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Tonight I'm going to see and interview Pat Travers for www.bluesmagazine.nl. Pat is performing at Atak Enschede in The Netherlands and I want to see him again for sure. Saw him the first time in the seventies , in the nineties 3 times again but the last 13 years I haven't.
He has a new CD out called -Fidelis-. Have a listen!
Let you know how it was.
Andre Wittebroek
These days Pat's only as good as the sideman on guitar that's playin' with him and I've seen some good ones whose names escape me, but worth the effort to go see him.
Snortin' Whiskey!!!
J Dawg
Pat Travers was one of my early heroes and had a few of his albums way back (need to get some PT CD's)
He really used to tear it up and was like a stateside Rory, raw on the fenders and hair flowing, a tremendous guitarist with fine BluesyRock songs
................... Michael Boom Boom ... Out Go The Lights
....been listening to Pat for the past 35 years!...got vinyl albums sitting in the bottom of my wardrobe and about 5 or 6 CD's...will have to buy the new one...thanks for the heads up there Andre...never have but would dearly love to see him live!
I can remember Journey supporting him in 78 or 79. Pat Thrall was in his band when I first saw him at the Glasgow Apollo and was an amazing gig - I now need to go and play "Stevie" which is a song and a half.
Pete - get the vinyl going. Boom Boom out go the lights!!
Kenny
I just finished my review for www.bluesmagazine.nl and it will be published soon.
Well it was a great great night. My friend Aloys Elshof ( P.S. he gave me the Joe CD/DVD A New Day Yesterday live in 2002 for my 50th Birthday, first day released in Europe! and my Bonamassastory began!)
We arrived at 19.00 for the interview but Atak forgot to tell Pat, so they were sleeping at the hotel. The band slept only 3 hours the night before when they drove from France to Holland. When they arrived backstage at 20.30 I went to Pat and Rodney, the bassplayer, and ask for an interview after the show. They took us straight to us to Pat's dressingroom and we had a very nice talk about everything that came up , it was not an ordinary interview. I brought 2 Joebottles of wine with me, the first one was opened immediately, which they really liked. ( Pat says HI to Joe, he mentioned he was on stage with Joe in Orlando last year and it was very cool to play together!)
The show started at 21.00 and the venue was almost sold out with I guess 600 people. From the first song the powerblues with a lot of dynamics , in which PT is famous for, rocked the house. The band played very thight, a well-oiled musicmachine and the members had a lot of fun on stage, as the public had too. The setlist was a mix from songs out of his whole carreer from beginning to his last (very good) CD Fidelis. The rockers Heat in the Street,Snortin Whiskey, Drinking Cocaine, Boom Boom Out Go The Lights but also bluesballades like Stevie, Save Me plus some covers like Red House, Statesboro Blues were on the setlist. The audience went into the show and it was a great show filled with wonderful, bluesrocking and rocking no fuzz music. I've seen 'Pat in 1976 for the first time and 3 times in the nineties but this show was the best for me. His second guitarplayer Kirk Mckim is so unbelievable good, he has a fat, rocking, fullsound and the duells with Pat were mindblowing. Bassplayer Rodney O'Quinn and Sean Shannon on drums kicked **** and gave Pat and Kirk a grounsolide foundation. I was surprised by Pat's voice, it was full and mature and sounded more relaxed then in the shows I've seen before.
After the show we went to Pat's dressingroom again and talked for about an hour about music, touring, CD's, Dvd's, tour next year, musicbusiness and..... wine.
Before we went home Rodney gave us some CD's and they all gave us a hug and off we went after a really fantastic night.
PT hopes to come back to Europe in March/April next year and we will be there again!
Pat, Rodney, Kirk and Sean thank you for this night!
I just finished my review for www.bluesmagazine.nl and it will be published soon.
Well it was a great great night. My friend Aloys Elshof ( P.S. he gave me the Joe CD/DVD A New Day Yesterday live in 2002 for my 50th Birthday, first day released in Europe! and my Bonamassastory began!)
We arrived at 19.00 for the interview but Atak forgot to tell Pat, so they were sleeping at the hotel. The band slept only 3 hours the night before when they drove from France to Holland. When they arrived backstage at 20.30 I went to Pat and Rodney, the bassplayer, and ask for an interview after the show. They took us straight to us to Pat's dressingroom and we had a very nice talk about everything that came up , it was not an ordinary interview. I brought 2 Joebottles of wine with me, the first one was opened immediately, which they really liked. ( Pat says HI to Joe, he mentioned he was on stage with Joe in Orlando last year and it was very cool to play together!)
The show started at 21.00 and the venue was almost sold out with I guess 600 people. From the first song the powerblues with a lot of dynamics , in which PT is famous for, rocked the house. The band played very thight, a well-oiled musicmachine and the members had a lot of fun on stage, as the public had too. The setlist was a mix from songs out of his whole carreer from beginning to his last (very good) CD Fidelis. The rockers Heat in the Street,Snortin Whiskey, Drinking Cocaine, Boom Boom Out Go The Lights but also bluesballades like Stevie, Save Me plus some covers like Red House, Statesboro Blues were on the setlist. The audience went into the show and it was a great show filled with wonderful, bluesrocking and rocking no fuzz music. I've seen 'Pat in 1976 for the first time and 3 times in the nineties but this show was the best for me. His second guitarplayer Kirk Mckim is so unbelievable good, he has a fat, rocking, fullsound and the duells with Pat were mindblowing. Bassplayer Rodney O'Quinn and Sean Shannon on drums kicked **** and gave Pat and Kirk a grounsolide foundation. I was surprised by Pat's voice, it was full and mature and sounded more relaxed then in the shows I've seen before.After the show we went to Pat's dressingroom again and talked for about an hour about music, touring, CD's, Dvd's, tour next year, musicbusiness and..... wine.
Before we went home Rodney gave us some CD's and they all gave us a hug and off we went after a really fantastic night.
PT hopes to come back to Europe in March/April next year and we will be there again!Pat, Rodney, Kirk and Sean thank you for this night!
I've only seen PT once a long time ago - probably mid-seventies?? Maybe Reading Rock Festival?? Awesome at the time - haven't heard much of him since really!!
Love Pat....one of blues/rock's most underrated guitarists...1977's 'Putting It Straight' is one of my favourite seventies rock records, Pat's playing and tone is sublime. Glad to hear he's still out and about 
Sorry I made a mistake in my review, the very good drummer is Sandy Genarro not Sean Shannon.
Sorry Sandy!!!!! sean was in the band before and plays on de CD Fidelis.
Caught Pat Travers at the Richfield Chalet last Saturday. What a show. the man has not lost a step. Pat does not get the recognition he deserves for his talent or influence. great backing band as well. The man brought it.
Great to hear Pat is still cranking it out after all of these years.........I'd like to see Pat & Les Dudak on the same bill some day....
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