Peter Blachley Debuts With Nevada Sky

Peter Blachley Emerging As A Captivating 

Singer-Songwriter With His Debut Album, Nevada Sky

Available Worldwide January 7

On January 7th, 2015 lifelong musician and Morrison Hotel Gallery co-founder Peter Blachley, will issue his debut record Nevada Sky. The masterful Americana album-which will be available as a vinyl LP with a download card-features a vibrant Henry Diltz photographed cover image of a trusty old cherry red 1949 GMC pickup cruising down a rustic stretch of highway in anytown USA.

“I chose that picture because when I saw it, I thought ‘My God, that truck is me going down the road, under the big open sky, not knowing where the road will take me.’ This album is like the stories from that truck,” explains Blachley.

In 2012, Blachley and producer Felix McTeigue began recording Nevada Sky. Over two years the pair recorded tracks at Saltland Studios and Vel Studios in Brooklyn, and at the Morrison Hotel Gallery loft. Blachley and McTeigue’s artistic intent was to capture the music as purely as possible. “We strove for a colorful simplicity, we didn’t want to crowd the songs,” he says. Nevada Sky features all Blachley originals except “I Call Your Name” which was written by Willy DeVille. Supporting Blachley in the studio is an all-star cast of players including guitarist Chris Masterson (Steve Earle), guitarist David Mansfield (Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan), bassist Byron Isaacs (Ollabelle), bassist Jeff Hill (Rupert Wainwright), bassist Luis Guzman (Lila Downs), keyboard player Jeff Kazaa (Southside Johnny), drummer Tony Leone (Ollabelle), vocalist Fiona McBain, (Ollabelle), and legendary singer-songwriter Willie Nile.

Nevada Sky documents a life of inspiration, reinvention, and marks a profound coming together of many of the facets of Blachley’s life-family, photography, music, loves won and lost, and professional and personal aspirations.

The route to Nevada Sky began when Peter Blachley was aged 19, aboard a TWA 707, flying over the Mekong Delta on approach to Bien Hoa, Vietnam. “I remember while we were descending, I looked down at the bomb-ravaged craters in the landscape below while listening to Scott McKenzie’s ‘If You Are Going To San Francisco, Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair.’ That image with that soundtrack had a profound effect on me,” Blachley says.

Nevada Sky folds family stories, personal and professional journeys, and lifelong dreams into one Americana storybook. Blachley says in conclusion: “With this album, I’ve left my legacy.”

Peter will be performing songs from Nevada Sky on Sunday, January 18th at the Bluebird Café in Nashville, TN as part of the Sunday Spotlight. The show is being sponsored by RIAA. Nevada Sky will be released exclusively on vinyl, on January 7th, 2015.