Peter McLaughlin
Peter McLaughlin (Born November 14, 1955) is an American bluegrass guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Born in Washington, D.C., he was introduced to acoustic music through his musical parents and his brother, David McLaughlin, eventually performing in their family band before studying at Northern Arizona University. While in college, he formed Flying South with mandolinist Tom Rozum. After relocating to Tucson, Arizona, in 1983, he became a central fixture of the Southwest roots community, performing with groups such as The Titan Valley Warheads and The Dreadnutts. In 1991 when he reunited with Rozum to join Laurie Lewis and Grant Street, spent six years touring internationally as the group's lead guitarist, and contributed to their Grammy-nominated project The Oak and the Laurel (1995). He also co-founded the traditional bluegrass supergroup Perfect Strangers alongside Jody Stecher and Bob Black. He won the National Flatpick Guitar Championship at the Walnut Valley Festival in 1988 and was inducted into the Tucson Musicians Museum in 2013.