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Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus

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Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus
of EDGE CITY
Acoustic Duo/Trio
In 2008, Austin’s Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus step away from the full band sound of their previous recordings with EDGE CITY . Their newly released album reflects their sound as a duo or trio when they perform in acoustic settings like The Cactus Cafe in Austin, Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta, Anderson Fair in Houston, Uncommon Ground in Chicago, or at House Concerts from Austin to Bar Harbor to Baltimore.
“Plans Gang Aft Agley”
“Plans Gang Aft Agley” is produced by Ron Flynt and based around Jim Patton’s heartfelt, character driven songs and his wall of sound vocal interplay with songstress Sherry Brokus. With Patton on guitar and Flynt on bass and keyboards, the new CD also features A-list performances from Rich Brotherton, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Warren Hood, and John Bush.
Featured are Patton’s recent songs where: a man discovers alternate definitions of success; a daughter waits in a bar for the father who walked out years ago; a father tells his child not to make the same mistakes he did; a brave woman breaks free of an abusive past; people fall in love; relationships end; relationships endure.
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Patton cites both 20th Century American Fiction (“Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Faulkner to Kerouac, Salinger and Raymond Chandler”) and the lives of the friends he grew up with in Maryland (“I knew doctors and lawyers, their waitresses and teachers, the water rats and gravediggers and the guy whose truck emptied port-o-pots all over the state”) as the main source of his lyrical inspiration.
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus have sung together for over twenty five years. They confess to listening to a lot of “Richard & Linda Thompson, the Byrds, the Airplane, the Everly Brothers, and Emmy Lou Harris singing with Bob Dylan” when they started .. then took off in a direction “that’s pretty much our own”.
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Member Since: 1/31/2008
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Jim Patton
acoustic guitar, vocals
Sherry Brokus
percussion, vocalsPhoto by Valerie Fremin

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Plans Gang Aft Agley
~ New Acoustic CD ~
© 2008

Musicians
Jim Patton
acoustic guitar, vocals
Sherry Brokus
vocals
Rich Brotherton
acoustic guitar, mandolin,
cittern
Scrappy Jud Newcomb
acoustic guitar
Warren Hood
fiddle
John Bush
percussion
Ron Flynt
bass, keyboards, vocals

Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Ron Flynt at Jumping Dog Studios, Austin Texas

Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Digital Audio Inc., Austin Texas

“The best laid schemes
o' mice an' men,
Gang aft agley”
Robert Burns
“To A Mouse”

CD REVIEWS
PLANS GANG AFT AGLEY

"...an antidote to the fascism that surrounds us daily." Yuri Susanna
Roots Highway , Italy

"4 stars .. noticeably more assured and finely nuanced .. it’s the duo’s bedrock integrity that powers their music."
John Conquest
3rd Coast Music Magazine

"This is a beguiling record. .. it inexorably drew me in. Plain, simple, unadorned, unpretentious lyrics and singing that weave their tales of universal life, love and woe with the slyness of Hemingway and the convoluted depth of William Faulkner. .. The characters that inhabit these songs .. are presented in all the gorgeous complexity that makes up human life. .. the unadorned fabric beauty of the melodies .. A slight guitar figure here, a jingle of tambourine there and an organ rising up like bubbling crude beneath, all adding nuance and texture to these tales. .. An A record!"
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Jim Patton &
Sherry Brokus
of EDGE CITY
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Check out this event: Singer-Songwriter of Cape May (NJ)

Hosted By:Singer Songwriter Cape MayWhen:Friday, March 27, 2009Where:Congress Hall251 Beach Cape May08204Description:SS Cape May is a conference & showcase festival held in Cape May on March 27 & 28th...
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3rd Coast Music Songwriters @ Austin Java Thurs March 19, 2-10pm

THIRD COAST MUSIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASEHosted by Jim Patton & Sherry BrokusFeaturing Fine Americana Artists EVERY THIRD THURSDAY March 192:00  10:00 pm@ AUSTIN JAVA1206 Parkway (Near 12th and Lamar)Aus...
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Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus @ Folk Alliance / 3RD Coast Music @ Room 1925

Feb 19 - 21 Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus @ RM 1925  International Folk Alliance Conference Downtown Marriot and Cook Convention Center Memphis, Tennessee www.folkalliance.org'ITR'=Songwriters In The Rou...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:44:00 GMT

3CMSS with Steve Carter, Tony Airoldi, Danny Britt @ Austin Java Thurs Feb 19 8pm

THIRD COAST MUSIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASEWith Special Host Danny BrittFeaturing These Fine Americana Artists Steve CarterTony Airoldi Danny Britt EVERY THIRD THURSDAY February 198:00  10:00 pm AUSTIN JAV...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:17:00 GMT

Tim Henderson, Bob Cheevers, Brian Kalinec, Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus @ Austin Java Jan 15

THIRD COAST MUSIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASEHosted by Jim Patton & Sherry BrokusFeaturing These Fine Americana Artists Tim HendersonBob CheeversBrian KalinecJim Patton & Sherry Brokus  EVERY THIRD THURSDAY J...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:05:00 GMT

BettySoo, Beth Lee, Patrick Green, JP&SB @ Austin Java Thurs Dec 18

THIRD COAST MUSIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASEHosted by Jim Patton & Sherry BrokusFeaturing These Fine Americana Artists   BettySooBeth LeePatrick GreenJim Patton & Sherry Brokus   EVERY THI...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:32:00 GMT

Betty & Gene Elders, Michael Fracasso, Jim & Sherry @ Evangeline Cafe Sat Dec 13

THIRD COAST MUSIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASEHosted by Jim Patton & Sherry BrokusFeaturing These Fine Americana Artists Betty EldersGene EldersMichael FracassoJim Patton & Sherry Brokus  SPECIAL SHOW!SATURDAY...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:36:00 GMT

Patterson Barrett, Julieann Banks, Nancy Scott, Jim & Sherry @ Austin Java Thurs Nov 20

THIRD COAST MUSIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASEHosted by Jim Patton & Sherry BrokusFeaturing These Fine Americana Artists   Patterson BarrettJulieann BanksNancy ScottJim Patton & Sherry Brokus &nb...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:58:00 GMT

Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus On Tour in November

From Austin, Texas  Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus On Tour Plans Gang Aft Agley   Austin's Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus are on tour this November promoting their acoustic CD Plans Ga...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:45:00 GMT

Grace Pettis, Jaime Michaels, Roger Len Smith, Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus @ Austin Java Oct 16

  THIRD COAST MUSIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASE Hosted by Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus Featuring These Fine Americana Artists Grace Pettis Jaime Michaels Roger Len Smith Jim Patton & Sherry Brok...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:44:00 GMT