Patty Reese

Some artists dream...some artists work. From singing for more than 15 years almost nightly in bars and coffee houses to shaking the rafters of main stages on the east and west coast, Patty has sustained a career doing what she loves best... writing and performing the music she loves.________________ With an undying passion for creating and delivering soulful music, Patty Reese’s style has been compared to Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge and Janis Joplin. Inspired by the vocals of Etta James and Aretha Franklin, Reese’s own standout vocal style encompasses pop, blues, folk and rock._______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _ CHESAPEAKE BAY MUSIC GUIDE. ...."a critic and fan favorite..... When Wammie Award -winning artist Patty Reese takes the stage, it's immediately obvious why she receives the critical acclaim that she does. She's a very talented songwriter and guitarist, as well as a powerful and soulful performer. ...is able to float effortlessly between genres of pop, blues, folk, jazz, and rock with a style that is both dynamic and original."__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ MARYLAND MUSICIAN MAGAZINE "Equally at home with the bluesy growl of Janis Joplin, the bowl 'em over dynamics of Melissa Etheridge, and the smooth grace of Bonnie Raitt."_____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ WASHINGTON POST.com "Patsy Cline-meets-Bruce Springsteen sound" ..__________________________________________________________ _______________________ MUSIC MONTHLY MAGAZINE.... "It is as if she were a female Dylan, and the setting is unrefined Blonde on Blonde-period.....Ms. R’s summation of the finale with her vocal and acoustic notes is, quite simply, timeless. Captured timelessly, as well, is the vast majority of this album, with exemplary ensemble work by the entire production and mastering team, including Ms. R, some of the guest artists, Marco Delmar, and Bill Wolf. Those previous three consecutive (Train, Take You With Me and Stuck on the Outside) songs make the strongest grouping of local or regional tunes I've ever heard, demonstrating the purity and variety of Ms. R’s many gifts. Alone, they would make a CD worthwhile to own. They kick the already-high energy into the stratosphere. Coupled with so many other notable songs, they fly just the same. They make this a moveable feast. The uniqueness and flexibility of her voice, combined with the maturity, polish, and professionalism of her song-writing, alone and in collaboration with John Tracey and others, stirred in the cauldron of personal and performance experience, make her a triple-threat—une chanteuse extraordinaire. One special talent on the verge of a breakthrough________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _______ THE BAND Whether performing solo acoustic, duo, or with a full band, her whirlwind performance schedule keeps her in the spotlight. Patty considers herself fortunate to be sharing the stage on any given night with some of the most celebrated talent on the east coast including guitarists Dave Chappell, Dan Hovey or Robert Fiester, saxophonists Bruce Swaim, Ron Holloway, bassists Dennis Michaels, Steve Wolfe and Sonny Petrosky and drummers John Thomakos, John Tracey, Barry Hart and Robbie Magruder.___________________________________________________ _________________________ MUSIC & SONGWRITING AWARDSAlong with 11 years of nominations vocals and her band, Reese was named 2002 and 2006 Best Rock Pop Vocalist and awarded 2004 Best Pop/Rock Album from the Washington Area Music Association. This year she is nominated in the Roots Rock Vocalist catagory-winners to be announced at the Wammies on February 17th. (WAMA).________________________________________________-- Music Monthly Magazine Readers Poll named her Best Acoustic Band of 2007• Top 10 Winner TrueValue Hardware National Songwriting Contest • Northern CA Songwriter’s Association honors • Mid Atlantic Song Contest honors • WAMA nomination for Song of the YearWASHINGTON AREA VENUES Strathmore Music Center The Birchmere Rams Head Main Stage 9:30 Club Recher Theater Blues Alley Avalon Theater IOTA Club & Cafe ...and more________________________________________________________ ____CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival Strathmore Music Center Bob Dylan Tribute Opened for Dereck Trucks w/ Ron Holloway at Strathmore Music Center Bitter End NYNY Rehoboth DE Jazz Festival Ocean City MD Sunfest East Coast Jazz Fest Camden Yards - performing the National Anthem City of Rockville Festival California Expo and State Fair Montgomery County Fair, MD Mt. Shasta, CA Concert Series Maryland Wine Festival Baltimore's Artscape plus concert venues in Key West, Myrtle Beach, Sacramento, NYC and more.____PATTY STARS IN ROCK OPERA Patty Reese played the leading role in the Science Fiction Rock Opera “When ET Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest” by composer James Levy. The show debuted at the Takoma Theater in Washington DC in October of 2004 and plans are in the works for an off-Broadway run.____RECORDINGS “Here and Now” - Patty Reese (WAMA Best Rock Pop Album) “The Broad Highway” - Patty Reese Band “A Night to Remember” - One Night Stand__ Reese is often summoned to add guitar, vocals and backing harmonies to live productions and studio recordings for commercial work and bands such as Crack the Sky, Naked Blue, Billy Coulter, Kyf Brewer, Ruthie and the Wranglers, Cary Zeigler, Junior Watts, Junior Cline, Tony Denikos and Kevin Klein on "Raven Maniac" the theme song recorded for the Baltimore Ravens._ After releasing her latest award winning CD, "Here and Now," Reese is back in the studio in recording her next project where she promises to deliver more incredible original music. ____________________________________________________-___ I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)