Pete & Sophie
Pete Ellis and Sophie Watson met in a pub in February 1989 and discovered a
mutual interest in folk music, and they have been playing and singing together
in Suffolk pubs on and off ever since.
Pete and Sophie are both well known at the Steamboat, having manned the helm of
its thriving folk session together for three and a half years. Sophie stood
down from that role in March 2006, but is still very much involved with the
session and the festival; Pete continues to steer the ship with assistance from
other session regulars.
They perform a mixture of traditional and modern songs and tunes, with Pete
accompanying the voices on guitar (played upside down, Hendrix-style) and
Sophie putting in twiddly bits on whistle.