The son of a North Louisiana Hillbilly and a South Louisiana Cajun, Patrick has been playing the guitar and singing in public since age 12. Starting in his hometown of Shreveport, LA (home of the Louisiana Hayride and Leadbelly) and then later in Baton Rouge (Blues and R & B), he has played music from the 60's rock explosion to Folk, Country, Blues and New Orleans style R & B. Patrick has written or co-written songs that are a mix (or Gumbo, "if you will") of Rock, Blues, Folk and Country (a genre later coined as Americana). A number of these songs were recorded in the '80's and sold at performances (with fellow performer Russell Bailey) in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. In 1988, Patrick moved from Baton Rouge to Santa Cruz, CA (where Old Hippies go to die), and after recovering from the culture shock started performing his Wise Ass Southern Style Music in Monterey Bay venues ever since. He has performed at the Opening Night for the 2005 and 2006 Santa Cruz Film Festival at the Del Mar Theatre. Patrick can be found performing solo or onstage with a number of talented musicians including John Craigie (A Seasoned Touring Toubadour), Mark Gloster (in a duo known as Rubber Shark Gumbo), and Kevin Jenkins (Slide Guitarist Extradordinaire). Another sometime collaborator was the late Karen Stern. In the Fall of 2006 he played 17 shows on a tour of venues in Northern California, Oregon and Washington (we love you Seattle!) with John Craigie, and then followed up with mini tours with Craigie in 2007 and 2008 of California venues from Sebastopol and Stockton to San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara to Santa Cruz and Monterey in between. A CD of his original music will be released in the near future. In the meantime, check out his music on this site and look for his schedule of performances! MySpace members can contact Patrick through this site. Non-MySpace members can write him at
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