Peter Wood

English session musician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish session musician
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasSongwriter Musician
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Male
Genres:Rock music
Birth9 April 1950, Middlesex, Greater London, London, United Kingdom
DeathDecember 1993New York, USA (aged 43 years)
Star signAries
The details

Biography

Peter John Wood (9 April 1950 – December 1993) was an English keyboardist born in Middlesex, England. In his early years, he lived with his parents in Hythe Field Avenue, Egham, Surrey. During the mid-1960s, he played in local band Barney J Barnes & the Intro who recorded for Decca. He was a member of Quiver, later to become Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, and Natural Gas, before he began to work closely with Al Stewart, Roger Waters, as well as Cyndi Lauper, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Jonathan Kelly, Orion the Hunter, and Tommy Shaw.

Wood is the co-writer of the 1976 Al Stewart single "Year of the Cat".

He was one of the original members of the "surrogate band", who featured in Pink Floyd's The Wall live shows in 1980 and 1981, and can be heard on the live album Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81.

He played keyboards on Joan Armatrading's breakthrough album Joan Armatrading in 1976.

Wood died in December 1993 at the age of 43.

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