Pete Astor

The best way to describe Pete Astor is the acoustic guitar world's best kept secret. After years of studying classical guitar, Pete crafted his finger-picking style after such greats like Michael Hedges, Alex DeGrassi, Phil Keaggy and Leo Kottke. The past 6 months have been a whirlwind of accomplishments. Going from the courtroom, where he's a mild-mannered lawyer, to playing a major music festivals and the release his debut CD 'Dawn Creeps Up'. One can only imagine what the next six months holds in store. Visit for Concert Dates, News and Downloads.

Pete Astor was born in 1970 in Hammond, Indiana. He first picked up a guitar at 15, after moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma. While he owned and played a Fender Strat (to be hocked 10 years later for spending money while he studied in England at Oxford University), he enjoyed playing acoustic guitar more than electric. For one reason or another, it became the thing in the mid 80's for heavy metal guitarists to study and play classical guitar. Astor followed suit, buying a classical nylon string guitar and taking lessons. Playing classical guitar soon became his forte. He also began listening to pioneers in solo acoustic fingerstyle guitar playing, such as Alex DeGrassi, Michael Hedges, Phil Keaggy and Leo Kottke. He eventually graduated law school, and went on to become a criminal defense lawyer for several years, defending the innocent and not-so-innocent. But his passion for playing and creating music had not died. He picked up his guitar again. Instead of his classical guitar, he picked up his dreadnought steel string, and practiced. . . practiced . . . practiced. As fate would have it, he joined up with a start-up indie record label and was encouraged to go beyond covering other material and compose, play and record his own compositions. Up to the challenge, Astor did just that. The rest is now history.

Tulsa, OK

Michael Hedges, Alex DeGrassi, Phil Keaggy and Leo Kottke