Peter Booras started playing drums professionally in upstate New York at the age of 19. He played on the East Coast in various rock, funk, and rhythm and blues bands for 10 years before moving to California.

Peter has played with Al Quaglieri,  a Grammy-winning producer for CBS-Sony Records; Tony Lindsay (Santana); Skylark (Doobie Brothers); Frank Martin (Narada Michael Walden); Myron Dove (Santana); John Lee Sanders (Long John Baldry, Paul Williams); Garth Webber (Miles Davis); Mike Schermer (Elvin Bishop, Maria Muldaur); Dale Ockerman (Doobie Brothers); Tiran Porter (Doobie Brothers); Richard Bryant (Doobie Brothers); among many others.

Peter studied with Dr. James Petersack at Crane School of Music, State University of New York (1972-1974) and at the  Berkeley College of Music in Boston, MA (1974-1975)

In California, Peter began performing with Bay Area perennial bands such as Spang-A-Lang and Roger Eddy. He toured with Maria Muldaur and the Jerry Garcia Band. Peter is currently a member of the White Album Ensemble, and can also be seen with a variety of local bands - including Mumblefinger, Broadway Blues and Mick Overman & the Maniacs.