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From the Court to the Stage
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2016/12 - December
Music sneaked up on Peyton Howell, a quiet, reserved sports-minded young girl.
“Other than taking piano lessons for a couple of years as a kid, I never showed much interest in music — all I wanted to do was shoot basketball and throw a football,” she says.
Then Fate strode in. In fourth grade, to keep her baseball-player brother from losing his guitar lesson slot during ball season, she stepped up to the plate, as it were, and took over his lessons.
Guitar came easy to her. She joined youth bands at her church and school in Athens, Georgia, and led worship throughout middle school and high school.
“I began playing gigs in Highlands (thanks to Richard Delany of Old Edwards Inn) and Cashiers when I was 15,” she says. “I’d just recorded a demo of cover songs and an EP (a short album) with another artist I was working with at the time.”
She also performed frequently in Atlanta and Athens while taking guitar and voice lessons. As her skills expanded, so did her performance venues, including Western North Carolina, North and Central Georgia.
It’s tough being talented in so many fields. She was a dedicated college student, a star basketball player, and a gifted musician.
She says, “I transferred to Western Carolina in Cullowhee in August 2016 intending to making music the focal point of my life. After dropping basketball, I now have more time to pursue music, playing for weddings, parties, events, and restaurants.”
Peyton describes herself as a singer-songwriter influenced by Colbie Caillat, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Boyce Avenue, and Norah Jones. Catch her at The Wine Garden at Old Edwards Inn, The Lodge at Old Edwards Inn, The Ugly Dog Public House, Mountain Falls Luxury Motorcoach Resort, Sapphire Brewing Company, the Hudson House at Highlands Country Club, Community Bible Church, and Trillium Links and Lake Club. Contact her at [email protected] or her manager at [email protected] or call (706) 614-5469 for
booking information.
