“One of the best books by a rock musician I’ve ever read…” —Danny Goldberg, author of Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain
A gritty and melodic memoir of a guitarist’s coming of age amid the electric pulse of the Greenwich Village and Los Angeles 1960s music revolutions, when he encountered legends like James Taylor, Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and Ken Kesey.
Written in the raw, lyrical rhythm of a songwriter, through poetry, music, and prose, Hardtail Strat is an unputdownable story of music and madness, abuse and opportunity, loss and redemption—and the enduring power of song to set us free.
“…as much as our lives and loves have crossed, I had no idea what was going on in the in-between spaces! Glad we’re both here!”
— John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter and musician
Published by Koehler Books (www.koehlerbooks.com)
“This album isn’t filled with any showboating or fireworks. It’s focused primarily on the splendors of each song & how Peter’s sublime champagne cocktail interpretations maintain the music’s continued flavors & charm with each stirring rendition… Many artists in the past have recorded albums filled with their versions of the Laura Nyro songbook. But Peter Gallway’s Laura – The Music of Laura Nyro, is exceptional.”
Americana Highways Magazine
“A songwriter and storyteller with the skill of a novelist and a filmmaker, its reflections born of the introspection resulting from lockdown, it’s no accident that it is one of Gallway’s very best.”
Mike Davies / Fatea Magazine, UK
The pandemic required me to consider what I hold most important & how to best move forward in this particular complicated world. For my nearly 30th album release – a collection created by & for The Real Band with our sound expanded by special musical guests – I discovered characters finding their way & taking a stand, whether in love, romance & relationship, in choosing how to live, & what it means to be free.
New Peter Gallway & The Real Band single coming May 2025!
Almost Seventeen b/w Too Sensitive For This World.
Available on all digital platforms.
“Since almost two decennia Peter Gallway and Annie Gallup have been forming a love couple, but also a musical duo called ‘Hat Check Girl’. Next to their many solo records they have also released several albums under that name. ’29 & Gone’ is their most recent effort and the ten songs on this album are once again a demonstration of their unlimited skills as singers and songwriters.
This is excellent new stuff!” – www.rootstime.be
EN—Volume One is the collaboration between singer-songwriter Peter Gallway and acclaimed Japanese guitarist Yoshiyuki Sahashi, featuring guest appearances by legendary Japanese artists and studio musicians, recorded in Tokyo, and released on Vivid Sound Records in April 2025.