Dan Peek obituary

Founder member of the chart-topping 1970s band AmericaThe songwriting ability and vocal harmonies of the bassist Dan Peek, who has died aged 60, were an integral part of the success of the soft-rock band America. Between 1971 and 1977, the year he quit for a solo career, Peek and his bandmates, Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley, scored an impressive run of hit singles and albums, mostly in their native US. The biggest of these was their debut single, A Horse With No Name, which made the top three ...

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