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Here you’ll find all you need to know about the self-taught fingerstyle guitarist whose musical career includes nine recordings, several performance awards and concert appearances around the world. Here you can read Pat’s Biography, hear the latest news of his projects and travel in Notes from Pat, see what reviewers say about the Prairie Home Companion guitarist in The Press Says, and learn when Pat is coming to your area in Appearances. Guitar players who want to know more can read detailed magazine articles about Pat, his playing philosophy, techniques and tips in Trade Features. In Recordings, you can view CD covers and content titles, as well as preview selected tracks. A form is available to download for ordering CDs.

Get to know Pat and his repertoire: instrumentals rich in melody, harmony and rhythm, with influences from the jazz and blues greats of the early twentieth century; and his songwriting, which reviewer Bruce Baker praised as the “knack of taking simplicity, wrapping it in everyday language and having it come out as beauty.”
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Nobody’s Fault is Now Available Pat’s seventh CD on Bluesky Records, Nobody’s Fault, is out! From the soulful lyrics of Some Time, to the flat out rocking groove of Louise, Pat presents his latest fan favorites on a 14-track collection. His clever songwriting is especially highlighted in this new collection of roots to rock originals that blend easily with brilliant finger picking, bass line melodies, complex chord work and elaborate, deftly-executed single-note runs from the whiz of the pickin’ biz. Click here to download from iTunes Click here to order CD

Order Freewayman, Big Blind Bluesy, Two Hand Band, Profile, Backroads, American Guitar, and Nobody's Fault CDs online» Download Pat's tunes from iTunes here»

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