ArtistInfo

Peter Ivers

h, voc, 1946-1983 US, Illinois
Composer of Rock and Electronic
A.k.a. Peter Scott Ivers

Peter Scott Ivers (September 20, 1946 - March 3, 1983) was an American musician, best known as the host of New Wave Theatre.Ivers was born in Illinois, but raised in Brookline, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Roxbury Latin School and then Harvard University, majoring in classical languages, but chose a career in music. He started playing harmonica with the Boston-based Street Choir. He embarked on a solo career in 1969 with the Epic release of his debut, Knight of the Blue Communion (also featuring Sri Lankan jazz diva Yolande Bavan, who was sometimes erroneously thought to be married to Ivers[by whom?]).

Instruments

• Harmonica
• Vocals
• Keyboards

Genres

• Rock
• Electronic
• Blues
• Jazz
• Pop

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