简介：bySteveLeggett Anintriguingrootsbasedfolkandbluessongwriter,singer,guitarist,andkeyboardplayer,PeterKarpspenthischildhoodsplitbetweenLeonia,NJ,andatrailerparkinEnterprise,AL,eventuallybreakingintothelocalmusicsceneinNewYorkasateenwithTheyCamefromHouses,agenremixingartbluespunkoutfit.KarpwalkedawayfromboththebandandacontractofferfromPolygramRecordsandspentthenextdecadetravelingandraisingafamily.HeattendedRiderUniversityinLawrenceville,NJandfilmschoolatNewYorkUniversity,butleftbothinstitutionswithoutobtainingadegree.Heopenedhisownproductioncompany,TotalPicture,inManhattanbeforereturningtoperforminginthelate'90swiththeRoadshowBand.Karpandthebandreleasedashowsetin2000,LiveattheAmericanRoadhouse,followedbyRoadshowin2002.KarpsignedwithBackbenderRecordsin2004andTheTurningPoint,whichfeaturedexRollingStonesguitaristMickTaylor,appearedthatsameyear.HemovedtoBlindPigRecordsandreleasedShadowsandCracksin2007.HecurrentlysplitshistimebetweenNashvilleandNewJersey.KarpteamedwithSueFoleyforajointalbumentitled,HeSaid,SheSaidforBlindPig.ItwasreleasedinMarchof2010.