Pete Hawkes
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Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Cello, Clarinet, Didgeridoo, DJ, Dobro, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Saxophone, Steel guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.

ABOUT

Pete Hawkes (born 28 May 1965) is an Australian composer, musician and luthier. There are over 1200 recordings by Hawkes, covering a wide range of genres. He has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Joe Cocker, Phil Emmanuel, and Dave Swarbrick.[1][2] He is an accomplished fingerstyle and slide guitarist and has won multiple awards over the years.

Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines and some of his musical works have been kept for preservation at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Hawkes has chromesthesia, a form of synesthesia where he sees sound in colors

Screen name:
Pete Hawkes
Member since:
Mar 07 2020
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Touring
Years playing music:
45
Gigs played:
Over 100
Available to gig:
2-3 nights a week

Influences

ROY BUCHANAN the greatest unknown guitar player in history, Dizzy Gillespie, davey graham, Phil Emmanuel, Duke Ellington, Woody Guthrie, Danny Gatton, Johann Sebastian Bach, Roy Buchanan, Luigi Boccherini, Bruce Cockburn, Elmore James The King of the Slide Guitar, Kayniz Music, Emma Barlow, Georg Friedrich Händel, robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Ludwig van Beethoven, John Coltrane, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Martin Taylor, Charles Mingus, Eva Cassidy, Son House, Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Miles Davis, Peter Finger, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Buddy Guy

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:
Expert
Lead Guitar:
Expert
Acoustic Guitar:
Expert
Steel guitar:
Expert

EQUIPMENT

everything in acoustic guitars, electric and amps (tube)