Pistol Pete - Rocktoberfest 2009 Dubuque, Iowa

Pistol Pete from the Rockford, Ill area Headlined at Rocktoberfest 2009 in Dubuque, Iowa held for Autism Awareness / Hills & Dales. This two day event is held at Courtside Sports bar on the last weekend in Sept. Rocktoberfest 2010 Sept. 24th & 25th
Pistol Pete's son has Autism and that's how all this got started! He live's and breathe's the guitar. Besides his band, here is a laundry list of SOME of the people He has shared the stage with or opened for over the years, Cheap Trick, Foreigner, Foghat, Traffic, Kansas, Head East. Survivor, Mr. Mister, Slash, The TRUE Band of Gypsy's Buddy Miles and Billy Cox (Jimi Hendrix's bass and drums), Eric Gales, Otis Rush, KoKo Taylor, Buddy Guy, Billy Branch and the Son of Blues, Melvin Taylor (he was my teacher), Junior Wells, Kenny Wayne Shepard and Johnny Lang, Ronnie and Lonnie Brooks, Bo Diddley, Freddie Jones Band, Gatemouth Brown, Howard Tate, Corey Stevens, Kinsey Report, Gary Hoey........ well, you get the idea. The beat and the list goes on. Pete has played in Poland, Japan, Canada, and all over the United States. He's appeared on Showtime At the Apollo. Pistol Pete won the Jimi Hendrix Electric Guitar Competition Midwestern Division and took a trip to Seattle for the finals. Several Thousand people entered this contest and only 100 were chosen for the competition. From that 100 only 10 went on to Seattle. He was one of the 10.
Next time Pete is in the area be ready for a treat.
Rocktoberfest/Music for a Cause 2010 Sept. 24th & 25th

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