Peter Schwimmer, a bluegrass picker since 1964, has explored many musical styles (including jazz, blues, and country music) and performed and/or recorded with bluegrass artists such as Vassar Clements, Tony Trischka, Peter Rowan, and Del McCoury, and with jazz fusion group Steps Ahead.

A founding member of Front Range, and a resume that includes Oregon bands Train 145, Sam Hill, Dr. Corn's Bluegrass Remedy, Lee Highway, and the Muddy Bottom Boys, Peter combines stylistic elements of traditional players like Earl Scruggs, Porter Church, Bill Emerson, and J.D. Crowe, with the melodic approach of players like Bill Keith and Bobby Thompson, and mixes them with bluesy licks using a solid and rhythmic right hand technique.

He taught at the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, at Sound Acoustic Music Camp, and he teaches banjo (and mandolin and guitar) in his hometown of Portland, Oregon.

Currently he plays with Small Towne Bluegrass Band, New Old Friends (bluegrass) and the Steve Hall Quintet (jazz).