Pete Pritchard

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Pete is one of London's busiest freelance bass players. His career has seen him tour Europe and the U.S.A with some of the worlds great Rock'n'Roll legends. In the early 1970's, Pete, along with Drummer Terry Earl, formed his first band, the "Flying Saucers",who went on to record several albums for labels such as Sony CBS and EMI, and appeared in the film "Blue Suede shoes". For several years the "Saucers" toured relentlessly, Rocking the clubs and festivals across Europe, They also toured with Bill Haley and the Comets and Pete provided the bass for Chuck Berry on U.K and European tours. In the eighties, Pete co-founded "Alligator Records", Which, gave young up and coming bands such as The Polecats, The Meteors and Johnny Key their first chance to record. Although no longer a member of the Flying Saucers, Pete continued to perform with bands across Europe and in 1988 began working with renowned Nashville vocal quartet the Jordanaires. This continued with a UK tour in 1992 which included Elvis Presley Guitarist and drummer Scotty Moore and D.J.Fontana. Pete continues to tour and record with Scotty and D.J., and is a regular visitor to the USA,working in Scotty's studio, recording with many great artistes, including Billy Swan and Boot's Randolph. Pete is always in demand as a session player. In 2003, Pete was invited to Nashville to record an album with Ten years after guitar legend Alvin lee. The sessions were inspired and overseen by Scotty Moore, who also played guitar on two tracks. The much acclaimed album, "Alvin Lee In Tennessee", teamed Pete once again with Drummer DJ Fontana. Pete has since become Alvin Lee's regular touring bass player. and works with many of today's established "roots" musicians, including: The Avengers, Liam Grundy, James Burton, Billy Swan, Glen.D. Hardin, Darrel Higham, Geoff Haves, Paul Ansell, Ronnie McDowell, Gene Vincents original Blue Caps, Sonny Burgess, Frankie Ford, Linda Gail Lewis, Chris Farlowe, James Hunter, and more.Recent projects include: Recording soundtrack for ITV musical drama "Caught in a trap". Performing at the Peabody hotel, Memphis TN during the August 2007 Elvis Presley 30th anniversary celebrations. UK and Ireland tour with James Burton and Billy Swan. Release of "Western Union", an album of original songs, the result of a long term collaboration with ace vocalist and multi instrumentalist Liam Grundy. A six week UK tour with Alvin Lee (Ten years after) ending at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Performing at the Gibson showroom in Nashville U.S.A. with Steve Cropper and Lee Roy Parnell and recording at London’s Abbey Road Studio's with Scotty Moore, Eric Clapton, Albert lee and Ronnie Wood for the DVD release "Tribute to the King. Pete is proud to guest on the new CD by the Mighty Handful. The CD features the final recordings of the late Boots Randolph. Boots was always full of fun and an inspiration to all. Pete will always cherish the special time spent recording with this wonderful musician. Other musicians featured on the CD include Billy Swan, Buddy Spicher and Bob Moore.James Burton, Billy Swan with the Grundy Pritchard band.UK.2007

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