Peter Rowan

Bluegrass Boy keeps on ticking (Jan 1997)

Though it was more than 40 years ago, Peter Rowan can still remember the first record he bought: Homer & Jethro's take-off on what was then a brand-new media craze, "The Ballad Of Davy Crewcut." If that makes sense for a musician who's best known for his work in and around country music, the story doesn't end there. "I remember going to the market, thinking I was going to get another Homer & Jethro record, but there were some records by Elvis Presley, Little Richard," Rowan says.  ...