Droge's bluesy vibe has also proved highly infectious to near enough everyone I've played his music to and it continues to frustrate me that talented musicians like him don't enjoy anywhere near the level of success that most of the countless talent-vacuums that dominate the charts do. I still have most of them on my MP3 player and I've never got bored of them. I've been listening to his songs for many years now. To be honest, I've yet to hear this album, but if the consistently high standard of his previous work is anything to go by, I'm in store for a treat! Now they've joined forces musically as well and created 'The Droge & Summers Blend'. His most recent project is a collaboration with wife, Elaine, for whom Pete has produced some solo work. His most recent solo album, 'Under the Waves', followed in 2006, and was another insightful collection of emotionally-charged songs featuring his trademark captivating lyrical musings, drawing from his own experiences as he often does. Among its more mellow songs was 'Small Time Blues' which he could previously be seen performing with Elaine Summers (frequent backing vocalist for Droge and now his wife) in the semi-autobiographical Cameron Crowe film, Almost Famous. Another solo album soon followed the same year called 'Skywatching' which revisited his more laid-back, acoustic-based work, and it was once again well-received. Their Brendan O'Brien-produced album features a lot of harmonising as the three talented singer / songwriters pool their efforts but there are also many moments allowing one of the trio to shine on their own too. He worked with Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam guitarist) on his solo album, Bayleaf, but his next album release proper was one released by the 'super group' project in which he was joined by Matthew Sweet and Shawn Mullins in 2003. Since then, Pete has been involved in a number of projects. Its psychedelic vibe was again warmly received by a majority of critics and this time saw something resembling a promotional push too, and it ended up as "one of the most outstanding examples of the year in its overcrowded 'guitar-rock' category". If there's one thing that's immediately obvious, it's that this is his loudest release yet, featuring huge guitars and crashing drums amidst hook-laden songs like 'Motorkid' and 'Evan's Radio'. He also adopted a heavier sound to better suit the bigger venues he was now playing and the result was his most ambitious record yet. For this release he dropped '& The Sinners' name but continued to use the same band. Pete's friend passed a recording of some of his solo songs to Pearl Jam's producer, Brendan O'Brien, who was so impressed he helped Pete get his first major record deal.Ī further two years later, after doing a lot of touring with the likes of Tom Petty and Neil Young, to whom he has often been compared, he put out his third album, 'Spacey and Shakin', on Brendan O'Brien's own label, Fiftyseven Records. However, through his continuing friendship with McCready, he got his lucky break soon after relocating to Portland.
They did not share the suddenly popular sound that music fans were flocking to Seattle to hear though, so sadly they didn't achieve much success. Around the time his friend's band were hitting the big time, Pete had his own band, Ramadillo.
Not all the bad luck was on his side though as he also became friends with a certain Mike McCready who would go on to find fame as Pearl Jam's guitarist. Born in 1969 and growing up in Seattle, Pete had the unfortunate distinction of sharing his fledgling musical years with the rise of Seattle's grunge scene, and specifically that of Nirvana.
PETE DROGE LIVE MOVIE
Almost as soon as the movie was over I was trying to find out who the song was by but, what with this being the days before the internet (at least for me), it wasn't as easy as you might think! I did find out in the end though, with the help of Metal Hammer magazine as I recall, and thus my Pete Droge fandom had begun.
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