The moment he held the $25 he got for his first paid gig, Pete knew he was destined for a career in music.
Here are some snapshots from along that road.
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Peter and the Wolves, 1966
The birth of Gunnison Brook: Al MacIntosh, Pete Shackett, Pete Merrigan, Bill Kendall, Mario Casella
Band rehearsal at Gunnison Manor, c. 1970
In the heyday of Gunnison Brook
The Mad Beach Band, early years
Showed up for a photo shoot, but the venue burned down the night before
The Mad Beach Band on the beach
Playing in the tall pines of New Hampshire with his nephew Travis
Early Mad Beach Band: Pete, TC Carr, Harry Dailey, Pete Shackett
"I used to have a little cottage down by the beach on the Treasure Island side of John's Pass"...with the light of my life, Melinda
Jimmy Buffett sits in
With Mad Beach Band cohorts Dave Williamson, Vinnie Seplesky and Lenny Austin
Front row: Dave Williamson, Lenny Austin, TC Carr, Harry Dailey. Back rowL Stormin' Norman, Pete, Bobby Miller, Vinnie Seplesky
Rocking the house at Beach Nutts