Peter Malick (born November 28, 1951) is an American blues guitarist and record producer.

Music career

In the late 1960s, Malick was a member of the band

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when Malick was sixteen. He played guitar with blues pianist

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, who invited Malick to live with his family in

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. Over the years, Malick backed up and toured with blues greats such as

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, and

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. Later, Malick was a conductor and

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for the national touring company of ''

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''. Malick next joined the James Montgomery Band, recording ''First Time Out'' and ''High Roller'', both for

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. For the next twenty years, he made money at cards. He returned to music in the 1990s, recording ''Wrong Side of My Life'' (1998) and ''Sons of the Jet Age'' (2000). He won the W.C. Handy Award for historic album of the year in 2001 for the Otis Span album ''Last Call''. The next year he released an album of recordings made with

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Awards

* W. C. Handy Award, ''Last Call'' (2001) * Top Blues Album, ''

'' magazine, ''

'' (2003)

Discography

* ''Wrong Side of My Life'' (Mr. Cat, 1998) * ''Sons of the Jet Age'' (Mr. Cat, 2000) * ''

'' (

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/Koch, 2003) * ''Chance & Circumstance'' (eOne/Koch, 2003) * ''New York City: The Remix Album'' (eOne/Koch, 2004) * ''The Chill Album'' (eOne/Koch, 2005) with

James Cotton James Henry Cotton (July 1, 1935 – March 16, 2017) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists and with his own band. He also played drums early in his career. ...

Blues Band * ''Cut You Loose'' (

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, 1967) with

* ''Listening'' (Vanguard, 1968) with James Montgomery Band * ''First Time Out'' ( Capricorn/

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, 1973) * ''High Roller'' (Capricorn/Warner Bros. 1974) with

Butch Norton Jonathan Hayes "Butch" Norton (born March 21, 1958) is an American drummer, percussionist and vocalist, best known for his work with the Los Angeles-based indie rock band Eels between 1996 and 2003. Since his departure from the group, he has gon ...

* ''Duets from the Spin Dry Cycle'' (Luxury Wafers, 2010) with

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* ''27 Years'' (FNC, 2015)

As producer

* ''Otis Spann's Last Call: Live at Boston Tea Party'' (Conqueroot 2001) * ''Nada Bhava'' (Anusara, 2007) * ''Starting Ground'', Josh Blackburn (Mr. Cat 2007) * ''Whiskey'' with Free Dominguez (2006) * ''Transcendence'', Tony Khalife * ''Miles'', JOHNA (2013) * ''Grow'', Spencer Livivngston (2013) * ''Axels and Sockets'', The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project (2014) *All The Things That Fall, Courtney Jones (LuxuryWafers 2013)

Movies and television

* ''

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'' (2003) * ''Third Watch'' * ''Lullaby'' (2004) * ''

Broke Sky ''Broke Sky'' is a 2007 neo-noir 35 millimeter film, and the directorial debut of cinematographer Thomas L. Callaway. The film stars Will Wallace, Joe Unger, Bruce Glover, Duane Whitaker and Barbara Chisholm, and has earned comparisons to the work ...

'' (2007) * '' Twisted'' (2013)

References

External links

Official site

* ttp://www.rambles.net/malick_chance03.html Rambles Magazine Review
Boston Sound Review - Neat old images

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Malick, Peter 1951 births Living people American blues guitarists American male guitarists Record producers from Massachusetts American blues singer-songwriters Entertainers from Brookline, Massachusetts 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Massachusetts