Pete Droge and Elaine Summers were married by Judge Judith Hightower at the Municipal Court of Seattle in 2008. Being the musical couple they are, it was only natural that they write a song about it. The resulting light hearted “Tie The Knot” is the closing track on their new EP THE DROGE & SUMMERS BLEND- Volume One.
Though this is the first record they have made where both of their names appear on the front cover, the couple are long-time collaborators. The bride has lent backing vocals, guitars and percussion to all of Pete’s albums and tours since his 1994 debut, Necktie Second. (That’s her banging on the cowbell on the hit single “If You Don’t Love Me...”) The groom has served as producer on two of Elaine’s albums, and the two have collaborated on film scores, music for advertising, and producing other artists at their home studio, located on an island near Seattle.
Friends know that “Pete and Elaine” are not three words, they blend into one: petenelaine. That is the essence of this project. The operative word is “blend,” the sort that you can only achieve after having lived and worked together so closely for so many years. This is music born of a deep bond: It’s what holds it together. It’s there in the spaces, between the words, and in the places where one voice blurs with the other to become something new.
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