PETER SPINK/ARTIST BIO
With the success of Peter Spink Band's third release, "Road Show," and Peter's 2001 Grammy nomination in the Best Contemporary Folk category for his cut off the "Public Domain" compilation album, the band and artist are enj [+]PETER SPINK/ARTIST BIO
With the success of Peter Spink Band's third release, "Road Show," and Peter's 2001 Grammy nomination in the Best Contemporary Folk category for his cut off the "Public Domain" compilation album, the band and artist are enjoying the fruits of almost 10 years of touring
Since Mr. Spink's debut at Woodstock 94, he and the band has been playing 150+ shows a year, touring from Minnesota to Washington DC. Over the last seven summers, the band has performed a 40-plus show outdoor tour co-sponsored by international food company Chile Today-Hot Tamale.
Mr. Spink is the recipient of a national Meet-The-Composer grant and four Billboard Honorable Mention awards for songwriting excellence. You can have a 'virtual visit' with the artist and his music on the World Wide Web at www.peterspink.com
The son of an accomplished Ragtime pianist, Peter began playing piano at age five. By age thirteen he was on his way to mastering the guitar after routinely stealing the instrument from the
corner of his sister's bedroom when she was not around. Composing music came naturally to him, and began writing music at age 7.
After earning a degree in English from Vassar College, Mr. Spink spent the next few years as a free-lance journalist. It was during these years that he began to hone his song-writing skills, performing his original folk music in Greenwich Village clubs on open-mike nights. It wasn't
long before Mr. Spink's music found its audience, and soon Peter found himself playing his music on the folk circuit, touring coffeehouses, colleges and concert series.
In 1994, Mr. Spink released his first CD entitled, Won't Be Denied. The album, produced by bassist/pianist Scott Petito, contains eleven original "contemporary folk" songs by the artist and includes Paul Simon's "Song for the Asking." Won't be Denied features some of today's finest
musicians including Leslie Ritter on backing vocals; Jay Ungar (composer for the epic drama The Civil War) on fiddle and mandolin, and Randy Ciarlanti (of The Band fame) on drums. The CD was embraced by radio stations across the country with more than 40 AAA stations adding a total of seven cuts to their playlists.
An especially popular track was "Mary Said", a song about a woman Peter had met who
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