Pete Sayers

The only British performer ever to appear as a regular guest on Nashville's legendary Grand Ole Opry, singer, songwriter, and comedian Pete Sayers was born November 6, 1942, in Bath, England. The son of a music teacher, while still a toddler he received a violin from musical humorist Gerard Hoffnung, a close family friend. In 1949 the family relocated to Newmarket, where Sayers became a chorister, often re-creating favorite hymns on the harmonica. As a teen he formed the Bluegrass Cut-Ups, possibly Britain's first bluegrass band, and by the age of 18 he was regularly playing w...