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Pete is one of London's busiest freelance bass players. His career has seen him tour Europe and the U.S.A with some of the worlds greatest Rock'n'Roll legends.
In the early 1970's, Pete, along with Drummer Terry Earl, formed his first band, the "Flying Saucers",who went on to record several albums for labels such as Sony CBS and EMI, and appeared in the film "Blue Suede shoes".
For several years the "Saucers" toured relentlessly, Rocking the clubs and festivals across Europe, They also toured with Bill Haley and the Comets and Pete provided the bass for Chuck Berry on U.K and European tours.
In the eighties, Pete co-founded "Alligator Records", Which, gave young up and coming bands such as The Polecats, The Meteors and Johnny Key their first chance to record.
Although no longer a member of the Flying Saucers, Pete continued to perform with bands across Europe and in 1988 began working with renowned Nashville vocal quartet the Jordanaires.
This continued with a UK tour in 1992 which included Elvis Presley Guitarist and drummer Scotty Moore and D.J.Fontana.
Pete continues to tour and record with Scotty and D.J., and is a regular visitor to the USA, performing concerts and working in Scotty's studio with many great musicians.
Pete is always in demand as a session player. In 2003, Pete was invited to Nashville to record an album with Ten years after guitar legend Alvin Lee. The much acclaimed album, "Alvin Lee In Tennessee", teamed Pete once again with Drummer DJ Fontana. Pete has since become Alvin Lee's regular touring bass player.
In 2004, Pete performed a six week tour of the UK with Alvin Lee ending at the Royal Albert Hall, London, followed by an extensive tour of Italy.
In 2005 Pete performed at Abbey road studios, London with Scotty Moore, Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood and Albert Lee for the DVD release "Tribute to the King".
The DVD also includes performances by Mark Knopfler, Bill Wyman, David Gilmour and Martin Taylor.
2007 saw Pete Perform with Scotty Moore and the Jordanaires at the Peabody hotel, Memphis TN during the August Elvis Presley 30th anniversary celebrations.
Also in 2007, Pete toured the UK and Ireland with Guitar legend James Burton and singer, songwriter Billy Swan.
Recently, in addition to several European dates with Alvin Lee, Pete has toured Sweden with Piano legend Glen D. Hardin, B.B Cunningham and Sun studios producer /engineer /guitarist, James Lott.
Pete also works with many of today's established "roots" musicians, including:
The Avengers, Liam Grundy, Oobopsha'bam, Darrel Higham, Geoff Haves, Paul Ansell, Ronnie McDowell,
Gene Vincents original Blue Caps, Sonny Burgess, Frankie Ford, Linda Gail Lewis, Chris Farlowe, James Hunter,
Graham Fenton, Harvey Hinsley and many more.
Recent credits include: Recording in Nashville with Billy Swan, Bucky Barrett and Fred Saterfield for a forthcoming album. Recording soundtrack for ITV musical drama "Caught in a trap".
Release of "Western Union", an album of original songs, the result of a long term collaboration with ace vocalist and multi instrumentalist Liam Grundy.
Pete is proud to announce the release of his new album "Beat the Blues". Twelve great tracks recorded in the UK and Nashville, USA, featuring Pete on Vocals and Bass with world renowned musicians including Scotty Moore, Alvin Lee, Billy Swan and Boots Randolph.
"Liam Grundy and Pete Pritchard. These are my guys...they have stuck with me for years and are the best guys I've played
with since Elvis and Bill".
SCOTTY MOORE
