Great Peacock has solid ties with Birmingham, Alabama. Front man Andrew Nelson grew up in the area and guitarist Blount Floyd is also an Alabama native. They have plenty of friends and family around to make a party of any appearance in the Magic City. The band opened for The Wild Feathers, another band with a loyal Birmingham following, on Friday the 13th at Avondale Brewing Co., a popular outdoor music venue and brewpub just east of downtown. A few hundred fans showed up to help Great Peacock celebrate the release of their new record Forever Worse Better and the band treated the socially distanced crowd to several of the new songs in a solid set. But something just wasn’t quite right. I couldn’t help thinking that the show would have been a REAL party across the street at Saturn, the temporarily shuttered venue that is widely revered by artists across the country for its fabulous green room facilities and loved by fans for its consistently fantastic lineup.