"Pete" Lowry (born April 1, 1941) is an American folklorist, writer, record producer, ethnomusicologist, historian, photographer, forensic musicologist, and teacher who deals with aspects of popular music, mainly African American.
Born in Montclair, New Jersey, attending Deerfield Academy, and then Princeton University, where he specialized in the biological sciences.
Teaching biology for a few years after obtaining a Master's in zoology, he changed his focus to blues and jazz with a primary focus on the Piedmont blues of the south-eastern United States.