- Pete York
Infobox musical artist
Name = Pete York
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Born = birth date and age|df=yes|1942|8|15
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Origin =Redcar ,England
Instrument =Drum s
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Genre =Pop music
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Years_active = 1960s - present
Label =Fontana
Associated_acts =The Spencer Davis Group , Hardin and York,Helge Schneider ,Jon Lord ,Eberhard Schoener
URL =http://www.peteyork.net/
Notable_instruments =Pete York (born Peter York, 15 August 1942,
Redcar ,Yorkshire ,England ) is a rockdrummer who has been performing since the 1960s.Early life
Born in
Redcar , he attended theNottingham High School and learnt to play thetrumpet andsnare drum in a school band, he also attendedTrent College . Upon leaving school he embarked on a commercialapprentice ship.Spencer Davis Group
"See main article
Spencer Davis Group "He was one of the original members of the
Spencer Davis Group , along withSpencer Davis and the brothers, Steve andMuff Winwood . York stayed with the band until 1969.Later career
He left the Specncer Davis Group to form Hardin and York with Eddie Hardin.
Eric Clapton's Powerhouse was a short livedblues band in 1967. It starredEric Clapton (guitar ), and featured Paul Jones (harmonica ) andJack Bruce (bass),Steve Winwood (vocals) with York (drums), and Ben Palmer (piano).In February 1987, York started his first series of "Superdrumming" featuring
Ian Paice ,Louie Bellson ,Cozy Powell ,Gerry Brown andSimon Phillips .The next year, 1988, the second series of "Superdrumming" featured
Billy Cobham ,Bill Bruford ,Dave Mattacks ,Zak Starkey ,Nicko McBrain ,Jon Lord andEddie Hardin .The third series of "Superdrumming" featured
Jon Hiseman ,Steve Ferrone ,Mark Brzezicki ,Trilok Gurtu and the return ofIan Paice .The band on this series featured Miller Anderson,Colin Hodgkinson ,Brian Auger ,Jon Lord andBarbara Thompson .In 1989,
Brian Auger wasmusical director for the thirteen-partfilm retrospective series "Villa Fantastica", made for German TV. A live recording of the series, "Super Jam" (1990), featured Brian Auger onpiano , York on drums,Dick Morrissey ontenor saxophone , Roy Williams ontrombone , Harvey Weston onbass guitar , plus thesinger sZoot Money andMaria Muldaur .In 1990, the 4th series of "Superdrumming" was held in Freiburg, Germany with drummers
Ian Paice ,Jon Hiseman ,Cozy Powell and York.Since 2004, York has teamed up with German multi-talent entertainer
Helge Schneider on a regular basis, playing the drums on several of Schneider's recordings as well as accompanying him on tour. York also had a substantialacting part in Schneider'sfilm "Jazzclub" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388458/ (IMDB's entry for the film)] .York participated in the 'Drum Legends' project with
Herman Rarebell , where they released a live CD andDVD with the contribution ofjazz drummer,Charly Antolini .Discography
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Superblues " (1994)
*"Swinging Hollywood " (1994)External links
* [http://www.peteyork.net Pete York´s Official Homepage]
* [http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Pete_York.html Pete York at Drummerworld.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948751/ Pete York minibiography at IMDb]
* [http://www.drumsoloartist.com/Site/Drummers3/Pete_York.html Biography at Drumsoloartist.com]
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