Peter Head

Peter Head (born Peter Beagley 1946, Adelaide) is an Australian rock music pianist and singer-songwriter. He came to prominence with Adelaide progressive rock band Headband (from February 1971 to 1974. He then formed The Mount Lofty Rangers, which included Bon Scott (ex-Fraternity) on lead vocals. Head also has a solo career.

Peter Head began playing piano professionally at age of 13 with "Adelaide's first rock'n'roll band", Johnny Mac and the Macmen as well playing to accompany the showgirls at the infamous Hindley Street institution, La Belle, after school. Throughout his teens, he continued piano lessons from a variety of well-known pianists such as Bobby Gebert and Roger Frampton and played modern jazz. He also played many shows accompanying a young Johnny Farnham and Doug Ashdown. At 17, he attended art school and opened his own art gallery for a short while with his wife. He relocated to London at age 19, working and touring with reggae band run by Boz Burrell (Bad Company) and moonlighted in various bands and loose formations in a music scene alongside artists such as Georgie Fame, Alan Price, The Foundations and King Crimson.

In 1970, Head returned to Adelaide and was playing avant garde jazz before forming Headband, an adventurous progressive blues/rock band, with vocalist Chris Bailey (later of The Angels) on bass, Mauri Berg (ex Silhouettes) on guitar and backing vocals and Joff Bateman on drums and backing vocals. Headband released three national singles – "Land of Supercars/How I Miss The Country" (1972) "Country Lady/Stay With Me" (1972) and "A Song For Tooley/Brand New Morning" (1973). The album A Song For Tooley (Polydor 2907.008), featuring Sydney Symphony players and an 110 piece children's choir was released in September 1973.

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