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A tribute to my much-missed good friend and brilliant musician, Peter Gelling, who was born at Bulli, NSW, on 17 February 1960 and left us, way too early, on 28 September 2018. Peter was a multi-instrumentalist musician, music teacher, song-writer, composer, arranger, innovator and author. He specialized in blues and jazz, and guitar, harmonica and piano.

In 1994, he designed a mentoring program, Taking the Stage, to encourage young Canberra women to form bands and take up instruments not usually played by women.

His album 'Bluestime' was nominated for the 2000 ARIA Award for Best Blues & Roots Album.

A former member of Canberra band 'Blind Freddy' (founded in 1988 along with Mick Malouf, Paul Kindermann and Tim Spellman) he began publishing instructional manuals in 1997. He wrote over 130 titles for a range of instruments and styles.

In 2003, Peter won the Musicoz award in the Blues and Roots category for his song "If it wasn't for the Blues" and his playing was described by Rolling Stone Magazine as "shimmering".

Peter was also a brilliant song-writer and in 2003 came second in the blues category of the International Songwriters Competition held at Nashville, USA. Hundreds of entries were received from 40 different countries. Peter was thrilled to learn that one of the judges of his song, ‘Strong Medicine’, was BB King.

Peter’s last album, 'Siberia to Sydney', was a collaboration with internationally-renowned classical pianist, Konstantin Shamray, who performed Peter’s compositions and arrangements. The CD was launched at Tilley’s Devine Café in Lyneham in 2016; an appropriate venue given Tilley’s role in fostering Peter’s career – and that of so many other musicians.

Thanks to Lesley for listening to the draft of this podcast and approving it.

The podcast is based on excerpts from a substantial oral history interview I recorded with him for the National Library of Australia in 1995 and 2001.