Peter Hughes is an American multi-instrumentalist[1] formerly with the band The Mountain Goats.

[2][3] His first official recording with the band was 2002's Tallahassee, and he has performed on every subsequent studio album as of 2023’s Jenny from Thebes; he also sang backup vocals on the song "Cubs in Five" from the 1995 EP Nine Black Poppies.

[4] That year, The Mountain Goats also dedicated an EP to him, Songs for Peter Hughes.

In 2001, Hughes published The Baseball Diaries, his account of 31 ballgames that he attended in 2000.

Hughes's father was a flight-test technician for McDonnell Douglas, prompting a lasting interest in aviation.