Biographies

Peter Lewis
Peter Lewis was from Pontypridd,(pronounced Pontyprith), Wales. As a teenager, he played music with friends but not professionally. He went to Bermuda as a health inspector in 1974 taking his guitar with him. He formed a folk band with a mish-mash of "Amateur" players, all of whom could have been professional. The Band was called "Magpi" consisting of Peter White, Peter Lewis, Keith Myerson, Pete Sumner, Mac Eddy and Avril Davis and they released one album.
When Rod MacKenzie came back to Bermuda the second time, he met them at the Bermuda Folk Club in Hamilton only knowing Peter White. As his residency progressed, Peter Lewis came in to play with Rod at the Robin Hood Pub and they immediately hit it off as friends and fellow Musicians. Incidentally, he played Spanish guitar and had a weird way of dislocating his thumb to play. He could pick strings like no-one else could, or would want to! Then Peter White came in with his banjo and guitar and the "MacKenzie, Lewis, White" band was formed.    read more>>>>>

Peter White
Peter White was born on 10 December 1948 in Southport, England. He graduated from Stanley Grange Police Academy and served as a bobby in Liverpool and Knowsley, England. In 1972, he emigrated to Bermuda where he continued being a bobby, and started his professional music career. It was in Bermuda where he joined up with Peter Lewis and Rod MacKenzie to become the MacKenzie, Lewis and White Band.

As an entertainer, Peter performed as a band member, solo artist, and a Karaoke host. He performed in several genres: Celtic, pop, and children’s shows. He was also active in valley theatre, as a board member of Arts in Motion and could be seen on stage in plays like The Music Man.      read more>>>>>

Rod MacKenzie
His long and winding road has led him from his childhood home in England, to the isle of Bermuda, to the ski resorts of New England and, finally, to southwest Florida. Along the way he has rejected and regretted taking a chance at stardom, procured a degree then left it behind, and missed out on a cushy pension from the road not taken.
The amiable, garrulous Scot is nearly as entertaining between songs in his sets as he is performing. Though his full, deep voice serves his folk/rock/country play list well, and he gives himself rich accompaniment on guitar, he’s also liable to banter with his crowd, exchange witticisms and memorably alter lyrics of the songs. read more>>>>>