Pedro Yanowitz
Peter Yanowitz (born September 13, 1967, Chicago, Illinois, United States), also known as Pedro Yanowitz, is an American musician, songwriter, and visual artist. Yanowitz was the original drummer of The Wallflowers, and for Natalie Merchant on her first three solo records Tigerlily, Ophelia, and Live in Concert. He also played drums for Money Mark, the Black Sabbath tribute band Hand of Doom with Melissa Auf der Maur, and with Nina Nastasia, on her album Dogs. Other artists Yanowitz has played drums with include: Yoko Ono, Allen Ginsberg, and Wilco . Yanowitz was also the bass player, songwriter, and producer for the band Morningwood. Currently, Yanowitz is the drummer of Exclamation Pony with Ryan Jarman, and he is also performed as 'Schlatko', the drummer of The Angry Inch in the Tony award winning Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Andrew Rannells, Michael C. Hall, John Cameron Mitchell, Darren Criss, and Taye Diggs.
Early life
Yanowitz was born in Chicago's Hyde Park and was raised Jewish in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father, Frank Yanowitz is a jazz musician/composer and a cardiologist. Yanowitz began playing drums at the age of seven. He received an English major from Tufts University in 1989.
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by Julianne
Better Hands
by: JulianneVERSE 1:
We’ve been going down this road for some time
And I don’t know where this is going
Even though I’ve been watching all the signs
I don’t know where this is leading
Wondering why it’s been taking so long
And I’ve been feeling kind of low
But You tell me that I need to hold on
To Your promise, that You’re in control
CHORUS:
We are in better Hands
Than our own
Than our own
We don’t need to see
Before we
Before we believe
VERSE 2:
I look outside the window anticipating
the coming of a new day
You said it’s coming
I know it’s on its way
Wondering what is in store for the both of us
And if it’s what we’re hoping for
Then You remind me that I don’t have to be afraid