With his latest effort, Wig! (2010 Yep Roc), three-time Grammy-nominated Peter Case recommits himself--to life, and his personal brand of rock n' soul that's made him a favorite among music aficionados, critics and his fellow songwriters for at least 25 years.

For those who've followed the story so far, you know that Case left his upstate New York home in 1974 to travel west to California, As Far As You Can Get Without A Passport, which is also the name of the book about his reminiscences about that trip. Striking up his acoustic guitar as a street singer in San Francisco, Case made his way to Los Angeles began to unravel the rock-and-roll mystery. As a member of the Nerves, he released one of the first seven-inch singles in the punk and new wave era and set out all across the U.S.A. as an opening act for the Ramones in 1977. Following that band's end, Peter and Paul formed the Breakaways, till finally Peter launched the Plimsouls and scored a hit in the '80s with "A Million Miles Away."

Case's former bands continue to enjoy rediscovery by rock's new generations, but it his solo career that his proven to be most enduring, earning him accolades and die hard fans. As a rocker turned acoustic player, Case opened a door through which others have walked ever since 1986 when his self-titled T-Bone Burnett-produced solo album earned him year end honors and his first Grammy nod. Set to a tribal-folk percussive blend of blues, country and rock'n'roll, its essences pour through everything he's recorded since.

His songs are continually revived by other artists (a three-disc set was recorded in tribute to him) and used effectively in contemporary film and television (most recently, on the hit HBO series True Blood). Over two decades he's recorded ten solo albums--from the highly acclaimed and influential the man with the Blue post-modern fragmented neo-traditionalist Guitar, to 2007's Grammy-nominated Yep Roc release, Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John. His 2001 Grammy nominated effort as a producer of Avalon Blues, a tribute to the music of his country blues hero, Mississippi John Hurt featured contributions by Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams and Beck.


PRESS QUOTES:

“The message he's delivering might not mean the same thing coming out of anyone else's mouth; hell, it might not mean anything coming from someone else.” – NPR

“One of the country’s most unfairly overlooked talents.” – USA TODAY

“A focus and a ragged-voiced authenticity that makes you feel every bump in the road.” – LA TIMES

“…Case is more talented than most of the artists on the charts.” – POP MATTERS