SEEKING
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:
- Steel guitar:
- Expert
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Expert
- Lead Guitar:
- Expert
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Expert
EQUIPMENT
everything in acoustic guitars, electric and amps (tube)
