"Peters Clemens' new album, Comfort and Passion, is an aural-emotional expedition. His music takes you on a roller coaster ride of feelings. I hear within it the heights of ecstasy, the depths of despair and a lot of what's between. The beat of this music is not directed by a metronome but by the heart.

I don't know a whole lot about the technical stuff of instrumental guitar, but I do know when music speaks its own language. If you're prone to be affected at all by music of the soul, I would advise against using heavy equipment while listening."

"Peter Clemens' style is at once lyrical and dense, building layers of sound upon melodies that sound old and familiar. As a soloist, Peter can fool you, playing so many notes and harmonics at once that it seems there are several musicians afoot, plying you with musical drink to soothe your ears. His percussive attacks on the steel strings can sound like hammer blows, while some of his subtle strokes sound harp-like in shimmering, glittering notes that ring out in a sweet tone that is magical.

Peter is not only a virtuoso musician, but he is also an articulate and artistic composer. His songs (or pieces as we are want to say in classical radio DJ-speak) are carefully wrought stories that tell tales in a universal language that is effectively communicated by Peter through his guitar...The listener is treated to a musical rendering of the songs, with an equal measure of virtuosity and soulfulness."

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The band:

Peter Clemens	guitar
Andy Ploof	mandolin
Andrew Calhoun	2nd Guitar

Credits...

Engineered by:
    Ken Abeling at Woodside Ave Studios, Evanston, IL.

Produced by
    Peter Clemens and Ken Abeling

Post Production and late night editing by Ken Abeling

Blind Mary, Give me Your Hand, and The Homeless Hornpipe recorded by Jacob's Ladder Studios, Saint Louis, Mo

Designed by Simon & Cirulis
Art Director: Laura Cardenas

Cover Illustration by Nancy Rice

Photography by Mile DeFilippo

Web Editor:  Champagne

Peter's bio page