Please answer the following question: Facts: - instrument: vocals , guitar , cello - website: -lsb- http://www.last.fm/music/peter+searcy last.fm -rsb- - years active: 1984 -- present - caption: peter in asbury park , nj , april 27 , 2012 searcy performing an acoustic set at the saint - origin: usa louisville , kentucky - genre: rock , punk rock - name: peter searcy - image size: 250 px - image: peter searcy at the saint asbury park nj.jpg - associated acts: squirrel hoss andy patalan bait big wheel starbilly the glasspack fanci pantz Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of peter searcy .
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peter searcy is a musician from louisville , kentucky .spin magazine , scott irwin , and amanda green have compared searcy 's straightforward songwriting style and voice to those of paul westerberg .like paul westerberg of the replacements , searcy is a veteran of the post-punk scene .searcy was the frontman of the louisville punk group squirrel bait in the 1980s .after squirrel bait disbanded , searcy -lrb- along with squirrel bait drummer ben daughtrey -rrb- formed a funk-rock group called fanci pantz .fanci pantz garnered a lot of praise and major label attention , but they broke up before they could record an album .after the demise of fanci pantz , searcy joined big wheel in 1989 , which released three albums -lrb- two on mammoth records -rrb- before breaking up in 1993 .his next band , starbilly , released only one album , after which searcy began performing solo .he released one album , produced by tim patalan entitled , '' could you please and thank you , '' on time bomb recordings in 2000 .its style has been compared to that of the counting crows and the wallflowers .the album was followed by a self-released ep and a second full-length album on initial records in 2004 , followed by '' spark '' , now on label x & toucan cove entertainment .peter is a licensed real estate agent .