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Artist
Peter Lewis
12+ albums
folk rockUSAMoby GrapeSinger/Songwriter
about
Peter Lewis is a musician in Austin, TX. He sometimes performs as Chicken Sink, Wet Replies, and Unimaginable Knitting Mistakes. Peter Lewis (born July 15, 1945) is one of the founding members of the band Moby Grape. Three of his better known songs with Moby Grape are "Fall On You" and "Sitting By The Window" from the self-titled first Moby Grape album and "If You Can't Learn From My Mistakes", from Moby Grape '69. Peter Lewis is one of two sons of actress Loretta Young (d. 2000) and writer-producer Tom Lewis (d. 1988), and accordingly spent much of his childhood in Hollywood. His older brother, Christopher Lewis (b. 1944), is a writer and producer of films primarily for television. Peter Lewis and Christopher Lewis are nephews of actresses Polly Ann Young and Sally Blane, sisters of their mother. They are also half-brothers of Judy Lewis (b. 1935), daughter of Loretta Young and Clark Gable. Musician David Lindley is their cousin. In his youth, Peter Lewis attended military school and later, after a period of time in the Air Force, became a commercial pilot, initially working for Shell Oil. He cites Tim Hardin and Fred Neil as important influences, and credits Linda Eastman with introducing him to their music. His first band was The Cornells. Lewis now lives in the Santa Ynez Valley, north of Santa Barbara, California, with his wife and two children. Lewis is noted in particular for his lifelong efforts to assist fellow Moby Grape bandmates Bob Mosley and Skip Spence (
why this is interesting
# Peter Lewis This musician's work invites examination precisely because it refuses easy categorization. Operating across multiple sonic identities—from his foundational role in Moby Grape's psychedelic innovations to his more experimental contemporary projects—Lewis demonstrates a restless creative intelligence spanning decades. His output suggests someone genuinely curious about sound's possibilities rather than committed to any single aesthetic doctrine. The range from his early band work to his current Austin-based explorations under various project names reveals an artist who treats each endeavor as a distinct problem to solve. This approach—methodical yet adventurous—offers something increasingly rare: a career trajectory driven by genuine artistic inquiry rather than commercial momentum or stylistic consistency.
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Trojan Upsetter Box Set
Peter Lewis
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The Best of Lee "Scratch" Perry
The Road to Zion
Imagination
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Trojan Dub: Foundation Dub
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Nasty Rockabilly
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Vintage: The Very Best Of Moby Grape
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Rolling Stone Presents New Voices Vol. 2
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Vintage: The Very Best Of Moby Grape (Disc 2)
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By Popular Supply
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Lee ''Scratch'' Perry & Friends - The Black Ark Years (The Jamaican 7"s)