Comments on: Peter Bocking: RIP

By: Steve Rogers

Steve Rogers — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:51:38 +0000

I too was one of Pete’s students for a few months, back in the mid-70s in Margate. He always had to slow down A LOT so I could see what he was doing, but it was great to hear him jam. From just a few lessons I learned the important lesson of how to keep my left hand still and let my fingers do the playing.

By: Mike Outram

Mike Outram — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:31:36 +0000

Thanks for sharing, Johnny.

By: Johnny B

Johnny B — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:25:37 +0000

Pete was in a band with me in the 70s for a long time we played all over the north west playing mainly in Blackpool 6 nights a week then private gigs on sunday. Pete was by far one of the greatest players I have worked with he was very much a one off player and person. An awesome musician a great story teller. I remeber Lonnie Donigan coming to stay with us in Blackpool and gave the chance of Pete going to America with him. this saw the final days of Pete in the band we wished him well and Pete was gone only to be replaced by another great guitarist Ashley Mulford (Sad Cafe).
Several meetings later I always got the feeling Pete missed working with us in the band and we missed him. Pete Bocking R.I.P

By: Mike Outram

Mike Outram — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:08:58 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing some memories of Pete, Daniel.

Wow, ten years! You must’ve known him well. I remember that story about the Beatles! They played on the same bill, I think. There’s more about that on one of those links at the top. Yep, his stories were really funny.

I’d love to see his writing if you still have a note or two you could send. That’d be nice. I really remember all the lesson notes he wrote out for me, but I don’t have any of them now.

Thanks again. Always nice to be reminded of Pete :)

By: Daniel Stone

Daniel Stone — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:48:57 +0000

I really enjoyed reading this, he was my teacher too for ten years from the age of 7 (i lived very close to him) and i can completely understand what you mean about his teaching style. I am now a teacher myself and i have him to thank, i still have some of his notes in my music folder. I also bought his Taylor acoustic guitar off him at a snip. He once told me that he cried when Twangs the music shop in Rochdale closed down leaving only Dr Rocks (now bonecats) whom he hated both of, and i completely understand that too. Twangs was awesome and bonecats and dr rocks where kack. He told me he once worked with Freddy Starr and was also in a band with John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin (he told me johns favorite card game was the french pontoon called Piquet) Not only was he a great teacher but he also had me mesmerized with his amazingly entertaining stories about his equally amazing life. He held a lot of derision certain famous bands including, The Beatles (couldnt tune their instruments), Blur (nerds), Eric Clapton(stole everything he wrote) which had me in stitches. He didn’t just understand music, he was music to me.

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Thinking about having some guitar lessons? Mike Outram ~ The Electric Campfire — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:30:23 +0000

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