Peter-John Vettese

Peter-John Vettese (born 15 August 1956[1] in Scotland), also known as Peter

Peter-John Vettese
Vettese, is a British keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and record producer.
Birth name Peter-John
Vettese
Also known as Peter Vettese
Contents Born 15 August 1956
Scotland
Early life
Jethro Tull Genres Progressive rock,
Later career
pop

Selected discography Occupation(s) Musician,

With Jethro Tull songwriter,
With Ian Anderson arranger,
With Bee Gees producer
With Simple Minds
Instruments Keyboards
With Robin Gibb
References
Years active 1965–present

External links Labels Kobalt Music

Associated acts Jethro Tull
Website www
Early life .peterjohnvettese
.co.uk
Peter Vettese grew up in a musical family in Brechin, Angus, Scotland. He began his
music studies with piano lessons at the age of 4. At 9, he began playing in public
with his father's band. He left home at 17 to join one of the UK's biggest dance hall Big Bands, but was fired for rehearsing in
company time with his own group. He then formed the jazz fusion group Solaris with guitarist Jim Condie, and toured Scotland and
the US. He was playing in pubs and clubs in Scotland when he saw an advertisement for keyboard players in the music newspaper
Melody Maker, which turned out to be from theprogressive rock band Jethro Tull.[2]

Jethro Tull
Vettese joined Jethro Tull in 1982 for the recording of their album The Broadsword and the Beast,[1][3][4] and toured with the band
extensively for the next couple of years,[5][6] appearing on the album Live at Hammersmith '84. Vettese made significant
contributions to Tull's heavily electronic album Under Wraps, (1984)[1] toured with them again in 1986, and recorded as a guest
musician on Rock Island (1989).[2]

Vettese also collaborated with Tull's frontman Ian Anderson on Anderson's 1983 solo album, Walk into Light.[1][4][7][8] Vettese co-
electronic keyboards.[2][7][8]
wrote half the songs on the album, which is notable for his innovative contributions on

Later career
Vettese began an independent career as a songwriter, arranger and producer. In the 1980s he worked with and produced a diverse
range of artists including Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Go West, Pet Shop Boys, Bee Gees, Cher, Foreigner, Carly Simon and
Clannad. In 1987, he fulfilled a boyhood dream to play with Paul McCartney as a session musician, but he later turned down an offer
to become a member of McCartney's re-formed bandWings.[2]
More recently he has worked with Simple Minds, Annie Lennox (the Grammy winning arrangement of Walking on Broken Glass),
Zucchero, Peter Cox, Heather Small, Dido, Sophie B. Hawkins, Andy Leek, Beverley Knight, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Geri
Halliwell, Melanie C, Nate James, Alex Parks, Darren Hayes, Robin Gibb (most notably on the album 50 St. Catherine's Drive)
Laura Critchley, Peter Heppner and Spark.[9]

Vettese is currently signed to Kobalt Music[10] and has his own recording studio in Battersea where he also writes, produces, and
records music for film soundtracks.

Selected discography

With Jethro Tull

The Broadsword and the Beast(1982)
Under Wraps (1984)
Rock Island (1989 - as guest member)

With Ian Anderson

Walk into Light (1983)

With Bee Gees

One (1989)
This Is Where I Came In(2001)

With Simple Minds

Real Life (1991)

With Robin Gibb

50 St. Catherine's Drive(2014)

References
1. "Peter Vettese" (http://www.j-tull.com/musicians/pastmembers/petervettese.html). The Official Jethro Tull Website.
Retrieved 26 August 2011.
2. Salmond, Catherine (4 August 2010)."Almost 30 years after his musical adventure began in an Edinburgh bar ,
tonight Peter Vettese squares the circle witha Capital gig" (http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Almost-30-year
s-after-his.6456054.jp). The Scotsman.
3. "Peter-John Vettese – Biography" (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-john-vettese-p134670/biography). Allmusic.
Retrieved 8 November 2010.
4. "Jethro Tull – Biography" (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jethro-tull-p4610/biography). Allmusic. Retrieved
8 November 2010.
5. "There's More To Jethro Tull Than Ian Anderson"(https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0xshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F
WEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1974,6320272&dq=peter-vettese&hl=en) . Pittsburgh Press. Google News Archive. 23 October
1984. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
6. "Jethro Tull Delights Loyal, But Few, Fans" (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OOQcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FmME
AAAAIBAJ&pg=7094,164497&dq=peter-vettese&hl=en) . Pittsburgh Press. Google News Archive. 1 November 1984.
Retrieved 8 November 2010.
 7. "Ground and Sky review – Ian Anderson – Walk into Light" (http://progreviews.com/reviews/display
.php?rev=ia-wil).
Ground and Sky. 28 December 2003. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
8. "Ian Anderson – Walk into Light reviews" (http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_i
d=3808). Progarchives. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
9. "Keyboard star returns to festival to bury demons"(http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music-features/keyboard
-star-returns-to-festival-to-bury-demons-1.1045378). The Herald. Scotland. 2 August 2010.
10. "Kobalt: Music Publishing for the 21st Century – Songwriters"(http://www.kobaltmusic.com/roster_songwriters.php).
Kobalt Music. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

External links
Official website
Biography on official Jethro Tull site

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