Peter Graham

Bio:

HI AND WELCOME,,Acoustic and eclectic electric performances!! Born in Calcutta, India, with an English mother and Scottish father, Peter was brought up in London. At school, he achieved persecution as a winner of poetry contests, the youngest ever to be in Shakespeare plays and failing auditions for the choir. He got out alive and with his new (2nd hand, cost £5) guitar became a singer/song-writer. He started performing in London folk clubs and at folk festivals. He always sang in tune but usually in a different tune to the guitar. Learned to sing and now gives professional voice traning himself. Amongst other achievements, his students have joined Gekki dan Shiki', the top musical production company in Japan. He formed and joined various acoustic groups and duos, from English traditional to American Bluegrass and Classic Pop. He joined various cover bands, as a singer, guitarist and bass player, performing professional and charity gigs around the UK. After this, he toured the USA for a year in a blues/rock band, playing his original material. Co-founding the band Original Mind, with musicians from around the world, he toured Europe, including Germany, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, France, Italy, having many radio and TV appearances, including Romanian Top of the Pops after negotiating a tank blockade around the TV station. In earlier days he sang his own song 'The Wall' from the back of a trailer in front of the Berlin Wall, accompanied by various fighting student factions. A few years later he lived in Japan for 8 months, busking on stations, playing shows and getting to like sashimi. There he composed new songs, inspired by Japan. These were recorded in London on two albums, Tokyo Time and Kaleidoscope. For 6 months he was the resident musician at Director's Lodge, formerly Scott's of St James's nightclub in Piccadilly, London, an old haunt of The Beatles, Stones, Yardbirds etc. For 5 days a week, from 10.00pm to 3.00am, half hour on, half hour off, he played an eclectic mix of 50s Rock 'Roll to modern dance pop. A local paper reviewer likened him to Brian Ferry, Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley.,maybe the free drinks helped,,, He went on several tours to Japan with his CDs, meeting media and performing in schools, shopping malls, hospitals, restaurants, concert halls and living rooms. On further visits to Japan he met with national and cable TV and major FM stations in Osaka, also doing half hour and one hour interviews on local radio all over the country. As one half of the Duo 'Beatles Daze', he toured Germany for 2 months, playing pubs and clubs to fund recording of his albums. For the past few years, Peter has attended Midem and Popkom regularly, to represent artists, labels and himself. In 2005, he met with Yamaha in Tokyo and played several concerts in the Philippines and Micronesia. In June 2007 he was one of the main acts for a students olympics in Seoul Korea, playing nightly to upwards of 2000 people for a week. In September 2007 he played 40 minute sets of original material at the Sendai Jazz festival in Northern Japan and a large Peace concert at Yoyogi Park Tokyo in the tail end of a typhoon. Recent shows include benefits for Earthquakes/typhoons in China and African food relief. Peter has composed over 300 songs and recorded 3 CDs. His new folk/rock CD 'Ride On the Storm' is at the final mix stage. He plays acoustic guitars, bass guitar, Telecaster rhythm, harmonica and tenor sax. He formed Original Mind Songs Publishing, has been through various partnerships and battled serious illness. Now recently pronounced 'in the clear', he will attend 2010 Midem, taking a select few artists with him to promote to all aspects of the music business. In May 2009, he founded the World Culture Association (www.worldcultureassociation.com) 'One World, One Stage' to contribute to peace. .. type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" language="JavaScript1.2"

Member Since:

April 03, 2006

Members:

'He has a really good voice and he loves to sing and play a good, upbeat set. His enthusiasm just draws and draws you inside and then you're singing with him. He played some impressive originals. Excellent!' Surrey Folk Festival review THANK U FOR VISITING!! I perform solo, or with guests and friends. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, BUY CDS HERE,,SUPPORT ART!! : www.mindsongs.co.uk

Influences:

Plenty of influences; classics and singer/song-writers, especially Dylan, Beatles, Lennon, Eagles, Doors, Tamla Motown, early Stones, Springsteen, Donovan, Kinks, Paul Simon, Bob Marley, Bowie, Chilli Peppers, Roxy Music, Cream, Creedance, Neil Young, Byrds, Animals, The Band, Jefferson Airplane, Ralph Mctell, Fairport Convention, Zeppelin, REM, Rural Blues, Bluegrass. ================================================= TOKYO TIME: song taken from album 'Paper Windows' www.mindsongs.co.uk/japan.html MIDORI: Performed at Tenri High School, Nara, Japan. KOMACHI: Name of the bullet train Shinkansen from Morioka to Akita. width="325" height="250">.... GARDENS OF KYOTO: A wolk around meditative Japanese gardens with several armies of school kids...they didn't get into the tea house though. ..> SAYONARA NARA: A walk through a hillside forested temple in Nara, Japan with a hand held video. People and nature in harmony. The girl in the temple is the inspiration for the song. These tracks are on the CDs 'Kaleidoscope' and 'Paper Windows': Impressions of Japan in folk-rock available at www.mindsongs.co.uk

Sounds Like:

Bluesy, poppy, folky, rocky. ================================================= Live in Japan at a high school end of year celebration. Singing 'Tokyo Time' and making a few jokes .. .. ..

Record Label:

www.mindsongs.co.uk