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Peter John Wood work in progress
*Bonus Tracks " Beat of the World , Rosetta Stone/ Peter Wood 1990
Peter 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, which folded into "Sutherland Brothers & Quiver" and Natural Gas, before he began
to work closely with Al Stewart, Roger Waters, as well as Cyndi Lauper "he created that haunting arrangement for True Colors..., Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Jonathan Kelly, Orion the Hunter, and Tommy Shaw.
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Peter 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 was still part of the WALL tours with live dates through to the early 90's.
He played keyboards on Joan Armatrading's breakthrough album Joan Armatrading in 1976.
Sadly Peter Wood died in December 1993 at the age of 43.