10 Wednesday, September 4, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Legendary bluegrass musician returns to Sisters Folk Festival By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent Legendary bluegrass singer-songwriter, Peter Rowan is one of this year9s headliners at the 2019 Sisters Folk Festival. Rowan has a career span- ning over five decades, after falling in love with music at a young age. He has worked with a number of well-known artists and musicians over the years. His most influential early music memory comes from his uncle when he was just six years old. When his fam- ily would visit his World War II veteran uncle, they would pass the time in Hawaii play- ing music. He learned to play the ukulele with his uncle as his first musical instrument at six years old. Later, his best friend that lived down the street from him in Massachusetts where he grew up started playing and singing duets with him around their neighborhood. Around the time they were young boys, the image of Elvis was beginning to come on the mainstream media, young Rowan seeing flashes of performances and maga- zine covers as he walked the streets of his hometown near Boston. One day, Rowan and his friend saw an image of Elvis with a Martin D18 guitar over his shoulder, and Rowan thought that he wanted to have the same guitar.