In 1987,  Andy Peake began a fast track to regional and national success  playing drums and percussion as a regular band member consecutively for multiple touring and recording artists including  Nicolette Larson, Tanya Tucker, Don Williams, the Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Delbert McClinton and Lee Roy Parnell. In addition he has worked as a part time drummer for Kathy Mattea, Suzy Boggus, T. Graham Brown, David Frizzell, T. G. Sheppard, Billy Prine, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Connie Smith, Pam Tillis, and many others. He spent 3 seasons as a band member/actor for the original cast of the production of "Always, Patsy Cline at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and was drummer one summer with artist/writer Ms. Marshall Chapman opening shows for Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band.  He recently contributed as a recording engineer for the band, Orleans and solo project by Orleans band member, John Hall. For the last several years, Andy has been performing and touring with the HercuLeons, a band  that features John Cowan of the Doobie Brothers and Andrea Zonn, vocalist and fiddle player for.James Taylor.  Their first album is set for international release January 2025.  Andy proudly endorses drum and audio products for Zildjian cymbals, Aquarian drumheads, Vater drumsticks,  JJrums Custom Drums and Peavey audio products.   He continues his successful career as a drummer, producer, engineer and project coordinator based in Nashville, TN.

In 1996, Andy took the plunge to learn audio engineering and coupled that immediately with music production. He has since produced many albums and EP projects for independent artists. 

His 1st project, This Guy Is Blue, by Randy Handley,  received critical acclaim and netted 3 songs re-recorded by other artists for their own projects. In 2018, his production of an album, "Step On It," for the band, "Big Shoes," which Andy created, produced and managed beginning 2011. In 2020, "Step On It" was nominated for 2019 "Blues Album of the Year" by music industry mainstay, Downbeat magazine.

In 2021, Andy released his critically acclaimed first solo album, "Mood Swings." It features a long list of world class musicians  playing Andy's original compositions and covers. It borrows heavily from his Americana R&B, soul music, NOLA influences 

Andy's second solo album, Pocket Change is set for release Sept. 20, 2024."Andy and the Peake Pockets" band will be performing in support of both albums, Mood Swings and Pocket Change beginning in October 2024.