Happy New Year!
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January 20, 2012
2012...wow! When I was a young boy my friends and I would do the math and talk about how we'd probably still be alive at the turn of the century, and we'd try to imagine what life might be like in the 2000s! Well, I made it.
Every year's got so much to offer—I've been playing a lot with a bunch of wonderfully talented folks recently (Walt Wilkins, John Inmon, Ramsay Midwood,to name a few) and I look for that to continue. But I've also resolved to release a new cd this year, and so I'm busy making plans to let people see and hear the newest stuff. Hey, it even looks like I'll be in France for some playing in August (thank you Steve Carter and Phillippe Lafont!)
In the nearer future, I'll be heading up to Memphis for the International Folk Alliance Festival and Conference, an amazing affair with SO much music...it's almost too much...but I love it. Hope to see you out a show sometime soon!
Coming in November! Gram Parsons B-day Hoot!
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November 5, 2011
Although you wouldn’t know it by looking at a thermometer, fall is here and it’s time for the 5th Annual Gram Parsons Birthday Hoot, and I'm pretty darned excited about it!
On November 6th from 7 to 10:30PM at Threadgill’s World Headquarters in Austin, Texas, I'll once again gather an impressive collection of performers and celebrate the music of Gram Parsons, benefitting the Americana Music Association.
I'll lead the house band, as invited guest artists perform their favorite Gram Parson’s songs in this annual musical homage to the man whose influence on the artists and music of today’s Americana movement is still felt today.
This year’s event will benefit the Americana Music Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the genre of music that Parsons helped define.
Performers scheduled to appear include:
Sahara Smith
Dallas Wayne (Heybale)
Barbara K
Will Sexton
Bill Carter
Bob Livingston
Patterson Barrett
Earl P. Ball
Owen Temple
Micky Braun (Micky & the Motorcars)
Freddie Steady Krc w/Emily Grace Berry
Ted Roddy
Leeann Atherton
Jed Zimmerman
Karen Abrahams
Phil Hurley (Stonehoney)
Noelle Hampton
Mike Stinson
Matt Brooks (2 Hoots & A Holler)
Julieann Banks
Charlie Faye
Tom Pittman
Halleyanna
Brian Pounds
Shawn Davis (Stonehoney)
Amanda Cevallos
Gerry Burns
Dana McBride
Cam King
Steve Carter
Kim Deschamps
Chojo Jacques
Doc Simons
Daniel Simons
Rob Bollinger
Jon Hahn
Mike Rieman
Join me and the league of Parsons fans to celebrate his legacy of cosmic American music and help support this great organization!
New Song, New Video!
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August 20, 2011
I was at this event that was...well, awesome in this case actually applies. It's the annual Cherokee Creek Festival near Llano, Texas, a benefit concert that included Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, Keb Mo, Don Henley, and a host of others. Well I was fortunate to be included to play with my friends Stonehoney, and while I was there, Jessie Scott invited me to sing something for the Music Fog cameras. I decided to give a new song a try, and you can check it out at <http://musicfog.com/home/2011/8/13/patterson-barrett-the-where-and-when.html> Thanks so much to the entire Music Fog crew!