Bio
As MTV VJ Alan Hunter once said, after Pete Scheips closed a set on MTV's 'Spring Break Special"''Who is this guy? This is the most happening party I've ever been to!'
Pete Scheips has opened for or played with B.B. King,Steely Dan, Hall & Oates,Tower of Power,John Mayall & the Blues Breakers, Larry McCray,The Fabulous Thunderbirds,Kim Wilson, Dickey Betts & Great Southern, Les Paul,Bucky Pizzarelli, Johnny Winter,Coco Montoya, Charlie Musselwhite, The Slip,Kim Simonds & Savoy Brown, Marcia Ball, Deep Banana Blackout, Roomful of Blues, Kenny Neal, Derek Trucks Band, Peter Tork (The Monkees), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Ted Nugent, Buddy Guy, Phil Guy, Bo Diddley, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, Lonnie Brooks, Jaimoe(Allman Brothers Band), Devon Allman & The Honeytribe,Bobby Parker, John Primer, Larry Garner, James Montgomery, Jeff Healey, Debbie Davies, Susan Tedeschi,Steve Kimock, Jimmy Thackery, Bob Mayo(Peter Frampton), Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl, Rick Derringer, Traffic co-founders Dave Mason and Jim Capaldi, NRBQ, J. Geils Band, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, Mike Welch, Lucky Peterson, Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band, Max Creek,Junior Marvin(Bob Marley & the Wailers)Fully Fullwood(Peter Tosh)Lou Gramm(Foreigner) David"Honeyboy"Edwards,Rocky Lawrence.Corky Laing(Mountain)Chris Duarte Band,Comander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen,One Band International & Zero.
The Pete Scheips Band will be doing a European tour(TBA)(Spring 2011)
Pete Scheips Band plays before the Hartford Colonials/Sacramento mountain Lions UFL Football game at Rentschler Field Stadium,East Hartford,CT.(September 2010)
The Pete Scheips Band's 'Coming up blue" CD (June 2007)has been released (April 2008) in Europe by Music Avenue (Belgium) as "Back on the blues train" on the"Blues Boulevard Records" label.
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Pete Scheips song"She's in control" inculded on CT.Blues Society's "Blue State Blues" CD August 2007
Pete Scheips song"Run rabbit run"(Intrumental) being featured as a bumper on ESPN Radio July 2007
Pete Scheips Band opened the show for Lou Gramm Band(Foreigner)at 2007 Enfield,CT. 4th of July Town Celebration.
Pete Scheips Band opened the show for Tosh meets Marley Tour June 2007 at Woodbury Ski Area,CT.
Pete Scheips Band CD "Coming up blue" CD released June 2007
Pete Scheips(Solo)opened the show in September 2006 for Hall & Oates at the(Chevrolet Theater)Wallingford,CT.
Pete Scheips Band opened the show in August 2006 for Steely Dan at the(Dodge Music Center)Hartford,CT.
Pete Scheips(Solo)opened the fhow for Ted Nugent,Deep Purple & Lynyrd Skynyrd Juine 2001at Meadows Music Theater Hartford,CT.
Pete Scheips performed in October 2003 for The Strokes and Kings of Leon (Theater at Madison Square Garden) After-Show Party at Tobacco Road in NYC.
Pete Scheips has been featured on:
ESPN Radio 1410 AM in Bristol,CT
The Joey Reynolds Show on WOR Radio 710 AM in NYC.
TV Diner on New England Cable News
MTV spring break college weekend special
Jaimoe - drummer with the Otis Redding/Allman Brothers Band/Sea Level - has played many shows with Pete Scheips.
Pete Scheips has appeared at Toad's Place, House of Blues, Black-Eyed Sally's, Tobacco Road, Harper's Ferry, Pearl St. Night Club, Hungry Tiger, Standing Stone, Federal Cafe, Jambalaya Concert Cruise, Connecticut Blues Society Talent Search, Boston Blues Society Talent Search, Webster Theatre, Oakdale Theatre, Iridium Jazz Club, Cafe Nine, Sully's Pub at Lena's, Double Down Grill, Theodores', Newport Blues Cafe, Tammany Hall, The Ritz Cafe, Lola's Southern Seafood, Old State House, Taste of Hartford, Meadows Music Theatre, Trinity College, UConn, CCSU, GHCC, MCC, University of Hartford, 2002 Canon Greater Hartford Open,2006 Buick Open (Golf Tournaments), Tribeca Rock Club, Downtown Cafe, Southington Apple Festival,Camp Creek, Wormtown Music Festival & Taste of Enfield.
Pete Scheips performed in Copenhagen, Denmark Dec. 1999 at Baron & Baroness, Old English Pub, Mojo Blues Bar.
Pete Scheips has been featured on MTV, Channel 61 News (Fox), Channel 30 News (NBC), Blue Plate Special (Cox Cable), WHCN 105.9 FM, WCCC 106.9 FM, WFCS 107.7 FM, and the Joey Reynolds show on WOR 710 AM. Pete's original composition 'Guitar King,' performed by Johnny Vibrato & the Razorbacks is included on Big Noise's compilation 'Digital Side of the Moon.'
Pete Scheips Band takes pride in what it does and enjoys providing a show that entertains patrons.
This band gets no greater thrill than entertaining folks who are out for a night on the town.
Furthermore, We continue to build on our mailing list, and will assist a club owner or booking agent in their marketing efforts. You'll love working with us.
Call Pete immediately for bookings so you won't miss this incredible act! (860)521-7128