The Joel Paterson Trio is a Chicago based group featuring Joel Paterson on guitar, vocals and pedal steel; Beau Sample on string bass and vocals; Alex Hall on drums and vocals.
The Trio is dedicated to performing many styles of traditional American music, specializing in classic blues, hot jazz, western swing, rockabilly and everything in between.
Joel "Fats" Paterson hails from Madison, WI and has lived in Chicago for many years, performing with lotsa bands including Jimmy Sutton's Four Charms, The Wabash Jug Band, Steve Dawson and Kelly Hogan's Wooden Leg. He currently fronts The Joel Paterson Trio and is a member of Devil in a Woodpile and The Western Elstons.
Beau Sample is from San Antonio, Texas. He spent a few years on the Austin, TX music scene and has recently moved to Chicago to play with Joel and Alex and to freeze his @$% off.
Alex Hall is from Chicago and is a very talented drummer and recording engineer.
Together they founded Ventrella Records in an effort to get rich quick or go broke slow, depending on how you look at it.
Ventrella Records has recently released a CD featuring The Joel Paterson Trio backing up boogie woogie piano master Carl Sonny Leyland. Along with the trunks of their cars it is available for sale on cdbaby.com.Here is the link to buy "A Chicago Session" on CDBaby: "A Chicago Session" on CDBaby
Here is the link to buy "A Chicago Session" on iTunes:
"A Chicago Session" on iTunesJoel's new steel guitar CD "Steel Is Real" is now available on CDBaby! Here is the link to buy it:
Steel Is Real!
The calendar listings above are for The Joel Paterson Trio and related projects. In addition to these dates, Joel plays with Devil in a Woodpile every Tuesday at The Hideout, and with The Western Elstons on the first and third Wednesday of the month at Simon's Tavern in Andersonville, Chicago.
thanks for the add... will be at Simon's for sure on the 20th for the second set... and ... will see your band hopefully sooner than later... your talent is endless! :)
Thanks for joining our circle of friends, and thanks for helping to keep Redd's legacy alive! Billy & Sharon www. reddstewart. com (Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys)
'Preciate it. Home made amp + beater 1936 CC with tone rolled off. Can't say enough about how kool your music is. Re:drummer. Jimi Bott from Fab T-Birds and Rod Piazza lives in Portland Oregon and plays with us pretty regularly.
Hey Joel, thanks for the add and wow! What great music! Just checked your You Tube Coconut Grove and you are swinging with a fat tone. Got some Vance Terry in you, I'm guessing? You have a couple more fans 'cause I've been sending Nuages around. Here's a vid with me on guitar. Hope to hear from you soon. Marco
Joel, proud to say I knew you when you were a mere child prodigy... I've been watching your videos. You are a true master of your instrument and your art form. Sail on! Thanks for the music. Andrando
You guys sounded great last night. Unfortunate that I had a 5:30 alarm this morning and had to leave so early. The trio format really cuts through even in a noisy bar.
