Raised in Greenwich Village, Peter Gallway has been called “a master of free verse” in the Boston Globe and has released 30 albums on Warner Bros, Reprise Records and various independent labels. A founding member of The Fifth Avenue Band, albums have spanned styles from 60’s rock'n'roll, to jazzy folk, to atmospheric americana, to spoken word and electronica.
Along with his solo recordings, he collaborates with Japanese guitarist Yoshiyuki Sahashi in the E.N.
project, British keyboardist Harvey Jones as the synth-based ensemble Parker Gray, and is married to singer songwriter Annie Gallup, with whom he collaborates in the folk and americana duo Hat Check Girl.
Peter Gallway has produced over 50 albums and special projects, including the Grammy nominated "Bleecker Street : Greenwich Village In The 60's", and "Time & Love : The Music Of Laura Nyro". He has produced projects for singer songwriters Cliff Eberhardt, Aztec Two Step, Johnsmith, Japan’s Bread & Butter, and Hawaii’s Kalapana, to name a few.
He has had his music featured in film and theatre and has had songs performed and recorded by Bette Midler, Kenny Rogers, Bread & Butter, Kalapana, Cliff Eberhardt, and others. His published books include the memoir, "Hardtail Strat-Guitars", "Heroin, Songs & Stories", and the poetry collection, "Big Mercy".
Performing around the world, venues include: Billboard Live, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, Rag, Kyoto, Japan, Hanks Dirty, Cambridge UK, Hill Arts and One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME, Camden Opera House, Camden, ME, LL Bean/Bull Moose Summer Series, Freeport, ME, Chocolate Church Summer Concert Series, Bath, ME, Turning Point, Piermont, NY, The Bitter End, NYC, and many others.
Peter and Annie make their home on the central coast of Maine.