Peter Lehndorff

Peter Lehndorff was once called skewed by the Springfield (MA) Union News. He considers that a compliment. He writes stand-up folk: humorous songs about everyday life. His off-beat songs poke fun at things we generally overlook: our cars, what we eat, where we live and the things that most normal people are too afraid to admit they are afraid of. His cd "Love on the Line" includes Yellow Datsun, a duet with Dar Williams. He gets studio help from some of the finest musicians in New England including mandolin wiz Kevin Lynch and guitarist Jeff Pevar (James Taylor, David Crosby, Ray Charles). His song 'East Longmeadow' looks at suburban life, commuting to work in a stationwagon and trying to get back home again. 'Paranoid' is an anthem to fear. He goes to heaven but gets lonely in 'I Wish You Were Dead'. The title track 'Love on the Line' is about a couple that marries during a conference call. He's a favorite of Click and Clack on NPR's CarTalk and 'Peugeot' was featured on "Car Tunes Volume 1: Disrespectful Car Songs". REVIEWS ...intelligent lyrical vignettes of everyday life and the comical trappings of suburbia... delivered with an acute sense of comedic timing. -The Springfield (MA) Union News Dirty Linen Magazine called 'East Longmeadow' tongue-in-cheek anthem to suburbia. New England Performer Magazine called 'Everything Takes Longer' hilarious... Imagine Sam Elliot or Nick Nolte singing a tune written by Nick Drake and Carlos Jobim and you'll get the picture. A gem. Peter Lehndorff has established his own voice, his own good natured wonder at the all-too-visible mysteries of this modern world. Jim Foley, KXCI-fm Tuscon (AZ) His lyrics are wry, but have an honest, lived-in, everyday quality. Lehndorff's not a wise guy, but a man with a keen sense of what is both weird and touching in our shared human experience. Dwight Thurston, WWUH-fm Hartford (CT) Tom Lehrer with chops. John McLaughlin, WESU-fm, Ohio