- Pete Droge
Pete Droge is an American alternative/folk rock musician.
His debut album "
Necktie Second ", released by American records in 1994, featured the tongue-in-cheek [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH8t9M-A7uY&feature=PlayList&p=D81DA14C2AC021ED&index=0&playnext=1 "If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself)"] , (which also appeared on the soundtrack to the movie "Dumb and Dumber "), as well as the songs "Sunspot Stopwatch " and "So I am Over You ."Droge's next album, "
Find a Door ," was released two years later in the summer of 1996 under the name of Pete Droge and The Sinners; his backing band included Dave Hull (bass), Rob Brill (drums), Peter Stroud (guitar/vocals) andElaine Summers (guitar/vocals). This album met with critical success but received little airplay. Notable songs include "You Should Be Running ", "Dear Diane " and "Mr. Jade ."Droge subsequently released two more solo records, "
Spacey & Shakin' " and "Skywatching "; the latter was released on his own label, Puzzle Tree Records, throughUnited Musicians .In 1996 Droge contributed the title song to the movie "
Beautiful Girls ." Other credits include contributions to albums byKim Richey andStone Gossard .In 2000, Droge appeared as a "Hyatt Singer" in the movie "
Almost Famous " where he and Elaine Summers performed "Small Time Blues ."His latest project,
The Thorns , is a three-part harmony Adult Alternative super group, which features other notable artistsMatthew Sweet andShawn Mullins .The small part/song in "Almost Famous" was a tribute to Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris according to Cameron Crowe on the Director's Cut Commentary of the movie. He mentions he met them in 1973.
Most recently his song "
Going Whichever Way The Wind Blows " from the album "Under The Waves" can be heard on a Toyota Sequoia commercial.Discography
* "Ramadillo" (1993)
* "Necktie Second" (1994)
* "Find a Door" (1996)
* "Spacey & Shakin' " (1998)
* "The Thorns" (2003)
* "Skywatching" (2003)
* "Under The Waves" (2006)External links
* [http://www.droge.com/ Official Website]
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