Real name: Pieter van Houten

Effective period / Period of releases: 1961 - 1988

Dutch guitarist, singer and astrologer known under his pseudonym Peter Van Wood
✰ September 19, 1927, Den Haag, Netherlands
✞ March10, 2010, Rome, Italy
He began playing the guitar at age 14. One of the first in Europe who use effects like echo and reverb.
1946 - performed at the London Palladium
1949 - moved to Italy where was contacted by Renato Carosone and Gegè Di Giacomo to form a trio
1965 Peter and his band stard their tour over the world, with concerts at the Olympia in Paris and also at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Has recorded 8 albums for Pathé and has participated in four movies.
Even as an astrologer, was a famous TV personality for years.