Peter-John Vettese

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Peter-John Vettese (born August 15, 1956 in Scotland ; occasionally Peter Vettese ) is a British musician, composer and record producer . From 1982 to 1985, as well as from 1986 and 1989, he was the keyboardist for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull .

Life

At the age of nine, Peter-John Vettese already played as a pianist in his father's band, who came from Italy. At the age of 17 he became a member of a big band , which he had to leave because he had rehearsed with his own band. He founded the fusion band Solaris with guitarist Jim Condie . He then played with the band RAF, short for "Rich and Famous". In 1982 he became keyboardist for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull through an advertisement in Melody Maker magazine . He played with the band on the album The Broadsword and the Beast , on which he also contributed compositional material, and went on tour. When Vettee joined the band, the proportion of synthesizer- accompanied music increased. In 1983 he recorded his first solo album Walk into Light with band founder Ian Anderson , followed in 1984 by the Jethro Tull album Under Wraps , which was partly criticized because of the dominance of synthesizers and drum computers. On the following tour, the album Live at Hammersmith '84 was created, which was released in 1990. In 1986 he went on tour with the band again. In 1989 he played as a guest musician on the Jethro Tull album Rock Island .

He had already started his own business in 1985 and from then on worked as a songwriter , arranger and music producer for numerous musicians, including Frankie Goes To Hollywood , the Pet Shop Boys , Foreigner , the Bee Gees , Carly Simon , Annie Lennox and Clannad , and later for the Simple Minds , Mel C , Dido and Gary Barlow . He owns a studio in Battersea and composes film music there .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Scott Allen Nollen: Jethro Tull: a history of the band. McFarland, Jefferson (NC) 2001, ISBN 0-7864-1101-5 , pp. 163ff. Digitized
  2. ↑ Cast 1979 at soundcloud.com (English), accessed January 15, 2015
  3. ↑ Description at allmusic.com (English), accessed on January 15, 2015
Jethro Tull
Mick Abrahams • Don Airey • Martin Allcock • Barriemore Barlow • Martin Barre • Clive Bunker • Paul Burgess • Gerry Conway • Glenn Cornick • Mark Craney • John Evan • Andrew Giddings • John Glascock • David Goodier • Jeffrey Hammond • Tony Iommi • Eddie Jobson • Dave Mattacks • Jonathan Noyce • John O'Hara • Florian Opahle • Dee Palmer • Dave Pegg • Doane Perry • Peter-John Vettese • Tony Williams
Studio albums

This Was • Stand Up • Benefit • Aqualung • Thick as a Brick • A Passion Play • War Child • Minstrel in the Gallery • Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! • Songs from the Wood • Heavy Horses • Stormwatch • A • The Broadsword and the Beast • Under Wraps • Crest of a Knave • Rock Island • Catfish Rising • Roots to Branches • J-Tull Dot Com • The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

personal data
SURNAME Vettese, Peter-John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vettese, Peter (short form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician
DATE OF BIRTH 15th August 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Scotland