Peter Elman

Peter Elman

Peter Elman is a record producer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist and bassist. He has been performing, writing and producing since 1962. Elman has performed and recorded with artists such as Peaches & Herb, Lacy J. Dalton, Roy Buchanan and Tom Johnston. In 1990 Elman recorded "Durango Saloon", a collection of instrumental pieces inspired by the American West. In 1993, Peter followed that with "Dakota Night"s, and in 1994 released "Race Point", an album that ranges from rock to Caribbean rhythms to plaintive ballads. 1998 brought "First Take", an instrumental rock album featuring Stef Burns (Huey Lewis, Sheila E.) on guitar.

His albums have sold over 100,000 copies and his music has been played in films, television and nationwide on adult alternative radio. Larry King Live featured music from RACEPOINT, the CBS Movie of the Week "Blue Rodeo" featured music from DURANGO SALOON, and ABC's Good Morning America also used music from DURANGO SALOON. [Real Dream Music - http://www.realdreammusic.com/artists.html] [Real Dream Music - http://realdreammusic.com/licensing.html]

Biography

Elman grew up in Glen Echo, Maryland, where he learned the piano at the age of seven. His mother’s family is musical—his cousin Sidney Lippman wrote the classic “Too Young” for Nat King Cole. Peter listened to his transistor radio late at night and was inspired by music from Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans. He started playing professionally in rock and soul bands at the age of 11. Elman attended college in Boston and lived in Cape Cod, Massachusetts for a year. He moved to California with the band Lazy River in 1973, spent two years in Santa Cruz, and lived in Austin, Texas from 1976-77. He moved back to California in 1977, settling in the Bay Area, where he worked as a session musician on dozens of national television and radio ads, and played in the popular San Francisco band, Pride & Joy. He moved to the East Bay in 1985, where he lives with his wife and two children.

Peter is also a published writer. He has written 30 columns about baseball for the Oakland Athletics Fans website and currently covers prep sports part-time for the "Contra Costa Times". He is working on two books, one about his many experiences as a musician.

Music Production

Through his production company, Real Dream Music, Peter has produced several albums for various artists, among them WINTERCREEK by Tony Elman, SANTA FE TRAILS for Brentwood Music, GLACIERS COME, GLACIERS GO by Ned Selfe, and CAMPTOWN by Joe Craven. [Acorn Music - http://www.acornmusic.com/bio-pete.htm] The CAMPTOWN album received positive reviews in the Oakland Tribune, Sing Out Magazine, Allmusic and the Chicago Tribune, which gave the album 3 1/2 stars and called it "A success and unique for a 'traditional music disc'". [Joe Craven - http://www.joecraven.com/reviews.html]

References

External links

* [http://www.realdreammusic.com Real Dream Music]


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