Pat Coast Band
Press and Bio
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Pat Coast is a Northwest native and has been a serious student of blues guitar for most of his life. Although proficient in many genres, including rock and roots rock, R&B, funk, country and acoustic finger style guitar, Pat's first love remains blues, which he began learning at age 14 with some old T-Bone Walker and B.B. King records.
His pursuit of music has taken him many places, from 3 and a half straight years of touring 5 western states and western Canada, to living in and gigging around Los Angeles and San Diego, to doing session work.
In 1990, following a brief hiatus from the music business to start a family, Pat returned to his home town of Coeur d' Alene, in North Idaho, to provide a more relaxed atmosphere for his children and to pursue songwriting. Following a construction accident, Pat put together a small blues band to bring in some income, and two years later, found himself in local seven piece powerhouse horn band Cafe Blue, doing festivals and concerts as well as clubs. They put out a CD, "A Good Night For The Blues", featuring four of Pat's originals, which gained positive reviews from two national magazines and got airplay on college and public radio stations from Seattle to Kentucky. In 1999, Pat decided to strike out under his own name, releasing 3 more CDs, "Play Somethin' We Can Dance To", "Pat Coast Band LIVE", and Pat's favorite, "Don't Touch My Guitar."
Besides gigging, Pat also enjoys carpentry work, oil painting, writing, and motorcycle riding, logging in over 8,000 miles last year.
He currently resides in Post Falls, Idaho, with his wife Roxey. They have 3 grown children and a rescued cockapoo named Chance
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Concerts and Shows
John Mayall
Fabulous Thunderbirds
John Hammond
George Benson
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo
Lucky Peterson
Curtis Salgado
Lloyd Jones
John Lee Hooker, Jr.
Paul DeLay
Featured guest w/Spokane Jazz Orchestra
Blues for Food, Spokane, WA
Spokane Blues Festival
American Music Festival, Spokane, WA
Pig Out In The Park, Spokane, WA
Ritzville Blues Festival, Ritzville, WA
Rock Cut Blues Festival, Orient, WA
Apple Blossom Festival, Wenatchee, WA
Hot August Nights, Walla Walla, WA
Sunbanks Blues Festival, Banks Lake, WA
Mt Baker Blues Festival, Bellingham, WA
Mt Chewelah Music Festival, Chewelah, WA
Winthrop Blues Festival, Winthrop, WA
Waterfront Blues Festival, Portland, OR
Bronze, Brews, and Blues, Joseph, OR
Rendezvous in the Park, Moscow, ID
Art on the Edge, Coeur d' Alene, ID
Cool Dog Ball, Helena, MT
Mt Helena Music Festival, Helena, MT
Cajun Crawdad Festival, Helena, MT
Brews, Blues, and Barbecues, Kalispell, MT
Cajun Street Dance, Somers, MT
Axe Attack guitar summit, Spokane, WA
Harp Attack harmonica summit, backing band,Spokane, WA
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Press
Coast's guitar sound is quicksilver fast and a little jazzy, ala Robben Ford or Chris Cain, though he burns with a little more rock edge than those guys..."
-Blues Revue Magazine
"Great horn arrangements and tasty vocals and guitar from Pat Coast. They jump and jive, touching all the bases from swing to funk and back to blues..."
-Blues Access, Rooster's Picks
"Coast combines rockabilly fire with greasy swing licks on his axe...juicy stuff!"
-Blues Revue Magazine
"Pat's guitar work is stellar."
-Inside Blues
For booking:
RLS Productions, LLC
P.O. Box 4280
Wenatchee, WA 98807-4280
509.669.6872 | 509.663.9663 Fax
info@RLSTalent.com
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