Pete Madsen

Pete Madsen - Musician Bio
Pete Madsen is an acoustic blues, ragtime and slide guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area who blends Kottke-esque virtuosity with thoughtful writing skills to produce wonderful guitar excursions. He has shared the stage with Kelly Joe Phelps, Alex DeGrassi, Peppino DAgostino and many other incredible acoustic musicians. He performs mainly in the Bay Area and has played at the Freight & Salvage, Jupiter, Pt. Reyes Station House, and has taught and performed at the Healdsburg Guitar Festival. His performances include songs from the greatsRobert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake, John Faheyas well as many original songs inspired by traditional blues and modern fingerstyle guitar. 

In addition to performing, Pete is a well-respected guitar teacher and writes regularly for Acoustic Guitar Magazine. He has written eight books of guitar instruction, including A Guide to Acoustic Blues Guitar, A Guide to Bottleneck Slide Guitar, Improvisation and Variations for Fingerstyle Blues Guitar, The CAGED System for Guitar, and Play the Blues Like. He can be seen at his very popular classes in Berkeley at the Freight & Salvage most Wednesday and Thursday nights teaching everything from blues jamming to fingerstyle guitar and bottleneck slide.