Peter Feldmann and the Very Lonesome Boys perform a wide variety of music, primarily in "traditional" bluegrass style, heavily influenced by old time Appalachian string music.  Their repertoire ranges from Elizabethan-era ballads to Appalachian songs and breakdowns; from country blues to modern bluegrass and beyond.   The band plays straight, unadulterated bluegrass, including high energy instrumentals and heartfelt singing.

A singer and multi-instrumentalist with many years' performing experience throughout California and the West, Peter has been presenting bluegrass, folk, string band, and related musics since the early 1960's, and is known as the founder of the Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddler's Convention, and the original Bluebird Café in Santa Barbara, a music club highly influential on the Southern California Music scene. Peter's tribute CD to Uncle Dave Macon, "Grey Cat On The Tennessee Farm", was named to the nation's Top Ten Bluegrass albums of 2005 by the Chicago Tribune.

The five-piece Very Lonesome Boys band includes bassist Tom Lee, veteran of the Cache Valley Drifters and The Bluegrass Cardinals, Rick Cunha, acclaimed singer and song writer, plays flat-top and slide guitar. The banjo duties are ably handled by record producer David West (Play Ball Productions), known also for his song writing and engineering skills, while Blaine Sprouse, veteran performer with Jimmy Martin, The Osborne Brothers, Jim & Jess and Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, presides on fiddle. Together now for more than ten years, the band has performed throughout Southern and Central California at festivals, clubs, and college concerts.

"Live" Music!
Listen to Peter and the Very Lonesome Boys live in concert.
(in MP3 format)
Shenandoah Breakdown
featuring David West & Tommy Marton
Radio Interview - CLICK HERE

Videos now available...

"Paddy On The Turnpike"
"Jesse James"
"Follow The Leader"

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Sample music - from the CD...
Buffaloed (Real Audio)
Custer (Real Audio)