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Pete Cassani cut his musical teeth on the streets of Boston alongside Mary Lou Lord and Martin Sexton, playing electric guitar thru a battery powered amplifier. His songs meld punk rock with troubadour street folk, Bob Dylan with Johnny Rotten. Though his band, The Peasants, is known for their rip-roaring garage rock shows, Cassani is a powerful solo artist. He has captivated audiences from NY to LA, Duluth to New Orleans, and Holland to Germany. He makes you dance while making you think. Cassani’s performances are filled with humor, sarcasm and some harsh truth but always seem to leave people feeling better than when they came, an important skill for a street performer.
An honest progressive who’s unafraid to talk politics, Cassani scathingly addresses the downward cycle of destruction, fear and hatred in the United States today. In the past year he walked his political talk, traveling all across the war-crazed US, waging peace in coffeehouses and clubs. On one of these tours he met a like-minded spirit in Amanda Stark and they teamed up to create the “Love Your Enemy Tour”, a caravan of musicians, artists and activists dedicated to bringing healthy and positive alternatives to this country over the next four years.
As front man and songwriter for the punk/garage trio The Peasants, he has opened for notable acts such as Aerosmith, The White Stripes and The Stray Cats. They are a powerful band with a lot to say. The Peasants’ songs have appeared on MTV, VH-1, Night Line, Jimmy Kimmel Live, World News Tonight and Good Morning America. During the summer months The Peasants are a Boston tourist attraction, playing to thousands of people in Harvard Square.
Pete Cassani and The Peasants have been played on over 250 college radio stations, completed 10 US tours, 5 European tours and played hundreds of New England shows. During college term, Pete tours the country, promoting his latest record, equally comfortable performing solo or with The Peasants.
Pete lives in Boston and is working on the latest Peasants CD, set for release spring 2005.
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