ROWAN, PETER
(*1942)
ROWAN, PETER (b. Wayland, Mass., July 4, 1942) One of the pioneers of newgrass and its more spacey offshoots, Rowan is an energetic vocalist/guitarist/MANDOLIN player/songwriter whose sensibility combines traditional BLUEGRASS with Tex-Mex and COWBOY themes. Rowan was a product of the teeming folk-rock movement of the greater Boston area. Boston hosted a crowd of nascent rockers and social protest singers, but also had a strong tradition of supporting bluegrass and country acts. Rowan was…