TV theme songs, Irving berlin, Kermit the frog (ok, all the muppets), Woody, Phil Ochs, my Daughter, Riley Pucket, Louis Armstrong, Bill Monroe, Utah Phillips, My Dog Lucy, Pete Seeger, Miles Davis, John Williams, Bob Wills, Jimmy Carter(?), Joe Hill, The Beatles, Run DMC, Jimi Hendrix......
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old time, an old rocking chair, if vaudeville were around today, circus music, hip hop, a singer songwriter that doesn't like singer songwriters, folk music on drugs, Riley Pucket
Peter Siegel--OK--giving up the traditional bio but this is me-a bit too out there for the folk world, not cool enough for prime time.
First of all let me say that my main movie these days is addressing that fact that we are living in the latter days of the Roman Empire. Take that any way you'd like. That said, here's my history:
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So, I was born in the NYC suburbs, grew up around Pete Seeger and the Sloop Clearwater, Deep down I'm a folkie. My bread and butter is dances, music schools and camps, weddings and Bar Mitzfahs. My passion is music that challenges our notion of reality and power and personally challenges the notion of what's considered folk. My inspiration is my communist grandparents, Phil Ochs, Run DMC, Miles Davis, The Beatles, Looney Tunes, Led Zeppelin, old time music, and TV theme songs and Jingles. OK. I'm a product of the multi media.
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Recently (the last 10 years) I've been touring solo and hanging and in the trad scene of the Pioneer Valley of Western Mass. playing dances and concerts with bunches of musicians--The Greenfield Dance Band, Beverwyck String Band, Les Z Boys, occasionally the likes of Wild Asparagus, used to play with a band called Underbelly-- yada yada
Want more? Look at the website www.petersiegel.com
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Discography:
SOLO:
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The Show, 2004
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Move the Mob, 2000
Fiddle Tunes and old time:_
Undertoe, 2006
On the Housetop, 2006_
Underbelly, 2003_
Greenfield Dance Band, 2003_
Beverwyck, 2000_
Ethan Hazzard Watkins' CD, 2005_
hey. coming to the folkschool this year? sadly i won..t be there :( how is pinewoods? i need to make it up there and check it out sometime soon, i think my sister is going in august. hope all is well!!
Thank you for your nice comment! I'm sure John and I will dance to your music sometime in the near future... if you're ever in Saratoga Springs on a Wednesday night, come and session with us (see saratogapancelticsession here on myspace for pics and tunes) Vonnie from 2 bits
Hey Peter, we're getting a new bluegrass/oldtime thing going here in Northampton. We'd love to have you come on down. Join us for an evening of Oldtime & Bluegrass on Feb 2nd! Open Mic 7PM-8:45PM. Feature bands from 9:00-12:00. Matt Nozzolio, Lost Mountain, & Appalachian Still. Questions? 413-563-4016
