Spradlin died of natural causes Sunday at his San Luis Obispo ranch in central California, grandson Justin Demko told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.īorn Aug.
Gervase Duan “G.D.” Spradlin, a former lawyer and oil producer who found a second act as a prolific character actor playing authority figures in such films as “Apocalypse Now” and “The Godfather: Part II,” has died. He scored a Grammy nomination for his 1979 solo album “All Things Are Possible.” One of Peek’s songs, “Don’t Cross the River,” which appeared on America’s sophomore album “Homecoming,” was recorded by Garth Brooks nearly three decades later on the country star’s 2001 album, “Scarecrow.” “I was a spectrum drug abuser, alcoholic, you name it,” Peek told Goldmine magazine last year in discussing his 2004 autobiography, “An American Band: The America Story.”īeckley and Bunnell continued as a duo while Peek pursued a solo career, writing songs and prose. 1 slot for the final time in 1975 with “Sister Golden Hair,” and by 1977, Peek felt compelled to escape the pressures of producing more hits and to give up the self-destructive path he was on at the time. Peek’s writing and lead vocal were featured on the band’s hit “Lonely People,” which peaked at No. Young was on the chart at the time with his yearning hit “Heart of Gold,” which “Horse With No Name” bumped out of the No. Their 1971 debut album, “America,” shot out of the gate with the single “A Horse With No Name,” which many listeners initially mistook as a new Neil Young song.
All three were musically inclined, and when they decided to form a band, they wanted to avoid anyone thinking they were Brits trying to sound American, so they settled on the name America. armed services personnel, where he met Bunnell and Beckley. It was at London Central High School, a school for children of U.S.
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