Pete teaches 14 different adult classes on the history, role and importance of contemporary popular music at universities and other venues in the Bay Area.

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Turn, Turn, Turn: a regional and chronological road trip through the Golden Age of rock and roll, parts one and two

The Fab Four and the Stones: the American roots of these two great bands

Country Music: a road trip

Country-Rock: 55 years of the genre that combined two iconic styles

Motown: The Sound of Young America

Great Voices: an in-depth look at some of the greatest rock, pop and R&B singers of our time

It’s All About the Song: The Mount Olympus of American songwriters

Memphis Soul Music of the 1960’s: a timeless genre

The Golden Age of Folk Music: 1950-1980

The Belfast Cowboy: Van Morrison

Bruce Springsteen: America’s rock and roll poet laureate

Let It Rock: six legendary American rock bands, 1965-2000

Sweet Harmony: a look back at 24 of the most iconic vocal groups, 1950-1990.