BASSIST AND VOCALIST

After a few years of classical piano as a child, Peter discovered the bass guitar at age 15 and began learning bass lines from vinyl records. He took some private lessons, started jamming with friends from school, and soon after formed his first band Advance Green, playing his first club show at age 17. Despite the occasional lesson, and some vocal training in the 90s with Pattie Kelly, Peter was mostly self-taught. Decades of live performance and studio work with a wide variety of artists and musical styles made him a seasoned professional.

LIVE PERFORMER

ORIGINAL BANDS

In the 90s, Peter was the bassist, co-writer and backup vocalist for surrender dorothy, a rock band signed internationally to MCA/Universal Records and BMG Publishing. They toured Europe seven times, released one album (serum, 1996) and made four music videos and a tour documentary for MuchMusic. From 2008-2018, Peter was bassist and backup vocalist for the progressive rock group Druckfarben, which released two albums and a live DVD. His first original band was Advance Green (late 80s) and he was also in Enjoy, and an experimental improv band called Retainer.

SIDEMAN

Peter has backed up countless artists, touring internationally with celebrated Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith (Blue Boy tours in Europe and Japan, 2001-02), Damhnait Doyle (Hyperdramatic tour in Canada, 2000), and singer-pianist Laila Biali (House of Many Rooms tour in Canada, 2015). He’s played gigs with Honeymoon Suite, Sass Jordan, Sisters Euclid, Shaye, Monkey House, Tomi Swick, Royal Wood, EchoTest and many others.

WORKING PRO

Peter honed his bass chops playing several nights a week in event bands in the Toronto area, and currently entertains audiences with the Dave Murphy Band, which boasts a repertoire of over 1,200 songs. He was also the regular bassist for Jerome Godboo and Suzie McNeil, Naked Brunch (featuring Walter Zwol), The Nomads and The Anita Rossi Band. He’s performed with Oakland Stroke (Tower of Power tribute) and was bassist and co-lead singer in Ten Feet Tall (XTC tribute).

PETER MURRAY LIVE

STAGE TIME WITH GREATS

Peter has performed live on stage with Richard Fortus (Guns N’ Roses), Phil X (Bon Jovi), Seymour Duncan, Jeff Healey, Stevie Salas (Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart), Tenille Townes, Feist, Andy Kim, Kevin Breit (Sisters Euclid, Norah Jones), Colin James, Donna Grantis (Prince), Adrian Eccleston (Drake), Ricky Tillo (Lady Gaga), Kurt Swinghammer, Tony “Wild T” Springer, Teddy Kumpel (Joe Jackson), Eric Schenkman (Spin Doctors), Ken Greer (Red Rider), Colin Linden, Michel Cusson (UZEB), Bernie LaBarge, Martin Tielli (Rheostatics), Phillip Sayce (Melissa Etheridge), Jake Langley (Joey DeFrancesco), Carmine Appice (Rod Stewart, Blue Murder), Brian Tichy (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Billy Idol), Rob Affuso (Skid Row), Brooks Wackerman (Avenged Sevenfold, Bad Religion), Bobby Economou (Jaco Pastorius, Blood Sweat & Tears), Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors), Randy Cooke (Ringo Starr, Smashmouth), Nick DiVirgilio (Spock’s Beard, Genesis), Glenn Milchem (Blue Rodeo), Doug Yowell (Joe Jackson), Vito Rezza (Joni Mitchell, Gino Vannelli), Richard Bell (Janis Joplin, The Band, Bob Dylan), Bob Wiseman (Blue Rodeo), James Gray (Blue Rodeo), Alain Caron (UZEB), Doug Wimbish (Living Colour, Jeff Beck, The Rolling Stones, Seal), Julie Slick (Adrian Belew) and many others.

PETER MURRAY ON BASS

STUDIO MUSICIAN

Peter has played bass on a wide range of albums and recordings, including records by bands he was a member of (surrender dorothy, Druckfarben, Retainer, Enjoy) and records by singer-songwriters (Damhnait Doyle, Morgan Finlay, Pamela Brennan, etc). He’s also played drums on a few albums (including his own), and sang backups on several others.

DISCOGRAPHY

ENDORSEMENTS

Peter Murray proudly endorses: Markbass amplifiers and cabinets, Neural DSP Quad Cortex, Music Man basses, DR strings, Evidence Audio cables and D’Addario accessories.

BASSIST AND VOCALIST

LIVE PERFORMER

ORIGINAL BANDS

SIDEMAN

WORKING PRO

PETER MURRAY LIVE

STAGE TIME WITH GREATS

PETER MURRAY ON BASS

STUDIO MUSICIAN

DISCOGRAPHY

Peter Murray on Bass (studio)

Peter Murray on bass (live)

Peter Murray on drums

PETER MURRAY ON BACKUP VOCALS

Unreleased / Demos

ENDORSEMENTS