuse, domestic violence. She was inducted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on October 5, 2014.[3]
On August 12, 2022, Peters announced her intention to retire from touring, playing her final shows in June 2023, though she will continue to write and record.[4]
Personal life
Peters is married to keyboardist and producer Barry Walsh, her long-time performing partner, who has also performed with the reunified Box Tops.[5][6]
Discography
Albums
Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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UK [7] | ||
The Secret of Life |
| — |
Gretchen Peters |
| — |
Halcyon |
| — |
Trio: Recorded Live |
| — |
Burnt Toast & Offerings |
| — |
Northern Lights |
| — |
One to the Heart, One to the Head (with Tom Russell) |
| — |
Circus Girl: The Best Of (single CD and 2-CD versions) |
| — |
Hello Cruel World |
| 70 |
Woman on the Wheel: Live from the Hello Cruel World Tour 2012 (Limited Edition Book/CD/DVD) |
| — |
Blackbirds |
| 39 |
Dancing with the Beast |
| 87 |
The Night You Wrote That Song |
| |
The Show: Live from the UK |
| |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
---|---|---|---|
US Country | |||
1996 | "When You Are Old" | 68 | The Secret of Life |
"I Ain't Never Satisfied"[8] | — | ||
2012 | "Hello Cruel World" | — | Hello Cruel World |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Guest singles
Year | Single | Artist | Peak positions | Album |
---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | ||||
1999 | "New Year's Eve 1999" | Alabama | 55 | — |
Music videos
Year | Video | Director |
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1996 | "When You Are Old"[9] | Bud Schaetzle |
2012 | "The Matador" | Bud Schaetzle |
2015 | "Blackbirds" | Eric Power |
2018 | "Arguing With Ghosts" | Joshua Britt & Neilson Hubbard/Neighborhoods Apart |
Awards and nominations
Year | Association | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | Country Music Association | Song of the Year | "Independence Day" | Won |
1995 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Song | Nominated | |
1996 | Grammy Awards | "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" | Nominated | |
1996 | Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | Nominated | |
2002 | Golden Globes | Best Original Song | "Here I Am" | Nominated |
2016 | UK Americana Association | International Album of the Year | Blackbirds | Won |
2016 | UK Americana Association | International Artist of the Year | Gretchen Peters | Nominated |
2016 | UK Americana Association | International Song of the Year (shared with Ben Glover) | "Blackbirds" | Won |
2021 | Academy of Country Music | Poet's Award | Gretchen Peters | Won |
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References
- ^ [1] Biography at Allmusic.com, Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ [2] Archived October 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "News: An announcement". Gretchen Peters. August 12, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ "Gretchen Peters". Gretchen Peters. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ "Bio - Silecio". Barry Walsh. 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ "Gretchen Peters | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. June 15, 1996.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Gretchen Peters : When You Are Old". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
External links
- Official Web Site
- Gretchen Peters at IMDb
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- "There Goes My Everything" - Dallas Frazier (1967)
- "Honey" - Bobby Russell (1968)
- "The Carroll County Accident" - Bob Ferguson (1969)
- "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" - Kris Kristofferson (1970)
- "Easy Loving" - Freddie Hart (1971-2)
- "Behind Closed Doors" - Kenny O'Dell (1973)
- "Country Bumpkin" - Don Wayne (1974)
- "Back Home Again" - John Denver (1975)
- "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Larry Weiss (1976)
- "Lucille" Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum - (1977)
- "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Richard Leigh (1978)
- "The Gambler" - Don Schlitz (1979)
- "He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman (1980)
- "He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman (1981)
- "Always on My Mind" - Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James (1982-3)
- "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar (1984)
- "God Bless the U.S.A." - Lee Greenwood (1985)
- "On the Other Hand" - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz (1986)
- "Forever and Ever, Amen - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz (1987)
- "80's Ladies" - K. T. Oslin (1988)
- "Chiseled in Stone" - Max D. Barnes, Vern Gosdin (1989)
- "Where've You Been" - Don Henry, Jon Vezner (1990)
- "When I Call Your Name" - Tim DuBois, Vince Gill (1991)
- "Look at Us" - Vince Gill, Max D. Barnes (1992)
- "I Still Believe in You" - Vince Gill, John Barlow Jarvis (1993)
- "Chattahoochee" - Jim McBride, Alan Jackson (1994)
- "Independence Day" - Gretchen Peters (1995)
- "Go Rest High on That Mountain" - Vince Gill (1996)
- "Strawberry Wine" - Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison (1997)
- "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" - Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner (1998)
- "This Kiss" - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff (1999)
- "I Hope You Dance" - Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers (2000)
- "Murder on Music Row" - Larry Cordle, Larry Shell (2001)
- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" - Alan Jackson (2002)
- "Three Wooden Crosses" - Doug Johnson, Kim Williams (2003)
- "Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim Nichols, Craig Wiseman (2004)
- "Whiskey Lullaby" - Bill Anderson, Jon Randall (2005)
- "Believe" - Ronnie Dunn, Craig Wiseman (2006)
- "Give It Away" - Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson (2007)
- "Stay" - Jennifer Nettles (2008)
- "In Color" - Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto (2009)
- "The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin (2010)
- "If I Die Young" - Kimberly Perry (2011)
- "Over You" - Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton (2012)
- "I Drive Your Truck" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary (2013)
- "Follow Your Arrow" - Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves (2014)
- "Girl Crush" - Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose (2015)
- "Humble and Kind" - Lori McKenna (2016)
- "Better Man" - Taylor Swift (2017)
- "Broken Halos" - Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton (2018)
- "Beautiful Crazy" - Luke Combs, Wyatt Durrette, Robert Williford (2019)
- "The Bones" - Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz (2020)
- "Starting Over" - Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton (2021)
- "Buy Dirt" — Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins (2022)
- "Fast Car" — Tracy Chapman (2023)