David Peel (musician)

David Peel
Peel in 2005
Peel in 2005
Background information
Birth nameDavid Michael Rosario
Born(1942-08-03)August 3, 1942
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 6, 2017(2017-04-06) (aged 74)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Genres
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1967–2017
Labels

David Peel (born David Michael Rosario; August 3, 1942 – April 6, 2017) was a New York City–based musician who first recorded in the late 1960s with Harold Black, Billy Joe White, George Cori and Larry Adam performing as David Peel and The Lower East Side Band. His raw, acoustic "street rock" with lyrics about marijuana and "bad cops" appealed mostly to hippies and the disenfranchised.