Pete Clark
Biography
Biography (Courtesy of the Artist�s site, 2006)
Pete now lives in Perthshire not far from the birth places of Niel Gow and Robert Mackintosh. The beautiful Perthshire landscape has been the inspiration for many of Pete's compositions to be found on two great CDs - The Birnam Oak and Sycamore.
Pete's debut CD 'Fiddle Case' was chosen as one of 1996's albums of the year on BBC Scotland's 'Travelling Folk'. His top selling CD 'Even Now' features the music of Niel Gow and his latest release Mackintosh at Murthly features the compositions of Robert Mackintosh. In addition to his highly successful solo career, Pete has been a member of several notable bands including Heritage and Smeddum and is currently a member of the highly successful Benachally Ceilidh Band and the Niel Gow Ensemble.
Pete also plays the lead fiddle part on Dougie Maclean's Perthshire Amber, a piece commissioned by Perth festival of the Arts and Dunkeld Music Art & Media. Other musicians involved in the performance were Dougie MacLean, The BT Scottish Ensemble, Graham Mulholland, Jamie MacLean and John Morran.
You can listen to short samples from some of the tracks from this artist using the player below.
Releases