Danielle Peck Biography: Born to a Family of Musicians
If you have singing running in your veins, it’s probably because you were cradled with songs from morning till night. Danielle Peck’s luck was having both parents who made music very much a part of their lives. Her mother’s family traveled a lot to sing in churches. Her father’s side of the family basked in country music, hosting dances in the local neighborhood. In fact the joke is that Danielle didn’t learn to walk and talk; the first thing she learned was to sing, and by the time she was 3 years old, she was already singing, perched on the kitchen counter using pots and pans as her backup band.
Danielle Peck has been described in just about every manner. “Girl next door” to “sexy thing,” or “country singer” and “refined artist.” The song that jump started her career was “I Don’t”. In all her songs, one detects a bit of Reba McEntire and Shania Twain. There’s also a bit of Faith Hill in her style. What she’s done is blended these styles to create her own unique dazzle.
The daughter of a US Marine, Daniel Peck was born in North Carolina but was raised in Ohio. Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” was the first song she learned to sing and one writer says it is a part of her present live show. Before she was 10 years old, she had already penned her first song. Her creativity was manifested in the cassette labels she designed for her future records. At 16, she was a member of the Neon Moon Band and performed in bars in the Coshocton, Ohio area, although she had to do this “through the back door” because she was underage at the time. She sang songs that allowed her to sing in the style of Reba and Patsy Cline. She said that her friends were into sports but she was engrossed in music, so that by the time she graduated from high school, she was already directing her own band in country fairs and festivals.
Then Danielle realized it was time for Nashville where she admits to being a Starbucks consumer. But she said she was having the time of her life meeting people. One such person she met was Clay Meyers who signed her up with Still Working Music owned by Barbara Orbison.
It was the single “I Don’t” that country music fans started noticing Danielle. She has an enviable ability to communicate her true emotions in a song, and this is a talent that not every singer can muster. For her, it comes naturally, because she says every song is a reflection of either a sentiment that runs strong in her or a memorable past experience.