Pete Searby
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Pete Searby

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"Pete Searby: Ain't No Turning Back"

From Washington, D.C., the city of the American president, Pete Searby reaches us with his latest album, 'Ain't NoTurning Back'; full of Americana roots music with hints of blues and alternative country, gypsy sounds and Irish folk.
“Ain’t No Turning Back” grabs the listeners attention from the first cut!
Searby himself claims devotion to the guitar sound of Stevie Ray Vaughan, but also the tunes of the Beatles and the rhythms of Paul Simon.
His lyrics are about the search of a restless wanderer and also about the tension between dreams and the possible. The desire for happiness is also a theme in many of his songs. Once you've started such a quest you can't go back!
The album takes the listener on a trip through the rich American history of music.
It must be said that because of this, the music is not always so easy to digest.
The mix of so many styles and influences makes it harder for the listener to maintain attention to the message in the texts.
However a motivated music fan must not let himself be deterred by this.
For them, 'Ain't No Turning Back' is a musical discovery trip through several ages America .
I personally prefer the easier to listen to songs as 'Fair Marie', Cannonball' and the thankful Tex-Mex 'Bound For the Coast'.
You can hear in 'Gypsy Dreaming' and in Spanish Skies' that Pete Searby is a fan of the gypsy-guitar music of Django Reinhardt. 'Somebody's Knockin' is a undeniable sixties rocker and 'The Other Brother' swings with violin and banjo through hillbilly land.
It is apparent that throughout the whole album Pete Searby commands a beautiful and steady voice with which he will please many fans in the nearby future. A rather nice disk!
- Rootstime


Discography

Album 1999: "Jump Back"; Old Scratch was a song played on Dallas Radio
Album 2007: "Ain't no turning back; Songs are played on channel 76 XM radio and College radio stations in Washington DC and Maryland.

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Pete began his career in a small town north of Chicago. Inspired by the guitar work of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and John Lee Hooker, he played along with tapes for hours to get down songs like Long distance call and Crossroads. He then was inspired by the great ones: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton. After many years of practice Pete moved down to Dallas, Texas to attend the University of Dallas. There he started a band with Brian Coyne (bass) and Joe Christoforo (drums). Together they formed “The World Shakers” and started playing the Deep Ellum and Greenville scene in Dallas. The band was played on local radio and opened for artists like Tab Benoit. Venues they played at were Poor David’s Pub and The Velvet Lounge.

After the blues/rock endeavor Pete took up swing and tried to hone his skills in the tradition of Django Reinhardt and Al Casey. He was also writing his own songs during this time which were based in the styles of blues, swing, gypsy, country and pop. Tom Waits and the Beatles were two big influences, along with The Old 97’s and old country music.

After four years in Dallas, Pete moved to his childhood haunt of Northern Virginia and met up with Arthur Jones, a harmonica wielding southerner from Jackson, Mississippi. Together they jammed on ol’ timey music, jugband music, and delta blues. After some time they created The Raucous Revellers Jugband, which played a host of old forgotten Jugband songs that struck audiences in Washington DC with a freshness and authenticity that brought them out time and time again to see the Revellers. The venues they played at were IOTA and Jammin Java, both premiere clubs in the DC area.

During the Jugband days, Pete got to know a bunch of good musicians and put together a group to help him produce an album of his own orginals. The result was “Ain’t no turning back”. On the album Pete makes use of a whole host of great musicians to give an eclectic roots rock sound that ranges from blues to gypsy, from folk to rockabilly, from alternative country to Jugband stomp.

Pete is now living in Manhattan, NY and playing solo with his guitar and harmonica.