Pete Elman

Originally from Washington, D.C., Pete Elman is a musician, writer, teacher and historian. Since 1963 he has worked as a performer, composer, studio musician, recording artist and producer. Elman was the columnist for the Oakland Athletics Fan Coalition from 2000-2005, covered local sports for the CC Times from 2000-2011 and has worked since 2014 as a freelance contributor to the Ultimate Sports Guide. In 2013 he published an acclaimed children’s picture book, Seasons Rhymes in Time. In 2023 he released two books: Remember Their Sacrifice, (with Arif Khatib) the story of 19 unsung minority athletes who overcame the odds to achieve greatness, both off and on the field, and Insights and Outtakes, an in-depth look into teams and individuals who have brought so much joy, controversy, passion and pain to the landscape of pro sports. He taught public school at levels K-12 from 2002-2015, and since 2015 has been teaching 14 courses on contemporary popular music to adults at universities and other venues all over the Bay Area.