Nick Peets — Songwriter | Portland, Oregon

A working songwriter from the rainy side of things.

~ the man himself ~

I’ve been writing songs and showing up to play them in Portland for the better part of two decades.

Three records under my own name — Twilight in 2007, The Ride in 2009, Beach Drive in 2020 — with a handful of singles in between and after. Along the way, a long list of bands and band names: PB&J, Short Sands, Jester Brown, and whatever else the room called for that night.

Days run on a small construction outfit and three kids’ schedules. The songs come anyway. They have for a long time.

Discography

Three records and a handful of singles, going back to 2007. Click any one to make it bigger.

Albums

Beach Drive album cover — Beach Drive 2020 · Album

The Ride album cover — The Ride 2009 · Album

Twilight album cover — Twilight 2007 · Album

Singles

Cubicle Suicide single cover — Cubicle Suicide 2023 · Single

A Life Serene single cover — A Life Serene 2023 · Single

Heavin Steven single cover — Heavin Steven 2018 · Single

Walking Away with Something single cover — Walking Away with Something 2018 · Single

See it played

A handful of clips from the road and the rooms. Pull up a chair.

That’s What Love Will Make You Do Nick Peets & Friends · Dublin Pub · 1.11.24

Shake it Up Nick Peets & Friends · Dublin Pub · 1.11.24

Atlantic City Nick Peets · Dublin Pub · 9.14.23

Corrina Short Sands · Dublin Pub · 6.13.24

Mary Jane’s Last Dance Jester Brown · Dublin Pub · 10.29.11

Jackie Cyan Jester Brown · Dublin Pub · 6.7.19

Nights I Remember

A wall’s worth of show posters from somewhere around two decades of bands and back rooms. Different names, mostly the same songs. Tap any of them to make it a little bigger.

PB&J band illustration — PB&J Early days · Hand-drawn flyer

Peets and the Low Bones at Laurelthirst — Peets & The Low Bones Mar 2 2015 · Laurelthirst Public House

The Resolectrics with Nick Peets at Laurelthirst — The Resolectrics & Nick Peets Thursday Nov 6 · Laurelthirst Public House

Nick Peets and Band, Friday February 25 — Nick Peets and Band Friday Feb 25 · 9pm

Homegrown Gorge — Nick Peets and Friends — Nick Peets & Friends Homegrown Gorge · Stevenson, WA

Nick Peets Band and James Low Western Front at Ponderosa Lounge — Nick Peets Band & James Low Western Front Saturday June 11 · Ponderosa Lounge

Short Sands at Dublin Pub — Short Sands Aug 1 · Dublin Pub · $10

Nick Peets at Ford Food + Drink — Nick Peets — Ford Food + Drink Dec 6 · 8pm · “Psychedelic roots troubadour”

Mojo poster — Mojo Step 1 · Step 2 · Step 3

Got an old flyer of a show I played? Send it over.

Stuff stuck to the corkboard.

Photos from around the road and around the years. Statues mostly held still for these.

Same band since grade school.

Jester Brown is the band I’ve been in the longest — same handful of guys since grade school, still plugging in whenever we can find a free Saturday and somebody’s garage.

We got the name when we were too young to know what a name was supposed to do, and it stuck. The shoulders are wider now, the practices a little quieter, the gear a little better. The songs are still mostly about whatever was on the radio when we were thirteen. Still feels right.

Some bands you start. Jester Brown is the one I never quit. Still rocking, still rehearsing, still showing up.

JesterBrown.com

Shows & dates.

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The occasional letter.

A note when there’s a new song, a new show, or a record finally crawling out of the spare room. Quiet inbox, no pressure.

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