Pat Green
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 Pat Green at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez, California, August 10, 2004.
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| Birth name | Patrick Craven Green |
| Born | April 5, 1972 |
| Origin | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals Rhythm guitar |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Label(s) | Green Horse Mercury/Republic/Universal BNA |
| Website | http://patgreen.com |
Pat Green (born Patrick Craven Green, April 5, 1972 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American country music artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, and has charted more than a dozen singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His biggest hit to date is "Wave on Wave", a #3-peaking hit from his gold-certified album of the same name.
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[edit] Biography
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Patrick Craven Green was born in San Antonio and was raised in Waco, Texas. His parents, Craven Earl Green and Patricia Burgess, divorced when he was seven. His father, a former air force officer, was also a stage actor, which influenced Pat's love for music. When his mother remarried to a man with 5 daughters, Pat was suddenly one of nine children. Green attended grades 7-12 at Vanguard College Preparatory School in Waco, Texas.
Green attended school at Texas Tech and was a member of FarmHouse Fraternity. While a student at Tech, 18-year-old Pat started his music career by playing small gigs at bars and clubs around Lubbock. In 1995, with money borrowed from his parents, Green independently recorded and released a series of albums, produced by Lloyd Maines.[1] He did not make a full commitment to his music career until 1997, when his stepfather fired him from his job as a fuel wholesaler. His stepfather saw Green counting the money he had made singing over the weekend and knew that Green needed a push to fully pursue his dream.[2]
Soon Green caught the ear of Willie Nelson and began touring with him and other famous country musicians. His appearance at the 1998 Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic marked the start of his road to nationwide recognition. He was soon playing sold out shows in Texas (including at the Houston Astrodome). Green was sponsored by Miller Lite, and sold more than 250,000 albums—all without signing a major-label recording contract.[3]
Green's first major-label recorded album, Three Days was released in 2001 and he has since released three more albums. The hugely successful "Wave on Wave" was released and brought with it a number 5 hit for the single of the same name. In late 2004 "Lucky Ones" was Green's 3rd and final CD release on the Universal/Republic label. After spending many years playing to young audiences in "college towns" across America, Green joined popular country music artists like Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Kenny Chesney, and others on major headliner tours.[4]
Green has been nominated three times for Grammy Awards.[5]
Green released a new album, Cannonball, was released in 2006. The same year, he toured with labelmate Kenny Chesney.[4]
Green released his first book "Pat Green's Dance Halls & Dreamers".[6] in February 2008. The coffee table-style book contains more than 200 photographs of 10 dance halls Green has frequented throughout his career such as Gruene Hall, Luckenbach, Floore's Country Store and Schroeder Hall, as well as behind-the-scenes interviews with Texas music artists like Willie Nelson, Jack Ingram, Cross Canadian Ragweed and Robert Earl Keen.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | US Country | US 200 | RIAA |
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| 1995 | Dancehall Dreamer | |||
| 1997 | George's Bar | |||
| 1998 | Here We Go (Live at Gruene Hall) | |||
| 1999 | Live at Billy Bob's Texas | |||
| 2000 | Carry On | |||
| 2001 | Song's We Wish We'd Written (w/ Cory Morrow)A | 26 | ||
| Three Days | 7 | 86 | ||
| 2003 | Wave on Wave | 2 | 10 | Gold |
| 2004 | Lucky Ones | 6 | 28 | |
| 2006 | Cannonball | 2 | 20 |
- A Reached #13 on Top Independent Albums
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
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| US Country | US Hot 100 | |||
| 2001 | "Texas on My Mind" (w/ Cory Morrow) | 60 | Songs We Wish We'd Written | |
| "Texas in 1880" (w/ Radney Foster) | 56 | Are You Ready for the Big Show? (Radney Foster album) | ||
| "Carry On" | 35 | Three Days | ||
| 2002 | "Three Days" | 36 | ||
| 2003 | "Wave on Wave" | 3 | 39 | Wave on Wave |
| 2004 | "A Guy Like Me" | 31 | ||
| "Don't Break My Heart Again" | 21 | 116 | Lucky Ones | |
| 2005 | "Somewhere Between Texas and Mexico" | 42 | ||
| "Baby Doll" | 21 | 124 | ||
| 2006 | "Feels Just Like It Should" | 13 | 80 | Cannonball |
| "Way Back Texas"A | 48 | |||
| 2007 | "Dixie Lullaby" | 24 | ||
| "Way Back Texas" (re-entry)A | 28 | |||
- A"Way Back Texas" originally charted in 2006 from unsolicited airplay received while "Feels Just Like It Should" was climbing the charts; it was officially released as a single in 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ PopMatters Music Interview | Pat Green: Texas Songwriter
- ^ Pat Green: Grounded in Texas - American Profile
- ^ Pat Green: Grounded in Texas - American Profile
- ^ a b News : Headlines : No Complaints from Pat Green : Great American Country
- ^ Triple Grammy Nominee and Texas Icon Pat Green in the Showroom June 22nd : Oneida Nation News
- ^ Pat Green's Dance Halls and Dreamers
