The Patrick Brothers
I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PATRICK BROTHERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN WRITING, RECORDING & PERFORMING FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED THE MODERN DAY LOUVIN BROTHERS, WITH 26 ALBUMS OF ORIGINALS BOTH COUNTRY & GOSPEL RELEASED WITH STUDIO “B” PRODUCTIONS.
BORN IN JOLIET, ILL. THEY GREW UP LOVING COUNTRY MUSIC, LARRY SAYS” I CAN’T REMEMBER A TIME WE DIDN’T LISTEN TO COUNTRY MUSIC, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN OUR BLOOD”. THEIR FATHER BEING FROM KENTCKY,THEY GREW UP WITH A COUNTRY BACKGROUND, HE HAD A BIG COLLECTION OF COUNTRY 78’S THAT THE BOYS WOULD LISTEN TO, AND DAD'S BROTHERS HAVING A BAND, THEIR DAD ENCOURAGED THEM BY TAKING THEM TO SEE LIVE ARTISTS PERFORM AT BUCK LAKE RANCH IN ANGOLA, IND. AND MANY OTHER LOCAL PERFORMANCES.
LARRY AT 15 & RICK AT 12 PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A COUNTRY MUSIC JAMBOREE AT THE STEEL WORKERS HALL IN JOLIET, IL.. THE DATE WAS FEBURARY 20TH 1965, THEY SANG TWO SONGS THAT THEY HAD WRITTEN AND AFTER THE SHOW THE LOCAL DISC JOCKEYS ON THE COUNTRY RADIO STATION TOLD THEM TO COME INTO THE RADIO STATION AND RECORD THEM. IT WAS A GREAT AFTERNOON FOR THE BOYS WORKING WITH SOME OF THE BEST MUSICIANS IN TOWN. AFTER THEIR SONGS WERE RECORDED THEIR DAD TOOK THEM TO R.C.A. VICTOR IN CHICAGO AND HER HAD RECORDS MADE. THEIR MOM SENT ONE OF THE RECORDS TO CHET ATKINS AT THE R.C.A. IN NASHVILLE, TN.,. CHET SENT A LETTER BACK SAYING THANKS AND SUGGEST TO THEM TO GO THROUGH A PUBLISHER FOR ANY FURTHER RECORDINGS.(THE BOYS STILL HAVE THE RECORDS AND THE LETTER FROM CHET TO THIS DAY) THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF A CAREER THAT WOULD SPAN OVER 49 YEARS, AND THEY HAVE ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
THROUGH THE YEARS THEY HAVE WORKED WITH THE LIKES OF JOEY DOWELL, RICK HAS WORKED WITH HANK WILLIAMS JR, DAVE & SUGAR, T.G.SHEPPARD,B.J.THOMAS JUST TO NAME A FEW.
THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE MUSIC SCENE SINCE THE 60’S, THEY EVEN WROTE AND RECORDED A HIT SONG FOR THE LOCAL RADIO STATION THAT GOT AIR PLAY FOR OVER 2 YEARS.
BOTH LARRY & RICK ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF N.A.S.I. ( NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSOC.),& SOUNDEXCHANGE, RICK IS A MEMBER OF THE C.M.A. (COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOC.), A.A.R.C.(ALLIANCE OF ARTISTS & RECORDING COMPANIES, R.I.A.A.( RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSO. OF AMERICA) ,& THE HARRY FOX AGENCY.
A FEW YEARS AGO RICK DECIDED TO BUILD A RECORDING STUDIO AND BUILD IT HE HAS, THE MUSIC GROUP/STUDIO “B” PRODUCTIONS http://themusicgroup.biz/ HAS BECOME A VERY POPULAR SITE FOR MUSICIANS. RICK ALSO STARTED HIS OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY, NOTEBUSTERS PUBLISHING B.M.I., A BROADCAST MUSIC ASSOC. AFFILIATED COMPANY AND HAS PUBLISHED OVER 240 SONGS FOR HIS CATALOG. TOGETHER, THE PATRICK BROTHERS MAKE A GREAT TEAM, CURRENTY THEY ARE CONCENTRATING ON WRITING, RECORDING AND PERFORMING. THEY FREQUENTLY VISIT NASHVILLE AND THE BLUEBIRD CAFE. I THINK YOU WILL FIND THE PATRICK BROTHERS MUSIC VERY ENJOYABLE...
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BARBARA HANES
EDITOR FOR GRAPHICS BY DESIGN