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Guitar Pete
12+ albums
bluesblues rockhard rockguitarstoner
about
Pete Brasino was a late bloomer. He didn't pick up a guitar for real until he was in highschool. Within six months, he was considered the best in his school, earning him the highest of respect, along with a nickname that has stuck with him through today, "Guitar Pete." This legend-in-the-making status was further enhanced by the fact that at age 16, Pete was playing topless bars on a regular basis. As a kid, the first guitar he picked up was his older brother's acoustic, all two strings of it. And like most young kids who didn't have an actual guitar pick he would use anything that would still pluck the strings. Pete's choice of accessory was a nail (the hammering kind.) Things haven't changed too much after all these years. While today he does use a real pick, his prize possession remains a old beat-up Aria Pro II electric guitar he bought at a pawn shop for 75 bucks. "It screams!," boasts Pete. Besides his amazing guitar prowess, the other feature that makes Pete stand out is the way he plays guitar - upside down and backwards. "Being a lefty, there weren't any guitar teachers who could teach me, so I had to learn on a guitar that was strung for a righty. I hold the guitar as a lefthander would, but I play like a righty. I never have a problem finding a guitar to use like most lefties do. Some guitar enthusiasts freak out over the way I play, but it's as normal as anything else I do." Pete chose to pursue music full-time. For several years, he hit the road travelling
