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Chanteur Country US
né en 1948 à Detroit (Michigan).
Pete
Anderson was born in Detroit, and grew up to become the creative partner of one
of the most significant country artists of the 1980s,
Dwight Yoakam. An only child,
Anderson's earliest musical memories revolve around the country & western music
his father listened to and seeing Elvis
on television. The sudden death of his father left the young prodigy to be
raised by his mother, who also worked full-time in one of the Motor City's
factories.
A natural athlete, Anderson vacillated between sports and music. His first
instrument was a Hawaiian guitar, which he promptly knocked out of tune on a
regular basis after imitating Elvis for
the neighborhood kids who loved to watch him perform. Still, he chose to
participate in sports rather than spend his time practicing the guitar. But, as
a teenager, the music began to be more meaningful and Anderson joined several
bands, including a jug band called the B-52 Blues when he was 17.
After high school, Anderson traveled the U.S. by bus, went to art school, and
got married. Shortly thereafter, his then-wife gave birth to a son. Working in
the factories, parenting, and playing music filled his life. Gigging around
Detroit provided a solid education in the blues. Muddy Waters became the young
father's hero. Still, he knew there was more to life than playing in bands in
his hometown. As the marriage floundered, Anderson made up his mind to pursue
his music at the next level. When his mother finally retired, she moved to
Arizona, where the weather was not as severe as what she had known in Detroit.
Both father and son followed, and Anderson worked his way up the hierarchy of
the Phoenix music scene. Again, he knew that this was not his ultimate
destination. With his son in the care of his ex-wife and his mother basking in
the southwestern sunshine, Pete Anderson packed up and headed for California,
and more specifically, L.A., in May of 1972.
A blues and rock player of some skill, the aggressive guitarist quickly made a
name for himself. Wanting to record as much as play live gigs, the future
producer honed his studio skills by making tapes and arranging songs. Working
with various outfits, he was an important part of Hollywood Gumbo, which broke
up on the road somewhere in Canada. He eventually found that he could actually
make a living playing the country music that had meant so much to his father.
Developing his own rapid-fire style, Anderson was a working musician at night
and painting houses when necessary during the daylight hours. His son and ex-wife
came west and the small family tried to make a go of it one more time.
It was during this period that Boo Bernstein introduced Anderson to
Dwight Yoakam, a struggling, skinny kid
from Ohio who had a knack for writing real country songs. Needing a guitar
player for a gig at the Cowboy in Orange County,
Yoakam remembered Anderson and asked
him to do the date with him. That was the start of a partnership that resulted
in numerous platinum records, sold-out tours, and some fine music in the
Bakersfield and hillbilly traditions. Anderson became known as a top-flight
producer who could get the job done. Working not only in country but also in
other genres, he was responsible for some outstanding projects by
Rosie Flores, Michelle Shocked, the
Meat Puppets, the Backsliders, the Lonesome Strangers, and Thelonious Monster.
He and Dusty Wakeman were responsible for Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 of the
A Town South of Bakersfield compilations, a mid-'80s landmark that
resulted in a resurgence of interest in the West Coast country scene and the
Bakersfield sound.
In 1993, along with Wakeman, Anderson joined Barbara Hein, a longtime Capitol
Records executive with a history in the music business, and engineer Michael
Dumas to form Little Dog Records. Recording his first solo CD on his own label
in 1995, Anderson placed himself on the road in support of Working Class,
a country-blues-rock-roots music extravaganza produced by Wakeman. While
continuing to work with Yoakam, being
the president of a record label opened new worlds for Anderson. Signing artists
that he and his partners believed in gave Anderson the creative freedom he
craved. Having to be part businessman and part artist was a difficult part to
play every day, but Anderson proved he was up to the challenge when he
negotiated a distribution deal with Polygram in 1996. Anderson stuck with Wakeman for
his second release, 1997's Dogs in Heaven.
Anderson returned in 2004 with the all-instrumental Daredevil,
which featured such musicians as multi-instrumentalist Skip Edwards and
trumpeter Lee Thornberg, among others. The blues-rock-inflected Even Things Up followed
in 2009. In 2011, Anderson delivered Sentimental, featuring his rootsy take on
many classic and lesser-played country and pop tunes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Anderson
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Producer
Style musical : Alternative Country, Roots Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ4vToLVR7Y
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
| 1988 | SP Reprise 7-27805 (US) |
The Happy Gēētar / Venice Skyline Rag |
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Albums
| 1994 | CD LITTLE DOG LDR-94001-2 (US) |
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WORKING CLASS - Working Class / Where The Crows Go / Our Day Will Come / Stateside Charlie / She Belongs To Me / Muddy Night At The Opera / Fire / Somewhere A Long Time Ago / Blue Hour / Tomorrow Night / What About Me |
| 04/1997 | CD LITTLE DOG 314-534 643-2 (US) |
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DOGS IN HEAVEN - Better Way / Dogs In Heaven / Ain't That Peculiar / 110 In The Shade / Henry Fate / Feels Like Mississippi / Sherry / Charlene / For You / Big Mistake |
| 1998 ? | CD LITTLE DOG LDCD 012 (US) |
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LIVE AT OHIO UNIVERSITY - |
| 12/2004 | CD LITTLE DOG LDCD-2004-23 (US) |
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DAREDEVIL - Baby Done Something Wrong / New World Cakewalk / Daredevil's Dance / Ballad Of Los Barilles / My Little Angel / Sweet Delta Sunrise / Glad I Don't Live Here / Day In The Barnyard / Big Canyon - Little Bird / That Broken Heart Will Heal |
| 10/2009 | CD LITTLE DOG LDCD200930 (US) |
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EVEN THINGS UP - Honky Tonk Girl / Booker Twine / That's How Trouble Starts / Even Things Up / Wes' Side Blues / One And Only Lonely Fool / Stop Me / Dogbone Shuffle / Still In Love / Room With A View / Blue Guitar / Prophet For Profit |
| 01/2011 | CD LITTLE DOG LDVT001 (US) (deluxe edition) |
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EVEN THINGS UP - Honky Tonk Girl / Booker Twine / That's How Trouble Starts / Even Things Up / Wes' Side Blues / One And Only Lonely Fool / Stop Me / Dogbone Shuffle / Still In Love / Room With A View / Blue Guitar / Prophet For Profit / BONUS TRACKS : Still In Love (lead vocals : Bekka Bramlett) / 110 In The Shade / Working Class (live) / Feels Like Mississippi (live) |
| 09/2013 | CD LITTLE DOG LDCD2013-31 (US) |
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Birds Above Guitarland - Outta' The Fire / 36 Hour Day / Talkin' 'bout Lonely / Talkin' My Baby Down / For You / Big Money / Empty Everything / Fix It Man / I Got Mine / Rock In My Shoe / Red Sunset Blues / Rock In My Shoe (lead vocals : Bekka Bramlett) |
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