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Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, Peter Mayer
has been quietly and steadily building a fervent following across the country,
stepping outside his role as one of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefers to
front his own band, The Peter Mayer Group. Melding a unique and eclectic
writing style, a distinctive voice, and virtuoso musicianship, Peter and his
band create compelling and accessible music that is electrifying in live
performance.
 The Peter Mayer Group boasts between them
an extensive performing and songwriting portfolio with experience in any number
of styles from jazz to country rock to classical. Recording under the name PM,
Peter released his debut album for Warner Brothers Records (WB no. 25751) in
1988. Working with Elliot Scheiner (Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Hornsby)
- this album produced the single "Piece of Paradise," charting to number eight
on Billboard.
When Scheiner was hired to produce Jimmy
Buffett's Off to See the Lizard album, he suggested that Jimmy use PM for
the recording sessions. Buffett was so impressed with their unique versatility
as musicians and performers that he quickly hired them as part of his own
Coral Reefer Band, a successful relationship that continues to date.
Peter's life began in Tamilnadu, the far southern
region of India, where his parents served as missionaries for 17 years before
returning to their Missouri roots. Musical influences from that period of his
life can be heard in his playing. Peter recalls, "I can remember Indian
musicians giving Christmas concerts in my parents' house. Wildly playing drums
and flutes, shakers and bells, they would go on for hours and hours." He went on
to study formal theory and composition, and to teach jazz guitar as a faculty
member of Webster University.
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