David Peterson

Bluegrass singer and guitarist David Peterson takes a distinctly traditional approach to playing his music, possibly because he came to it indirectly. He was born in Boston and grew up in Massachusetts, but was introduced to the Southern musical style by the deacon of his family's church in his early teens. He at first determined upon a religious vocation and studied for the ministry in Texas, but later decided to follow his interest in bluegrass and moved to Nashville to become a professional musician in 1995. In 1999, he formed 1946, naming the quintet after the year that Bi...