Pete Williams & His Band

HARE PRESENTS SUN DEC 20TH HARE AND HOUNDS PETE WILLIAMS & HIS BAND AFTERNOON CHRISTMAS SHINDIG + SPECIAL GUESTS DOORS: 4PM - 8PM TICKETS: £18 Pete Williams is a founding member of Dexys Midnight Runners playing on their number one single "Geno" and also being a pivotal force in their resurgence as Dexys.

Born to Black Country parents just inside a new decade, Pete Williams went to school, had a paper round, dreamed and played clarinet. At age 14 he bought a bass guitar and was soon playing in various bands appearing in social clubs around the industrial West Midlands.

Four years later he was invited by an old school friend to join a "new wave soul group" as yet unnamed, which later became DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS. Their first release "Dance Stance" was issued on Bernie Rhodes Oddball label.

Soon after they were invited to support The Specials on the first 2Tone tour. K. No1 single with "Geno", extensive touring and many festival appearances followed.

Pete left Dexys Midnight Runners in Zurich at the end of an exhausting trans-European tour; returned to England and formed The Bureau. S. with The Pretenders. K. They disbanded in 1983. ("The Bureau" album finally saw the light of day with a release in 2005).

In the following years, Pete continued to write and perform with his own band 'These Tender Virtues'2003 saw the reformation of Dexy's Midnight Runners and Pete taking centre stage as co-vocalist along side Kevin Rowland on the critically acclaimed tour "To Stop The Burning".

Kevin, Pete and Mick Talbot went on to record the album 'One Day I'm Going To Soar '.