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             Pete McRae - born Robert F. McRae.

   Guitarist, Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer, Pete McRae, currently working out of Philadelphia, was born in Austin Texas in 1955, at age 3 moved to Odessa-Midland Texas and spent most holidays at his maternal grandparents ranch in nearby Rankin (he still has some cowboy in him). The McRaes moved to Jacksonville, Florida (aged 5), then to St Petersberg, spent some time with fraternal gradparents in Bockton, MA. In the Summer of 1965 his family moved to Marin County CA (just ouside SF) where he attended Bernard Hoffman Elementary, in Terra Linda. By age 13, McRae was on his way to becoming a hippie, he started playing guitar and listening to The Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane. McRae spent most of his life in California.         <details>

   Pete graduated from Terra Linda High School, in Marin County a few years after Freddy Moore had studied there. 

   In the 1970s he migrated to Los Angeles and became a founding member of "The Kats " (as the world came to know them).
  
   Both McRae and Bobbyzio Moore offered their talents to several LA Produced studio recordings, including The Faraghers (Polydor 1979). 

   Pete McRae and Freddy Moore co-wrote and recorded several songs together including:
Money, Prelude to Reason, Pushed Me To It, Wait for the Night, and World All Alone.

   After the managerial/political debacle of
"The Great Lost Kats Album", Pete went on to become a successful gun-for-hire guitarist and has performed and recorded with a wide range of musical artists ever since. 

McRae went on to work with:
Roach and the White Boys,
Josey Cotton,
Bobbyzio,
The Kat Club!,
Connie Stevens,
Eddie Jobson (Roxy Music; Zappa),
Mr. Mister,
Peter Kingsbery (Cock Robin),
David Baerwald, and
Stan Ridgway.
McRae also toured with The Rembrandts playing Cello and Mandolin.

Most notable, is his guitar work as a session and touring musician.
Pete incorporates his distinctive (some say genius) style of guitar and slide into each band's sound. You really have to see him to believe him.

Hear Songs by Pete McRae:
TITLE COMPOSER(s) PERFORMER
 Awakened by Robert Pete McRae Robert Pete McRae
 Nova Steamerby Robert Pete McRae Robert Pete McRae
 Saturation Coverageby Robert Pete McRae Robert Pete McRae
 Turn On Your TVby Robert Pete McRae Robert Pete McRae
 Tender Blossomby Robert Pete McRae Robert Pete McRae
 Squeaky Cleanby Robert Pete McRae Robert Pete McRae
 Money by PMcRae/ FGMooreThe Kats
 Pushed Me To Itby PMcRae/ FGMooreThe Kats
 I Wait For The Nightby PMcRae/ FGMooreThe Kats
 Reason To Liveby PMcRae/ FGMooreThe Kats
 World All Aloneby PMcRae/ FGMooreThe Nu Kats
 Prelude / Southern Breezeby PMcRae/LouCastro/ FGMooreThe Kat Club
 Hands Onby PMcRaeThe Kat Club

Hear Songster Peter McRae:
TITLE
  Almost Saturday Night by John Fogerty
  Caledonia Mission by J. Robbie Robertson
  Angel From Montgomery by John Prine

 
Pete McRae at Kat Club Cabaņa Studio 2002.

LINK: Robert Pete McRae Audio.  
LINK: McRae Microtonalisms Audio.  
LINK: The Kat Club (with Pete McRae) Audio.  
LINK: The Kats Home Page - complete Audio.  

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