Jeff Pehrson
Jeff Pehrson (born Jeffery Vernon Pehrson on February 21, 1967 in San Francisco, California) is an American singer-songwriter who performs backing vocals for Furthur, a band that includes two former members of the Grateful Dead. Pehrson also currently performs with the folk rock band The Fall Risk, which he founded, and previously performed with Box Set, a folk rock band which he cofounded.
Early life
Jeff was born in 1967 in the Haight-Asbury district of San Francisco. His mother was of Native American heritage and his father, who was a concert pianist, was of Northern European descent. Jeff was adopted at three months of age by John Pehrson, who was an electrician and flight instructor, and Janice Quintana (née Petrie), who was an administrative assistant. Jeff's father remarried Christina Grant, a nurse, in 1980, and has a half-sister, Heather, from that marriage. Jeff was raised in the East Bay area in San Leandro, California and attended Pacific High School from 1981 until 1983, when the school closed, and subsequently attended San Leandro High School until his graduation in 1985. Jeff credits his earliest musical exposure to his father, a stereo fanatic who regularly played jazz music at home, and to his mother, a native of Kansas, who loved listening to country music. In the fourth grade, Jeff started playing saxophone in his school band and continued until the ninth grade, when he began focusing his attention on playing football for the school team and participating in the school's theater, performing regularly in plays and musicals, where his singing skills became increasingly apparent.
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ALBUMS
- Bazaar Cafe Music Stew, Volume 2 released: 2004
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Real Life
by: Jeff CarsonI was young, he was old
An' we both were the same age
Everyday, playin' fetch
Shakin' hands, he'd lick my face
And I was unaware
The day would come
An' when he died, for the first time
I knew what real pain was
And I never was the same again
From that moment on, real life began
Senior high, girlfriends
Football games, graduation
Summer break, spend my time
Fillin' out applications
A few superficial years went by
They were all a blur
And in the most unlikely situation
There you were, yeah
And I never was the same again
From that moment on, real life began
With you, with you
By your side, scared to death
Felt the pain you were fightin'
Placed my palm on your head
Spoke your name, just keep tryin'
An' then you closed your eyes
An' took one last breath
And when it was over, you looked up
Laid our baby across your breast
And I never was the same again