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patrick greene

About Me

I'm a guitarist and composer originally from St. Louis, Missouri. I've gained experience playing Jazz, Blues, Rock, Reggae and Funk gigs in St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area since 1986. I have been performing, teaching and living in Bay Area since 1992.Two current projects:Patrick Greene Trio and Swoop Unit. PGTrio is an guitar/organ/drums trio usually featuring Wil Blades on organ and Eddie Marshall on drums. Jazz and groove with some positive trance on top.Swoop Unit is a seven piece instrumental group playing rare dancefloor grooves and tight original instrumental Funk. see http://www.myspace.com/swoopunit http://www.swoopunit.com

My Interests

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Member Since: 01/06/2006
Band Website: http://www.patrickgreene.com
Band Members: Some people I've worked with: bass: Herbie Lewis, Jeremy Stratton, Steve Neil, Stephen Smith, James Greene, Chris Amberger, Chris Arenas, Lee Alexander drums: Eddie Marshall, Jemal Ramirez, Sameer Gupta, Eric Bolivar, Gary Claude, Tim Bulkly, Adam Willis, Max McVeety, Brandon Etzler keys: Paul Rustigian, Mike Emerson, Glenn Hartman, Spencer Allen, Maestro Curtis organ: Wil Blades, Spencer Allen, Jeff Pittson sax: Les Harris, Mitch Marcus, Bishop Norman Williams, Howard Wiley, Bobby Webb trumpet: Noah Bloom, John Gibson, Oscar Myers, Dave Rocha, Mike Olmos trombone: Scott Okamoto, Mike Rinta voice: Barbara Morrison mc's: MC Prophet, Jah Womb, Human Z
Influences: Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Grant Green, Johnny Smith, Pat Metheny, Lionel Loueke, Charlie Christian, Jim Hall, Joe Pass, John Mclaughlin, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Larry Young, Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Hampton Hawes, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Miles, Monk, Trane, Charlie Haden, Ornette Coleman, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Woody Guthrie, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Stravinsky, Bach, Satie, Ravel, Ives, Mississippi John Hurt, Albert King, SRV, Phelps Collins, Melvin Sparks, Jimi, Bob Marley, Dylan, David Gilmour, Earnest Ranglin, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, Dali, Picasso, Mitch Hedberg, Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks, Rodney Dangerfield, Chris Mullins, Willie McGhee, Moose Dupont, Lou Brock, Ted Simmons, the color blue in all of it's shades, the color orange, music from Cuba, Africa, Brazil, Jamaica, the cities of New Orleans, St. Louis, and San Francisco, my wife, children, family and those that love me.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Mr. BJ Poppa

It hits you a lot harder when someone who gave of themselves so unselfishlypasses. It reminds us of what is most important and what an incrediblegift that person was to the world. and reminds us of ...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:00:00 GMT

ba ba ba blogging

thus begins the blogging.. which rhymes with flogging.   I suspect the experiences are not that much different.  I've taken some time off from promoting my different projects and decided jus...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:56:00 GMT