PK Dwyer

Who is PK Dwyer?

PK Dwyer who has also worked under the names Kevin Dwyer, Hollywood Dick Doll, and George Michael Jackson is a jump blues musician credited with forming the first-ever street band to busk at Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, USA. He formed that band, Felix & the Freelicks, shortly after he arrived in the Pacific Northwest in 1971. The band evolved into various other alignments, including the Dynamic Logs, the Jitters, Throbbing Gems, the Royal Famille du Caniveaux / Gutter People of Paris, all of whom played at the Market and in many other venues.

Born in Mill Valley, California, Dwyer has lived in a number of places, including Los Angeles, Seattle, Paris, the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, and New York City. In 1970, Dwyer, then a street musician in Los Angeles wrote and recorded music for the film Walk The Walk, directed by Jac Zacha. Soon after that he moved to Seattle and began performing on the streets and in the clubs with partner Donna Beck. He was a founding member and featured performer in a number of bands, including Felix & the Freelicks, the Dynamic Logs, self-described "cow punk" quintet The Jitters, Throbbing Gems, Royal Famille du Caniveaux / Gutter People of Paris, and the Hollywood Dick Doll Revue.