| MrPedro's Music Credits-Part II |
| MrPedro's Bilingual Children's Music |
| Pedro's Musicians Tribute page |
| Sept 09 - YouTube Video - Mr Pedro with Red Eye in Mexico City |
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Here is the
long awaited blues CD
from Mexico...
Mr Pedro
Blues from the
Coyoacan Delta
Sept 2009
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The diverse musical journey of Pete "Mr Pedro" Wyant originated in Colorado where he worked through his High School years playing lead guitar for the Titians. When the two key members, the Justice brothers, joined the military the core of the band was no more and the band collapsed. Pete entered a short musicial dry spot before joining a tour with the New Moonrakers and the Sliver Streak. Following a brief tour he joined the Spinning Wheel, an avant-garde musicial group that included a San Francisco style traveling light show - performing in night clubs and concerts through-out Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma Texas, and Arizona through the summer of 1966-67. In 1968, Pete ventured to Los Angles, California with Hardwater, a talented group of song writers and vocalists who would record for Capitol Records. The Grammy winning producer David Axelrod, whose credits included producing Cannonball Adderley, Lou Rawles, Don Randi, etc. was contracted to complete the inaugural album for the group. Two singles were launched from the album, however the band was short-lived. After
several guest appearances on other nationally distributed albums
and gigging with the GNP, a soul/blues band, He concluded that a formal education in music was a necessary foundation to pursue, if he was to seriously consider a career in music. Four years later, his dedication, tenacity and talent resulted in being awarded a degree in music from the prestigious Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver. Shortly after his college graduation, Pete returned to Los Angles where he landed a teaching position at the esteemed Musicians Institute where he remained for seventeen years. During this time Pete would envolve himself in a wide spectrum of musical projects. As a pet project, Pete formed Pedro and the China Men, a musical group that perform around the Los Angles area. During this same time frame, he wrote and arranged an inspired album of children's songs in both Spanish and English - intended help teach language skills for emigrant students.
As a result of the unique teaching methods he has developed an ability to teach and improve the language skills of children. Recently, Pete was invited to visit Chicago, where he presented his method of teaching language through music. A series of bilingual and pure Spanish classes were presented to immigrant children who possessed varying degrees of skills in English. The concert series presented to the Berwin Children's Bi-lingual Children's Center was enthusiastically received. During the same period, Pete was also invited as a keynote speaker at Morton College, where an audience of preschool teachers were given a demonstraton on how to teach language, through music, to pre-schoolers. Today
Pete lives in Mexico City, where he teaches guitar and several
classes, one of which is aptly titled, "Rock History."
Additionally Pete has developed a history and playing workshop
for blues, the beginings of rock, and jazz, along with a class
on chord voicing and accompaniment.
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and
then a 50's styled band, the Rocket 88's, Pete experienced an
epiphany.
