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PK Dwyer
6+ albums
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PK Dwyer is an established and respected artist who travels a different road than most musicians in a modern day world. He continues to be an innovative force on the acoustic roots and blues music scene with an eclectic career that now spans well over 40 years. PK Dwyer is a consummate and constant performer who continues to write all his own material. PK Dwyer originally hails from Mill Valley, California but is often thought of as a Seattle native. The waters of the Puget Sound must have gotten into his blood over the years as PK has once again returned to make his home in Washington State and now resides in the beautiful waterfront city of Des Moines. PK Dwyer has a long music history connected to the Seattle area and the distinction of being the first busker at the Pike Place Market in the 1970's. In 1975 acoustic duo PK Dwyer & Donna Beck had a Northwest radio hit with PK's original tune Dandy Annie. The later '70's saw the rapid rise and demise of Dwyer's ground breaking electric quintet The Jitters. The Jitters are considered by many to be cow punk ancestors of alt-country. [Grant Alden] PK Dwyer left Seattle for Europe in 1980 and spent a few years gaining notoriety as a street performer in Paris and Amsterdam before relocating to New York City. Once settled in New York PK joined the 'Fast Folk' scene in the Village and quickly became known as a colorful and controversial artist with his acoustic cabaret act: The Hollywood Dick Doll Revue. Folk music purists in the
