Pete Wearn
Now living in Stafford, I'm a solo acoustic blues player and employee in the world's best loved chain of coffee houses. After playing harmonica in a number of not-terribly-good bands in the hotbed of live music that was rural mid-wiltshire in the 1990s (no really!) I spent a year working my way around Australia, went to University and somewhere along the way went from playing chicago-style blues harmonica to Son House inspired slide guitar.
I also sing and play guitar and harmonica in the electric blues group .44 pistol
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I host the open mic & Jam every thursday at Joxer Brady's in Stafford town centre.
Your musical influences
R.L. Burnside, Son House, The Hoax, The White Stripes, Robert Belfour, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, My Dad, Kelly Joe Phelps, Rocco DeLuca, John Butler, Skip James, Papa Mojo, T-Model Ford, Blind Willie Johnson, Fred McDowell, and many many others..
What equipment do you use?
A korean resonator, a brass slide and a thumbpick. Various bits of silly percussion: stompbox, washboard, shakers, tambourines and the rest.
