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Patti Witten is no stranger to twists of fate. A self-taught guitarist with a background in classical music, she played as a sideman on alto flute and rhythm guitar in local bands through the 1980s. But Patti quit the bands and bars after the untimely death of her husband and music partner in 1990. For nearly a decade Patti worked as a graphic artist and book illustrator while her guitar gathered dust. The hiatus ended when, searching for solace during the collapse of her second marriage and the aftermath of her father's sudden death, she picked up her guitar and began to write. Fate stepped in once more — on the merits of a homemade audition tape she was invited to join in a songwriting workshop led by Rosanne Cash . Patti had finally found her voice as a songwriter.

Over the next few years Patti's accomplishments grew quickly with the release of three independent CDs — from Grand Prize in the Great American Song Contest, shows from Seattle to NYC, the honor of having her album liner notes written by Cash, to TV and film placements and radio play nationwide and in Europe. But fate was not through with Patti. Disillusioned with the life of a touring musician she would nearly call it quits in 2005. Ironically, once freed from the expectations Patti began work on the songs that would become her new album, Tell the Wind. "Patti Witten's new album Tell The Wind deserves an A."
-PERFORMING SONGWRITER MAGAZINE
Visit Patti's web site pattiwitten.com

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Member Since: 4/19/2005
Band Website: http://pattiwitten.com
Band Members: Patti Witten songwriter, singer, guitar

Rich DePaolo (The Samples, Donna The Buffalo) producer, guitar, bass
Doug Robinson bass
Bill King drums

Influences: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Brown, National Health, Weather Report, Lucinda Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Aimee Mann, The Beatles, Sarah McLaughlin, Alanis, The Sundays, Brit prog rock, Eno, Peter Gabriel, Damien Rice, Rosanne Cash, CSNY, Tom Petty, Grant-Lee Phillips, Leo Kottke, Deb Talan, The Weepies and so many, many more...
Sounds Like: Aimee Mann, Chris Isaak, Hem, Eliza Gilkyson, Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin, Sarah McLaughlin, Jonatha Brooke, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Patty Griffin, Michael Hedges, Sonia Rutstein, Mark Dignam, Rosanne Cash, Eliot Smith, Duncan Sheik, Debi Smith, Richie Havens, Paul Geremia, David Mallett, Patty Larkin
Record Label: Potent Folk Records
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Crossing Jordan DVD uses Admit It, and Black Butterfly gets 20,000 plays on Pandora!

Hello!It's been a long time. I've been working full time for the past year, just writing and living quietly in the background of our collective national dramas (the election, the economy). But there ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:27:00 GMT

Update

Just learned that Maverick the UK's country and roots magazine, gave "Tell The Wind" a 4 star review in the July issue. I made my national TV debut in June 07 on the HGTV network show "National Open H...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:41:00 GMT

Pandora article in Atlanta Journal Constitution mentions Patti

A cool thing happened today. I got mentioned in an article about Pandora web radio in the March 26 2007 Atlanta Journal Constitution, on the front page of the "Living" section. The article is called, ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:28:00 GMT

Great American Song Contest! and other news...

Upcoming Events: Interviews on WEOS-FM's "Out Of Bounds" and WGDR-FM's "Acoustic Harmony Presents" and a songwriter's showcase in Binghamton, NY. In Other News: "Obvious" wins Outstanding Achieveme...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:24:00 GMT