{"id":1029,"date":"2011-04-22T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2015-10-13T20:49:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T20:49:50","slug":"patrice-pike-saxon-pub-austin-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/22\/patrice-pike-saxon-pub-austin-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrice Pike – Saxon Pub – Austin, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Eddie Ferranti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 22, 2011 at 08:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"Rose and I have been riding the Patrice Pike bandwagon for years now and really enjoy her gigs. \u00a0Ever since she approved us while we were in\u00a0San Francisco at the Red Devil Lounge about 5 years ago\u00a0we’ve craved to see her with a full band. \u00a0She is a passionate soulful lady who spills her guts at every performance, but seeing her with a full squad is a rare\u00a0thing these days.<\/p>\n

The badass Saxon Pub was hosting the\u00a0killer FM station KGSR (Austin)\u00a0Lone Star State of Mind\u00a0Friday night series and the packed house was ready.\u00a0 As PP said playfully: “The live portion doesn’t air for an hour so we’re going to warm up ourselves and then kick\u00a0ourselves’ ASS!”<\/p>\n

Slamming on a Lone Star Light tall boy was a classic sight itself\u00a0and then she crashed into “Dominque” to get it rolling. This night Pike handled the lead electric\u00a0guitar work which I was expecting Matthew Johnson to be handling as he has in the past.\u00a0 Instead she added back up hot\u00a0lady singers (Joy Davis and Aubrey Mashburn)\u00a0and a killer keyboard (Stewart Cochran)\u00a0to the mix, along with solid bass (Glenn McGregor)\u00a0and drums ( Seth Orell).\u00a0 By the second tune “Temple” , PP took off in fine form on the axe!\u00a0 “Only Thing That’s Real” and a completely re-worked “Babylon” which featured Patrice on drum were sweet as hell.<\/p>\n

As they were gettin’ closer to going live, Pike joked that they were going to freak out KGSR and play ALL Van Halen covers on the air\u00a0!\u00a0 Classic. She introduced “Woman Waiting to Happen” which is coming on the much anticipated new album in September. The keyboards and backing vocals of especially Davis really brought home how much\u00a0I DIG seeing this talented lady with a full band.\u00a0 The passion of her songs amp up big time and none better than personal fave “Jack Knife Girl”!\u00a0 \u00a0“Push Me Over” will appear on BOTH her new CD and new LIVE album (out in July) and it is stellar.\u00a0 “Sweet November” and the always good Sister 7 tune “Under the Radar’ cooked in the awesome surroundings that is the Saxon Pub.\u00a0 After tearing thru “What’s the Trouble with You” a fired up Patrice chirped “Shake it y’all !!”\u00a0 \u00a0Nice.<\/p>\n

This pepper pot of a performer never lets up and it is amazing to behold her drive, especially when she talked about her Grace Foundation which she started and is doing well in Dallas, Austin, and Houston. She beamed with pride how they had provided 5 scholarships to kids who would not have gotten one otherwise. She is a blast to enjoy whether she is running the wheels off her vehicle to Houston to do pay what you can Happy Hours,\u00a0jamming out with stellar Sister 7,\u00a0or fronting this installment on Easter weekend in A-Town.\u00a0 Her sense of humor rocks, too like when she explained why it took 5 years to get a new album: “Well do y’all want Mama’s recipe or Ragu??”\u00a0 \u00a0“I Used to Hold You” will appear soon on the new stuff and it rocks.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the best thing about this Austin\/Texas Hall of Fame member\u00a0and native is her deflection of praise to others.\u00a0 Sincerely thanking the jammed house for coming out and supporting “indie” artists who get paid because folks show up!\u00a0 I know I like showing up as much as I can to see this singer songwriter do her thing………….Try it yourself soon!\u00a0\u00a0 Later on out there………..<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferranti Apr 22, 2011 at 08:00 PM Rose and I have been riding the Patrice Pike bandwagon for years now and really enjoy her gigs. \u00a0Ever since she approved us while we were in\u00a0San Francisco at the Red Devil Lounge about 5 years ago\u00a0we’ve craved to see her with a full band…. <\/p>\n

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