Pat Donohue Home Page

Pat and his guitar
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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.”

Freewayman - acoustic guitar solos by Pat Donohue

Freewayman
Pat’s newest CD Freewayman is a collection of 14 original and traditional acoustic guitar instrumentals that showcase blues, swing and folk in Pat’s inimitable fingerpicking style. The solo CD features Butch’s Blues, Nordeast Rag, Starlight, and the title tune Freewayman.

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