Pete Conway plays all instruments: vocal, guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, keyboards, harmonica, percussion, accordian, bottles...he has written 8 full abums of music, and completed the soundtacks for several movies, TV pilots and plays produced by Sedagive Entertainment
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Pete is also a member of LOVE RIND, a Denver based folk rock and funk original band, playing lead guitar and vocals, with Brian DeBaca on drums, Ryan Fenton on bass, and Renee Fenton-Stone on vocals and tambourine...check out the link to Love Rind's myspace...->
Influences
Hillspark Theory,
Bob Dylan,
Cake,
Mark O'Connor,
Lou Reed,
Inti-Illimani,
Joni Mitchel,
Louis Armstrong,
Lucinda Williams,
Uncle Tupelo,
Pavement(Malkmus),
Gillian Welsh,
Townes Van Zandt,
The Marsalis Brothers,
PJ Harvey,
Band of Gypsys,
Tom Waits,
Arcade Fire,
Buddy Holly,
Miles Davis,
Sammy B(is on the cut),
The Black Keys,
Guy Clark,
Joe Strummer,
Prince,
Shuggie Otis,
Syd Barret,
Grateful Dead,
Yo Yo Ma,
Del & Robbie McCoury,
DEVO/Mark Mothersbaugh,
Black Sabbath,
Merel Haggard,
Sly & the Family Stone,
Ry Cooder,
Pink Floyd,
John Coltrane,
Jimmy Dale Gilmour,
Brian Ferry,
Clarence Gatemouth Brown,
Beethoven,
New Order,
Danny Elfman,
Steve Earle,
David Byrne,
Johnny Cash,
Allman Brothers,
Tenacious D,
Albert King,
Hank Williams (Jr & Sr),
Jimi Hendrix,
Daniel Johnston,
Pete Townsend,
Django Reinhardt,
Willie Nelson,
Thievery Corporation,
Neil Young,
Kraftwerk,
Jimmy Page,
Waylon Jennings,
Charlie Parker,
Emmylou Harris,
James Brown,
David Bowie,
Louie Prima,
John Paul Jones,
Van Morrison,
John Lee Hooker,
Wilco,
Phish,
Elvis Costello,
Woody Guthrie,
Taj Mahal,
Eric Clapton,
Robert Earl Keen,
The Beatles,
T-Bone Walker,
Son Volt,
Chemical Brothers,
Bruce Springsteen,
Vic Chesnutt,
John Williams,
Brian Eno,
Chuck Berry,
Sliquid,
Mike G,
Mark Knofler,
Stevie Wonder,
Ween,
Allison Kraus,
Sun Ra,
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,
Brian Jonestown Massacre,
The Rolling Stones,
Bob Marley,
Reuben Blades,
Jeff Buckley,
Robert Johnson,
The Velvet Underground,
The Band,
The Cure,
Elvis Presley,
Dereck Trucks,
Duke Ellington,
Joey Arkenstat,
Steely Dan,
Ray Charles,
Daniel Lanois,
Cesaria Evora,
Leo Kottke,
Fife Dog,
Jim Croce,
Tony Rice,
Manuel Galban,
Stephen & Douggie
Sounds Like
Original acoustic music, a blend of the Americana sound and modern singer/songwriter styles. Taking from both the grace and traditions of the past as well as the sometimes frightening and bleak unknown of the future and creating songs with soul searching messages and relevant themes that address our current culture and our future, while looking for hope and meaning. A classic sound, yet one totally new and fresh.
Of course memories are notoriously unreliable, but I will never forget the first time I heard Pete Conway play live. At a party in my parent’s basement, my friends and I stood on the concrete floor, Christmas lights strung from the ceiling, keg beer and stiff punch flowing. The typical preppy mid eighties suburban party, except for one thing: in the corner, four guys in t-shirts had set up a few cheap amps and a drum set, blasting Led Zeppelin covers like the world was going to end. As I watched them from across the room, it hit me that nobody seemed to notice that the kid playing a solo from “Dazed and Confused” on his Stratocaster knockoff was only 11 .........................................
Born and raised in Littleton, Colorado, Pete began playing guitar in fourth grade and was influenced at a young age by the masters: Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan. Like his heroes, he wrote his own music, which he would continue to do as the lead guitarist and singer with his rock bands, the Tongues, Sliquid and (now) Love Rind. By the time he was in college, he had recorded two full albums worth of original material and had been playing clubs, bars and frat parties. He took Sliquid to Chicago and toured, played and recorded steady rock and roll for two years. Ironically, it was from this hard rock haze that the first glimpses of the introspective acoustic music of Pete Conway first appeared. .................................................
While attending DePaul University in Chicago, Pete wrote and recorded two albums of acoustic music with friend and Sliquid bandmate Tim Kubiak. On Sex Truck and El Sueno Pete’s songwriting elevated to another level, for the first time touching on serious and personal themes. The music was inspired by his discovery of more traditional music, legends like Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Guy Clark and Uncle Tupelo. ...........................................
After graduating from DePaul, Sliquid moved back to Denver, completing two more albums, Direct Input and Sliquid, and playing gigs across Colorado. Pete went on to form Love Rind, a popular Denver rock band which is currently completing its debut album on which Pete sings, plays lead guitar and writes all the original music. But though part of him will always be a rocker, in the last few years he has been drawn back to the acoustic roots that inspired his Chicago acoustic music..........................................
Pete Conway is the culmination of that journey. Pete’s voice and style evoke his heroes: Dylan, Lou Reed, Jerry, even modern singer songwriters such as Richard Buckner and Anton Newcombe. But there is something completely original about his songs, something completely honest. You can hear his heart come through the speakers....................................................
Pete has come a long way from that 11 year old jamming in the basement. He is playing his own beautiful music. Pete Conway makes that statement boldly. And it’s not just because I’m his brother that I say that. The kid is good. .................................
- Mickey Conway June, 2007
Hey buddy I hope everything is going well for you. Love your music and have listened to the CD you gave me about 50 times already :O) great work on it. I'll likely be heading down through your area sometime this summer i'll let you know more as I plan out the trip better but yeah been think about you and haven't forgotten about you. Take care Peter and say hi again to the lovely Misses for me :O) /bow
