Peter Thorup

Peter Thorup - Danish guitarist, singer, composer and record producer

Person from Denmark

Genres: blues rock, british blues, jazz, singer-songwriter, blues, denmark, Alexis Korner, dansk

About Peter Thorup

Peter Thorup (14. december 1948 – 3. august 2007) : guitarist, singer, composer and producer. An icon on the danish blues scene. Breakthrough in Beefeaters, later he played with Alexis Korner, in different constellations: New Church, CCS (abbrev. of The Collective Consciousness Society). and Snape. In 1976 Peter Thorup returned to Denmark, collaborating with Povl Dissing & Sebastian. In 1978 he released the acclaimed album "Rejsen til Kina" . Peter Thorup revered in the blues-tradition, but also took more commercial steps into rock and pop esp. in production work. He had a big pop hit (in DK) with "Skibe uden sejl" a duet with Anne Grete Rendtorff in 1984. His releases in later years were sporadic, but he continued to work in blues clubs until the end.

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