biography of Peter Corn, singer & songwriter of soul music

biography

	childhood childhood
	THE ALFREDO BROTHERS the alfredo brothers
	PETER CORN BAND peter corn
	PETER CORN SOLO peter corn solo

ALFREDO BROTHERS

In Amsterdam, The Alfredo Brothers were one of the few Soul bands ever playing their own material and were successful doing it. They did opening shows at the Paradiso Amsterdam for Solomon Burke and Wilson Pickett and Peter and lady singer Lucretia van der Vloot were soon asked for radio en tv performances doing Vara' s Pop Paper and Clip Parade.

PETER CORN BAND

In 1992 Peter Corn formed his own band. The band combined rock with soul and blues and gospel and did the opening show for Maceo Parker at the Paradiso Amsterdam. They were successfully in the Dutch touring circuit and were well known in the Amsterdam Rock scene. Soon Corn was asked for tribute shows for artists such as Chuck Berry and Marvin Gaye where he Sang his own version of 'Abraham Martin and John' and did a thrilling duet, 'Ain't nothing but the real thing', with Lucretia van der Vloot.

PETER CORN solo

At this moment Peter Corn is working with the production duo Hans Eijkenaar & Meg on his forthcoming album 'Song for the Lonely Men'. The album contains nine songs from rock to soul to bluesy ballads. Go to the discography section of this site, and listen to the 3 pre demo songs of the album which contain 'Father of Love' (rock/soul), 'Stay' (bluesy soul ballad) and 'I made it' (Funky rock soul). You can watch the video of 'Stay' or 'Father of Love' in the video section of this site. Release date: begin of 2007.

childhood

Peter Corn was born in Amsterdam, 1966. The youngest kid in the family Peter was raised with Blues & Soul music by his brother and two sisters who were big fans of Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, The Beatles, AII Green, Wilson Pickett and Marvin Gaye. All artists which became a big influence on Peter' s composing & singing style and guitar playing.
When Peter first started composing he for a short while joined in with the punk scene but then choose for his real love, composing and singing rock, blues and soul songs.