Pedro Arévalo Welcome to Hittin' the Web with Pedro Arévalo, my new home in on the web. This is the place to get the latest word on all my projects, travels, & endeavors. Feel free to post all your questions and comments. I look forward to reading them and will respond whenever possible. Step on up and say Hi!in person when you see me at a show. Smiling faces make the road easier to travel. Cordially yours, Pedro J. Arévalo

10 Questions With Pedro Arevalo
Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 05:00 AM
By:Josh Mintz For: Honest Tune Josh Mintz: Pedro, thanks for taking the time to speak with us. Tell us a little about your background - when did you first pick up an instrument? Pedro Arevalo: When i was about five or six my mother taught me how to play some Christmas songs on a small electric organ that we had in the house. A couple years later I bought a keyboard, but I started playing string instruments when I was around 10 years old. I wanted to play bass, but we had several guitars around the house so my father made me learn to play a few tunes on guitar before he could justify purchasing an electric bass. I believe it was my tenth birthday when I got my first Fender bass.
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Pedro Arevalo and Friends
Posted on Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 05:35 PM
By: Bill Ector For: Hittin' the Note Perhaps the most telling statement about Pedro Arevalo is the one uttered by none other than the renowned Dickey Betts, of Allman Brothers Band fame and currently the leader of Dickey Betts and Great Southern: “Pedro Arevalo is one of the most prolific songwriters and storytellers I have seen in a long time. As soon as I heard him, I had to have him in my band.” Taken from a man who has spun a few tales in his life and hung out with such storytellers as Billy Joe Shaver, this is not faint praise. One listen to the 14 songs on Pedro Arevalo and Friends proves Betts’ statement to be very true indeed. Essentially recorded as an acoustic album, Pedro gets the opportunity to showcase his numerous talents on acoustic guitar, electric and upright basses, electric slide guitar, and both biscuit cone and tricone resonator guitars. Throw in a little percussion work on two tracks as well, and it is easy to see what the fuss is all about.
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Pedro in Bass Player Magazine
Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 09:46 PM
DICKEY BETTS & GREAT SOUTHERN Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Bass Player Magazine By Brian Fox | November 2005 Former Allman Brothers Band lead guitarist Dickey Betts revisits some of the Allmans’ greatest hits on this live DVD and CD, including “Statesboro Blues,” “Blue Sky,” and “Jessica.” The band smokes, and Pedro Arevalo digs hard on his Lakland Skyline 44-02, giving Great Southern a snappy, edgy bottom end. In the DVD Pedro describes his role in the band, namely how Dickey encourages him to play out and “chase the melody.” Pedro is always in step, copping Dickey’s licks as soon as they’re played, frequently taking liberties to flash his own impressive chops. Despite some hair-raising rhythm-section snafus on “Ramblin’ Man,” the band lays down the kind of dirty Southern blues that’ll have you hootin’ for more. (BF)
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Pedro in Hittin' the Note
Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 09:46 PM
Back Where It All Begins Dickey Betts & Great Southern Eagle Rock Entertainment by Joe Knap From the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 1995, Dickey Betts has performed - both with the Allman Brothers and on his own - at a variety of Rock Hall events. Dickey and the Brothers played at the inaugural concert and at the American Music Masters tribute to Robert Johnson in 1998. Dickey became the first Hall of Fame inductee to actually perform in the building itself, playing an acoustic set accompanied by Warren Haynes and Allen Woody in April 1996. Now, backed by Great Southern, Dickey is the first Hall of Famer to release a concert DVD recorded at the Rock Hall. Appropriately titled Back Where It All Begins, the DVD/CD includes the well-known Allman Brothers song that Betts wrote and acknowledges Dickey's reverence for the Rock Hall and the emotions he experiences as an inductee. Filmed on September 29, 2004, the 152-minute DVD and 60-minute CD reflect Dickey's and the band's abilities to overcome adversity. That late September day begins with Dickey being inter'viewed on local radio and at the Rock Hall. We arrived early for the concert, and were treated to a multi-song sound check, clearly audible from just outside the building. Walking across the plaza to his bus following the sound check, Dickey shouts to the gathering crowd, "We're gonna have some fun tonight!"
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Vine Street Rumba Band at Phat Cats in Venice
Posted on Monday, January 16, 2006 - 01:23 PM
John Patten, 05/18/02 jpatten@veniceflorida.com Backstage at Phat Cats is a tiny open area between the store-room and the customer bathroom. The Vine Street Rumba Band, a seven-piece Latin jazz orchestra, are all sweating from the first set. All are in their late thirties to late forties, except for bassist Pedro Arevalo: in his mid-twenties, he is the young pup of the group. Arevalo is getting a lecture on jazz history from percussionist Hernando Bueno (both shown at right). Bueno has just finished talking about Freddie Hubbard and animatedly moves on to discuss Ron Carter. Excitedly waving his arms, Bueno finally concludes the impromptu classroom lesson with "...that's how Carter was able to do some of the things he did later on in his life, because he stopped and took the time to go back and learn the roots of jazz. You have got to go back and learn the roots or you'll never understand anything about jazz." Arevalo smiles and nods politely. The rest of the band sip their drinks and barely avoid snickering. They've apparently heard this same speech many times before.
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