User:Petercharlesdunne/sandbox/Peter Bilt Group

The Peter Bilt Group:

Aaron Smith, drums, percussion

Dan Hart, bass guitars

Peter Dunne, guitar, vocals

Backstage at Hurrah in New York City, Joe Strummer told Peter he really liked his r&b playing, which planted a seed. Shortly after his group Pearl Harbor and the Explosions disbanded, he was on his way to a session in Sacramento with producer David Kahne. The band featured a drummer, Aaron Smith, who had been with the Temptations, Undisputed Truth, Miroslav Vitous, and many others. As soon as they started playing, a connection happened. A musical and personal bonding. In short order, in San Francisco, the two started auditioning bass guitarists at the Automatt recording facility, under the auspices of its owner, David Rubinson, who was to manage the band. The two saw the cream of Bay Area talent, until they heard Dan Hart, who had actually been in a punk-funk band, Jayne Doe, and was as forward thinking as he was funky. And the band was born.

Fast forward many years. Peter found a rehearsal tape of the trio from back in the day, which so impressed him that he sent it to Aaron, just for fun. And Aaron, after hearing it, said, "It reminds me how much uninteresting music I've had to play since then, just to survive. We need to record. For redemption, if nothing else." And once again they contacted Dan, recently back from years of gigging in Japan, without whom it would never be the same. And they set to work.

The group released its debut album, Do It Up in October of 2021. Since then, several of the band's old recordings from the 80s have found their way into recent television and film releases. A single, I'm Your Man b/w It's a Dog's Life was released in February of 2022.