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Pete arrived on the acoustic music scene in the 60's with the Famous Jug Band which also featured Clive Palmer of the Incredible String Band. At this time he also recorded with Ralph McTell, Wizz Jones and Al Stewart and in 1971 his influential LP with John James , Sky In My Pie,was released. Since then he has collaborated with many notable musicians, worked in theatre and film, and played as far afield as Hokitika and Abidjan. Recent projects include the CD “Duet” with Adrian O'Reilly the stage show and CD “The Cry Of Tin” with Cornwall Songwriters winning the International Pan Celtic Song Contest with his song “An Arvor” which he performed with West “Chasing Django's shadow” with Tony Oreshko. Pete performs regularly in the UK and occasionally in Europe and is also a popular guitar teacher. His Most recent (2007) CD, The Return, is receiving excellent reviews and two additional new albums , one of Cornish tunes and one of songs, are in the works. “Pete Berryman is one of the UK's hidden jewels. His playing displays maturity and subtlety that's an education for acoustic players” Guitarist “Highly singular and enchanting guitar playing” beGLAD “Quite simply, one of the finest” Time Out “Pete is one of the unsung heroes of the British acoustic guitar movement started by Davey Graham in the early 60's. Bert Jansch and myself usually get singled out as having followed in Davey's footsteps but we certainly weren't the only ones, and Pete was in the