Peter Wolfe - songs and poetry. Peter Wolfe writes songs for his band The Side Effects as well as for Peter Doherty.
45 videos • 789 views • by The Rock & Roll Museum™ “Wolfeman” is a Babyshambles song about the love affair between Peter Doherty and Peter Wolfe. “This is for Lovers” - Peter Doherty’s first solo hit was written by Peter Wolfe. Wolfie is a great poet and has written many songs for Peter, for The Libertines and Babyshambles. The author is not credited for his work. Listen to Peter W’s live recording of “For Lovers” at the 2004 Sundance Festival backed by his band “The Side-Effects” with Franke Pharoh formerly side-man to Marvin Gaye. Also Listen to Peter W’s “Siberian Fur” its far better than Peter Doherty’s version. “Napoleon” was written by Wolfe in New York in 2004 and is a searing, hard core 7 minutes of eloquent rap. Wolfe writes lyrics of savage self-hatred and sublime love songs in a space between Rap and Soul music. “Gunja Din” is the best song on the third :Libertines album and was voted “Song of the Year” by Q Magazine at the televised awards in 2019.