After being introduced to the other musicians who were contributing to the album, one of them, a really cool guy named Jordan, says to me "wait a minute, are you Peter Dawson the photographer?" So i told him that i was in fact a photographer. So he says "No way! My dad is Peter Dawson the Violinist!"
WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Yeah, so there are basically four other Peter Dawsons on Google:
1)Peter Dawson the Dentist/Dental institute in Florida, whom i despise because he has the domain www.peterdawson.com. If you're interested, it looks like their doing a "head and neck dissection" on August 9th.
2)Peter Dawson Band, an Austin Texas based musician. I don't really care for the music, but my friend from Texas went to his show once and mailed me a pair of pink American Apparel women's underwear that have "I LOVE PETER DAWSON" printed on the butt, which i guess this guy sells as merchandise at his shows. I'm saving them for the future Mrs. Dawson.
3)Peter Dawson the Australian Wedding Photographer. Sometimes i get email requests for my "wedding packages." Enough said.
4)Peter Dawson the Violinist Check it out! There's a little audio sample on the site and here's his storefront in Ottowa, Canada. He sells violins too.
So Jordan told me all about his dad - how he was a Russian Immigrant named Peter Zadorozny, and how that name wasn't memorable or whatever for a musician, so he changed his name to Peter Dawson. Jordan's an amazing musician too - check out some music on his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/abbeyband
And yes, he beat me at ping pong, which is pretty good because i was my dorm champion in college, but i haven't played since then.
Small world indeed....
4 comments:
wow dude i love this story. good stuff.
Another interesting thing is that my step-dad is from Ottawa Canada and his parents immigrated here from the Ukraine.
So awesome, Peter.
G'day from Oz. Have you heard there's another famous Peter Dawson who is a cyclist, down here in Australia? I also met a well known Sky Diver when I was a kid in the 1960's and he was Peter Dawson. One of the most famous baritones that ever lived was Peter Dawson who died in 1961. I also have this name and I live in Australia as well. I'm also a keen photographer, but not a professional like my namesake in Perth. I've worked as a T.V. cameraman for ABC-TV, so it appears that a lot of us are attracted to the arts. Regards, Peter Dawson. (Waverton, NSW)
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