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Peter Roy Sears (born 27 May 1948) is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than four decades he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock of the 1960s, folk, country music, arena rock in the 1970s, and blues. He usually plays bass, keyboards, or both in bands.〔 Sears played on the classic Rod Stewart albums ''Gasoline Alley'',〔 ''Every Picture Tells A Story'' which was listed high in Rolling Stone Magazine's top 500 best albums of all time, ''Never a Dull Moment'',〔 and ''Smiler''. He also played on the hit singles ''Maggie May'', and ''Reason To Believe''. During this period, Sears toured the US with Long John Baldry blues band, and played with John Cipollina in Copperhead. Sears was with Jefferson Starship (1974 to 1984) and its offspring Starship (1985 to 1987).〔 He went on to play in the Jorma Kaukonen Trio with Kaukonen and Michael Falzarano. He also played with Kaukonen and Falzarano along with Jack Casady and Harvey Sorgen in Hot Tuna. Sears has played with many other musicians through the years, including Leigh Stephens and Micky Waller in Silver Metre; Long John Baldry, Copperhead with John Cipollina, Jerry Garcia, Steve Kimock, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Leftover Salmon, and Los Lobos.〔〔 Currently, he divides his time between the David Nelson Band and his main band Moonalice. Sears has also written and recorded the original score for many documentary films, including the award winning ''"The Fight in the Fields"'' – Cesar Chávez and the Farmworkers Struggle directed by Emmy Award winning Ray Telles and Rick Tehada Flores. His most recent film, also directed by Ray Telles and co-produced by Ken Rabin is called ''"The Storm That Swept Mexico"'' about the Mexican Revolution which will air on National PBS in May 2011. ==Career== Sears was born in Bromley, Kent. His career as a professional musician began in 1964, touring the United Kingdom with the band Sons of Fred. As well as playing classic British T.V. shows such as Ready Steady Go and Thank Your Lucky Stars, Sons of Fred also recorded at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London. The records they released are now sought after by collectors. He went on to play and record with many musical artists, including The Fleur De Lys in 1966, and the psychedelic underground band Sam Gopal Dream which featured guitarist Mick Hutchinson, Sears on bass and Hammond organ, and the Indian tabla player Sam Gopal. Jimi Hendrix once sat in with the band at the Speakeasy Club in London. Jimi Hendrix drummer Mitch Mitchell later asked Sears to play bass in a band he was forming while still playing with Hendrix in 1969. Sears was a session musician during the late sixties, including recording piano with the blues band Steamhammer. Steamhammer would back up the legendary Freddy King when he toured the UK. In early 1969, Sears along with Terry Cox of Pentangle, Jeff Beck's drummer Micky Waller, Jimmy Litherland of Coloseum, John Wetton of King Crimson, and Pete York of the Spencer Davis Group, recorded a folk rock album with Marian Segal and Jade. The album, ''Fly on Strange Wings'' is considered one of the seminal British folk rock albums of the 1960s and is highly valued by collectors. Around this time Sears teamed up with original Fairport Convention singer, Judy Dyble, and Van Morrison's Them organist, Jackie McAuley, to form the band Trader Horne. In the summer of 1969, he left Trader Horne just before they began recording. Blue Cheer guitarist Leigh Stephens invited him to the California for the first time.〔 Sears, Stephens, Micky Waller (drummer), and Jack Reynolds (singer) formed Silver Metre, recorded one album at Trident Studios in London, England, released on the National General label,〔Eyries, Patrice, David Edwards and Mike Callahan. (21 October 2005). (National General Album Discography ). Both Sides Now Publications. Accessed on 1 May 2014.〕 produced by their manager, FM rock radio pioneer Tom Donahue. After Silver Metre broke up, Sears had returned to England to play on the Rod Stewart album "Gasoline Alley". Stoneground manager Tom Donahue recruited Sears in London,〔 〕 during their Medicine Ball Caravan (1970) European tour〔 〕 later returning to the Marin County with them to record their first album, also produced by Tom Donahue. From 1970 through 1974, Sears returned to session work, including playing on Rod Stewart's early British solo albums, ''Gasoline Alley'',〔 ''Every Picture Tells a Story'' including the hit singles "Maggie May" and "Reason To Believe", ''Never a Dull Moment'',〔 and ''Smiler''. He also played bass with the Long John Baldry Blues Band on their first tour of the US, and played bass and keyboards with John Cipollina in the band Copperhead. Sears left Copperhead just before recording their first album to work on Rod Stewart's ''Never a Dull Moment'' album in London, but mainly to join a new band Nicky Hopkins was putting together. Hopkins, who was on tour with the Rolling Stones had rented Sears a house in Mill Valley, California until he finished with the Stones tour. However, Hopkins was ultimately unable to form the band due to ill health and a dislike of the road. Sears went on to co-produce, arrange the music and play on, Kathi McDonald's ''Insane Asylum'' album, using guest artists like Sly Stone, The Pointer Sisters, Nils Lofgren, Neal Schon, Aynsley Dunbar, and the Tower of Power horns. He also co-founded a band called Sears, Schon, Errico with Neal Schon and Greg Errico, playing the Diamond Head Crater Festival in Hawaii, as well as several California shows. Sears spent two weeks recording with Ike Turner at Ike's studio, Bolic Sound in Los Angeles. Tina Turner came down one night and recorded vocals on some of the tracks they had recorded, including a version of George Harrison's song Something on which Turner changed the "she" to "he". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pete Sears」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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