Well, I made it, after 7 gigs, 13 days, 5 states, my Midwest Summer Tour ´09 is over. Thank you to all of you that I met along the way! Thanks for the vocal lessons Hal, thanks for the French Toast Bob, Mom and Dad, thanks for having me :) And to all of you that got me drunk after the gigs, beers on me next time...
I'm back in LA (for now), but can't stop thinking about Chicago. Never thought I'd say that but something inside me wants to pack my shit immediately and head to the lake. I spent two days wondering around Wicker Park, Lincoln Park, Bucktown, and Lakeview and LOVED every second. Hmmm, Chicago bound?? Time will tell. For now, I'm neck deep in pre–production for my forthcoming 3rd album.
I spent the 4th of July weekend in Nashville, TN (my second home) at the end of the tour, to mend some fences with an old love I hurt and subsequently lost a few years back. Four years of regrets can wear a man down and if I didn't accomplish anything else on this tour but making my way south for a face to face atonement for my sins, I'd have been satisfied. Not only did she allow me to make peace with her, I also re–wrote my entire new album while there with producer/songwriter Paul Reeves and created an album I never thought possible. Paul and I met on a recording session here in LA in 2004 and have since toured the country together. As things usually go in Nashville, we were sitting around his house on a very late, very rainy, 4th of July evening, drinking whisky and strumming acoustics when Paul said, "Play me your new songs," the rest is history... or at least will be...
I have since been invited to record my new album this September in Nashville at Johnny Cashs' lakeside house, the
Cash Cabin. The Cash Cabin is now a private recording studio owned by John Carter Cash (Johnny and June's son) and is where Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash recorded most of their later material. I'm incredibly honored to be able to make my music where artists like them, as well as Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, John Prine and many other legends have made theirs. You'll hear my new songs on the radio very soon :)
The road can be tough at times, but it has always led me to places and experiences I could have never dreamed—places my heart and soul need to go to survive. This time it led to apologies accepted, soft and kind words, and and a rebirth for my music.
Patrick
