Peter Rowan & Tony Rice was the pairing of American bluegrass musicians Peter Rowan and Tony Rice (died 2020). Rowan formed the Tex-Mex group The Cupids while in high school in 1956; they became locally famous, self-releasing a single. In college he discovered bluegrass after hearing The Country Gentlemen and The Stanley Brothers. In 1963, he joined the Mother Bay State Entertainers and played mandolin on their record, The String Band Project. In late 1965 Read more on Last.fm