Hello and welcome to my website.

If you take an explore here you will be able to tell that I have been a professional musician for a fair few years now - over 20! And in that time I have worked in almost every part of the industry. For many years I was solely a cocktail or lounge pianist providing background music for weddings and parties in hotels and restaurants in and around Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. This is something that I rarely do now, but am by no means averse to it should I not be otherwise engaged - in fact I find it a relaxing and enjoyable antidote to my otherwise, largely energetic performances.

In 1999 I was asked to co-open Jool's Holland's Jam House in Birmingham as one of the duelling pianists (one of four that were chosen after national auditions) and since then, musically speaking, things have rarely looked back.

Although I still do many corporate and private functions, weddings and parties every year, I mainly spend my time touring the country with one or other of the shows that I am in. Currently I can be seen playing the lead role in The Jerry Lee Lewis Story, as one half of The Two Keys - the duelling pianists show with my original partner Adrian Dixon from the Jam House, in my one man show The Golden Age of Musical Satire, with Andrew Meller in An Evening with the humour of Bob Newhart & Tom Lehrer, in my first play Talbot House - a home from home, occasionally in his second play Seance and in the rock 'n' roll show Let The Good Times Roll.

I have had the privilege and pleasure of performing for and with some of the country's most notable names in show business including Dame Shirley Bassey, Catherine Jenkins, Brian May, Mike d'Abo, Jools Holland, Steve Coogan and Anita Dobson. I have made many friends in the industry and enjoy -hopping from one theatre or arts centre to the other, often covering hundreds of miles in one day and even more often performing different roles in successive days.

As well as being lucky enough to having had the opportunity to release several CDs I have also been able to indulge my interest in the history of Cheltenham and Gloucestershire by being commissioned to write a number of books on the subject (and am currently working on the next one).

When my son was just three years old he was quite seriously ill, a horrible and worrying time, but through the attention of the staff of Bristol Children's Hospital he was nursed back to full health. Since that time I have enjoyed fundraising for Ward 31 of the hospital and another, Cheltenham-based children's charity WellChild.Past exploits have included the release of a charity single, bringing together the cream of musicians for charity concerts, jumping out of aircraft and running the London Marathon (twice).

I do hope you enjoy looking over the site and if you would like me to come and perform for you - whether that is in a venue in Scotland, for a wedding in London, a party in Cornwall or a function in Wales, then please feel free to get in touch. If I'm free, I would love to be there for you.

My mobile number is: 07702 253638 and my email address is: petergill@live.co.uk

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