Saturday, September 10th
www.patricepike.com
www.kacycrowley.com
“…She’s Tina Turner, Bessie Smith,
Janis Joplin, and Robert Plant all rolled up into a tiny
but explosive package.” Rolling StoneWhen
Patrice Pike takes the stage, she does so with the effect
of an atom bomb. She levels all that is around her and she
leaves you just a little more jaded than you were when you
entered the club. Her infectious smile and way of connecting
with the audience seemed ingrained and almost super-human.
And she has pipes. She has an amazing voice. It is strong,
it can snarl and coo, and it seems to go on without a break
- always with a smile, always with enthusiasm. When
she barks, when she pleads, when she seduces, it is with
intent, and you feel what she wants you to feel. Pike is
a veteran, having traveled with the famed Austin jam band
Sister Seven, whose members eventually focused and polished
themselves out of the noodling genre and into respectability
-- and then of course broke up just as they were hitting
their artistic peak.
Patrice has been touring much of the year in 2004 including
playing the Austin City Limits Festival with Artists such
as REM, Al Green, Ben Harper, and many other amazing bands.
We sincerely hope you'll join us for a long, leisurely evening
of music, spoken word, and most importantly, community celebration.
