Life and career Peter Finger was born in
Weimar,
Thuringia, Germany. He came from a musical family with his father being employed as an orchestral conductor, and Finger studied both violin and piano before taking lessons on guitar playing at the age of 13. He later studied music in
Münster. His debut recording took place in 1973, which saw
Bottleneck Guitar Solos issued by
Kicking Mule Records. By 1988, Finger had set up his own music publishing business and record label, the latter being known as Acoustic Music Records. From 1995 onwards he worked as the publisher of the
Akustik Gitarre magazine. In 2000, Finger produced the Open Strings Festival in Germany for the third time.
Production work Finger has produced albums such as
Guitar Bazaar (
Tim Sparks, 1995),
One String Leads to Another (Tim Sparks, 1999), and
Vicki Genfan Live (2003). ==Equipment==