{"id":493,"date":"2024-01-18T02:39:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T02:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petelevesque.com\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2024-01-26T01:49:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T01:49:43","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/petelevesque.com\/?page_id=493","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"493\" class=\"elementor elementor-493\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efd6adb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"efd6adb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-385904a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"385904a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Pete Levesque has been an in demand free lance saxophonist in the Greater Boston area for 30 years. 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