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"I hadn’t a clue what to think until he actually started his first song. Then I was amazed! This young man, seemingly nervous, played the piano like no one I had heard in quite a while. It was soulful, with gospel in its roots, heavy on the bass, with minor and major chord inversions that only the would-be love child of Ray Charles and Billy Joel would have made. Then he sang… low tenor, very much a tone catered to modern R&B, and with a great deal of talent I gave him my card and the rest is history." - Eddie Coven-San Diego Music Guild
Discography
LIVE @ The Fuse Lounge
Soon Enough [EP]
Sparrow [EP]
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Bio
the PENNANT is a band from San Diego, CA that blends elements of Pop/Rock, R&B and Hip-Hop to form a very refreshing sound. All from the same High School, none of them knew each other played music until after graduation. In fact, Casey Peek (Guitar) and Isaiah (Lead Vocals/Keys) didn’t pick up an instrument until their sophomore years in college, once the jock years were over. Oscar Gonzalez has been playing drums since he was 4 and has the most experience in music of the band. Jed Peek learned guitar and bass in Jr. High School.
The band formed when Isaiah and Casey decided to finish a few songs Isaiah had begun writing while off at school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “6 Days Weak”, “Soon Enough”, “Young Sir” and “Rescue Me” were a few of the songs they worked on together and later were recorded with the band and put on their first EP, “Soon Enough EP”. Casey and Isaiah later met Oscar, who would become their drummer, while volunteering to lead worship at The Rock Church High School Ministry and the youth pastor asked if Oscar could play with them during service. The chemistry was instant and mutual. They still needed a bassist and had no idea the perfect man for the job had been with Casey his entire life. It was his brother, Jed Peek. Jed filled in for them at their first full band show on the main stage at The House of Blues and after the show, they realized, this was the PENNANT.
The band focused on break up, and love songs in the beginning and Isaiah always said, “if I can reach just one person who has gone thru a breakup and help give them a melody to how they are feeling in order to get it out and over with, I will be happy”. They did just that. Soon after their release of their songs, they began to receive messages and letters and comments explaining to them how one of their songs got someone thru a hard week and how they felt the song was written just for them.
In just 2 years together, this young quartet has been grabbing the attention of music lovers everywhere. Playing some of the most renowned venues on the West Coast, and supporting some of the biggest names in music today, the PENNANT has played sold out shows at the House of Blues San Diego, The Roxy Theater, The Viper Room, The Troubadour, and more and has opened for bands such as Andy Grammer, Ernie Halter, Jason Mraz & POD. This young band has quickly made a name for itself and continues to gain fans and believers everywhere.
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