Pete Hawkes (born 28 May 1965) is an Australian composer, poet, [1] musician and luthier. There are over 1200 recordings by Hawkes, covering a wide range of genres. He has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Joe Cocker, Phil Emmanuel, and Dave Swarbrick.[2][3] He is an accomplished fingerstyle and slide guitarist and has won multiple awards over the years.
Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines and some of his musical works have been kept for preservation at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Hawkes has chromesthesia, a form of synesthesia where he sees sound in colors.[4] He is often referred to as "The worlds greatest unknown composer"
Pete Hawkes (born 28 May 1965) is an Australian composer, poet, [1] musician and luthier. There are over 1200 recordings by Hawkes, covering a wide range of genres. He has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Joe Cocker, Phil Emmanuel, and Dave Swarbrick.[2][3] He is an accomplished fingerstyle and slide guitarist and has won multiple awards over the years.
Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines and some of his musical works have been kept for preservation at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Hawkes has chromesthesia, a form of synesthesia where he sees sound in colors.[4] He is often referred to as "The worlds greatest unknown composer"