This article is about Peter Rowan the musician. For Peter Rowan the actor, see Peter Rowan (actor) .
(b. July 4 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts ) is an American Bluegrass musician and composer. Rowan plays Guitar and Mandolin , Yodels and sings.
While in high school in 1956 , Rowan formed the Tex-Mex group The Cupids, which became locally famous. They self-released a single. In 1963 , he joined the Mother Bay State Entertainers and played mandolin on their record, The String Band Project.
In 1964 , the twenty year old Rowan became a member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, before forming Earth Opera with David Grisman in 1967 . Earth Opera frequently opened for The Doors .
In 1969 , Rowan joined Seatrain , along with Richard Greene . In 1973 , Rowan joined Grisman, Vassar Clements , Jerry Garcia and John Kahn to form Old And In The Way . In 1974 , Rowan, Greene, Grisman and Kahn joined Bill Keith , Clarence White , and John Guerin in the group Muleskinner .
Rowan has recorded and performed with his brothers, Lorin and Chris, at various times, starting in 1972 . Since then, he has been involved in many group and solo projects and continues to tour.
Rowan composed songs performed by The New Riders Of The Purple Sage , including "Panama Red," "Midnight Moonlight" and "Lonesome L.A. Cowboy."
- Earth Opera, Earth Opera ( 1968 )
- The Great American Eagle Tragedy, Earth Opera ( 1969 )
- Seatrain, Seatrain ( 1970 )
- The Marblehead Messenger, Seatrain ( 1971 )
- Watch, Seatrain ( 1973 )
- Muleskinner Live -- Original Television Soundtrack ( 1973 )
- Muleskinner: A Potpourri Of Bluegrass Jam, Muleskinner ( 1973 )
- Old and In the Way, Old and In the Way ( 1973 )
- Old and In the Way, That High Lonesome Sound ( 1973 )
- The Rowans , The Rowans ( 1975 )
- Sibling Rivalry, The Rowans ( 1976 )
- Jubilation, The Rowans ( 1977 )
- Peter Rowan ( 1978 )
- Bluegrass Album, Rowan & Greene & the Red Hot Peppers ( 1979 )
- Hiroshima Mon Amour, Rowan & Greene & the Red Hot Peppers ( 1979 )
- Texican Badman ( 1980 ) -recorded in 1974 & 1979
- Medicine Trail ( 1980 )
- Peter Rowan & the Wild Stallions ( 1981 )
- The Walls Of Time ( 1982 )
- Revelry, Peter Rowan, Tex Logan & Greg Douglas ( 1983 )
- San Antonio Sound ( 1983 )
- Peter Rowan With The Red Hot Pickers ( 1984 )
- Live Rockin' Tex-Mex, Flaco Jimenez and Peter Rowan ( 1984 )
- The First Whippoorwill ( 1985 )
- Hot Bluegrass, Peter Rowan, Bill Keith , & Jim Rooney ( 1985 )
- San Antonio Sound ( 1996 )
- New Moon Rising ( 1988 )
- Dust Bowl Children ( 1990 )
- All on a Rising Day ( 1991 )
- Awake Me in the New World ( 1993 )
- Tree on a Hill, Peter Rowan and the Rowan Brothers ( 1994 )
- Yonder, Peter Rowan and Jerry Douglas ( 1996 )
- Bluegrass Boy ( 1996 )
- Peter Rowan and the Wild Stallions ( 1996 )
- New Freedom Bell, Druhá Tráva and Peter Rowan ( 1999 )
- Reggaebilly ( 2001 )
- High Lonesome Cowboy, Don Edwards and Peter Rowan ( 2002 )
- Old & In The Gray , Old And In The Gray ( 2002 )
- Crazy People, The Rowan Brothers ( 2003 )
- You Were There for Me, Peter Rowan & Tony Rice ( 2004 )
- Quartet, Peter Rowan & Tony Rice ( 2007 )
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