Pete Welding

Pete Welding

Pete Welding (15 November 1935 - 17 November 1995) was an American blues historian, archivist and record producer.

Born Peter J. Welding in Philadelphia, he worked as a journalist for "Down Beat" magazine. In 1962 he moved to Chicago and, inspired by Bob Koester at Delmark Records, founded Testament Records in 1963 to issue recordings of blues and black folk song. Starting with singers Bill Jackson and Connie Williams, he moved on to record Big Joe Williams, Robert Nighthawk, Peg Leg Howell, Doctor Ross, Fred McDowell, J.B. Hutto and many others.

He also contributed sleeve notes to a wide variety of albums. He died in California following a heart attack. He was posthumously inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame in 1996.

External links

* [http://www.bluesworld.com/TESTPW.html Several tributes to Welding, and draft bibliography]


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