BIOGRAPHY

With an eclectic career that now spans over 40 years and includes everything from folk & blues, to cow punk, cabaret, movie soundtracks, and good old fashioned rock & roll, PK Dwyer continues to be an innovative force on the roots music scene today with his unique style of blues and One Man Roadhouse Show live performance. Often thought of as a native of the Pacific Northwest, PK is a world traveling musician who originally hails from Mill Valley, California and currently calls Albuquerque, New Mexico home.

In the 1970's Dwyer was noted for writing , performing, and recording the music for Jac Zacha's hard to find cult classic film Walk The Walk; being the first to street perform at the Seattle Pike Place Market; his Northwest radio hit Dandy Annie/Drawbridge; and founding the cow punk quintet The Jitters, a favorite of No Depression magazine founder Grant Alden.

PK Dwyer moved on to Europe in 1980 where he found notoriety and a fan base while street performing in Paris and was the winner of the First Annual Amsterdam Street Performers Competition in 1981. PK then proceeded to New York City and set the NYC folk scene on its ear with his infamous acoustic cabaret act The Hollywood Dick Doll Revue. Hollywood Dick Doll, a controversial act at the time, was championed by Suzanne Vega, Dave Van Ronk, and Richie Havens, who signed Dwyer to his production company in 1983.

In 1989 PopLlama released George Michael Jackson: King Of Gonzo Folk; another Dwyer alter ego project that was released to rave reviews and a nation wide tour. The 1990s brought PK Dwyer back to the west coast and he spent a few years living on California's Venice Beach and busking on the boardwalk before drifting back up to the Pacific Northwest.

The year 2000 brought salvation when PK Dwyer had a coversion to the blues.

Inspired by the sighting of the ghost of Jimmy Reed, PK went back to his roots and started writing original jump blues material. In 2001 the CD Up To My Balls In The Blues was released to worldwide airplay on folk, blues and college radio. The tracks Lookin' For A Woman and Time To Try have been featured on episodes of MTV's reality show MADE.

PK Dwyer's 2003 effort, Blues Guy Now, was released to an enthusiastic audience, worldwide airplay, and critical acclaim. Vintage Guitar magazine calls Blues Guy Now "a modern blues masterpiece" (Nov. 2004). The tracks Celebration Blues and No Longer My Girlfriend have also been featured on MTV's MADE .

In May of 2005 PK Dwyer was nominated for a Seattle Weekly Music Award [PK is the only solo acoustic artist ever to be nominated in the Blues Category] and, as a result of the nomination, was awarded a grant from Seattle's Art Patch to record a new CD. Recording was completed in December 2005 at Grammy award winning Garey Shelton Productions and the end result was Healed, a raw & rip roaring acoustic take on PK's version of the blues.

After finishing up Healed Dwyer pulled up stakes and headed for the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. He spent six months touring the small towns and back roads of the southeast playing coffeehouses and soaking up the traditional music and spirit of the area. In the summer of 2006 it was back to New York City once again where PK made his living busking the blues in the parks and subways for four glorious years.

A hand injury Dwyer suffered in January of 2010 set him back for about 6 months and the spring and early summer portions of his tour had to be canceled. He has since had to re-teach himself to play guitar without the full use of his left hand and is coming back into form with determination and a fresh musical perspective.

PK Dwyer is a performer who doesn't let the bumps and twists & turns in life get him down. He hits the road in August on the Folk Someone You Love Tour which will include busking stops, folk festivals, coffeehouses, and intimate venues. He now keeps a residence in the beautiful high desert of New Mexico and continues to travel the back roads of America with his wife and 2 dogs.