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The
soulful, sensitive sounds of Linwood Peel, whether as an MC or musical, are inspired by
legends. Memories of Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Otis Redding,
Teddy Pendergrass, and Bobby Bluebland echo in the stylish
phrasing of this incredible performer.
Born the son of a North Carolina sharecropper, his early
voice was shaped in the church his father pastored. His deep
gospel roots gave birth to a strikingly unique and powerful
entertainer.
Linwood's vocals are an attempt to take his human soul and
project it into space. It is the ultimate gesture of getting
out of himself. He takes a part of what is most private, most
personal, most inward, and hurls it out into space-he projects
it as far as he can. This style and gesture of opening his
whole inner self results in an enormous spiritual release,
and is felt by everyone with tremendous impact.
With extraordinary physical energy, Linwood moves, gets down,
and gets funky with ease and sophistication. With wide vocal
range and musical versatility, Linwood Peel breathes new life
into old music, transporting observers to tears and to their
feet in applause.
 With heartfelt generosity and compassion, Linwood frequently
performs at facilities for the aged-in nursing homes, Veteran's
hospitals and for the elderly in custodial care. Linwood was
also the leader of The Drifters and The Elsbeary Hobbs Drifters since the 1991-1992 season.
The Drifters are truly
unique in today's world of coming and going popular music
groups. From their very first release
on Atlantic records, "There goes My Baby", they were bound
for stardom with a 2 million seller under their belts in their
first try. Over the next 10 years there were 29 additional
chart records (source: Billboard) accounting for nearly 20
million sales of singles and over 8 million albums in the
US alone. In fact (source: The Book of Lists), only the Beatles,
the Rolling Stones and the Bee Gees have sold more records
over a more sustained period of time.
The Drifters
have appeared in every major night club and concert hall in
the United States from Las Vegas to 10 sold out appearances
at New York's Madison Square Garden. They have literally toured
the entire world including a one month tour to the Far East
and were chosen to represent the United States for the great
Bicentennial Tour of Russia.
Today, Linwood has united his former group members as Linwood Peel's Tribute to The Drifters to commemorate much of the great material to
which is still known, sung and covered world-wide. Not only does
the group perform many of the Drifters tunes that they were
noted for, but abridged potpourri of standard rock songs.
Although not scheduled to perform, when asked by Producer
Mark Sonder to step in, with less than 10 minutes to
go, to perform the National Anthem in front of an indoor stadium
full of people at the New England Basketball Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony, Sonder asked, "Can you be ready?"
and Peel replied, "No problem, I was born to sing!"
 The Drifters Million Sellers
There Goes My Baby
This Magic Moment
Save the Last Dance For Me
Up On the Roof
On Broadway
Under the Boardwalk
Dance With Me
True Love, True Love
I Count the Tears
Additional Drifters Hits (reached the Top 10)
Lonely Winds
Some Kind of Wonderful
Please Stay
Sweets for My Sweet
Room Full of Tears
When My Little Girl is Smiling
Stranger on the Shore
I'll Take You Home
I've Got Sand in My Shoes
Spanish Harlem
Listen to Linwood Peel's Tribute to The Drifters:
Under The Boardwalk
This Magic Moment
Up on the Roof
Shout!
Stand By Me extraordinarly sung by Linwood
Watch Linwood go "On Broadway"
Photos: With his united former group members; Linwood doing what he does best!; Linwood in b&w
If you like this Artist we recommend:
The Cornell Gunter Coasters
The Marvelettes
The Platters
Bridging The Glory Days of
the 1940s and 1950s: Starring The Platters with the NYC BIg
Band
The Hall of Fame Show, starring:
Linwood Peel's A Tribute To The Drifters; The Cornell Gunter Coasters &
The Marvelettes
Les Musiques de Broadway
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