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Pat Maloney
Folk / Acoustic / Celtic

		Writer & Singer of Songs/Trad Irish Musician Big Water, Utah United States Profile Views: 4891 Last Login: 11/1/2009
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Member Since	7/19/2007
Band Website	www.patmaloneymusic.com
Record Label	Unsigned

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I was born a half century ago on a small farm in a small town in Western New York. I grew up in a family with a passionately eloquent father, seven wild brothers, and one long-suffering sister. We were all watched over by a mother who developed, out of necessity, a deep acceptance and an outward veneer of stoicism that hid a poet's heart. She had a deep sense of wonder that magically imbued the commonplace. Now, if one is a rather sensitive boy in a big, boisterous, Irish-Catholic family, you either head for the seminary or retreat into dreams and words and books and song. Not being of the celibate bent, I found that making up songs and singing them allowed me to drift into a world alive with friends, interesting places, and great warm ideas that engulfed me and insulated me from the "real" world. My songs reflect these influences: The wild, crazy integrity of my father; my mother's strength and character in the face of tragedy and heartbreak; the lonely perception of the outsider and the Irish Trinity of grief, madness, and humor; the hardness of the laborer's work toughened hands, the whiskey rasp in the cracked voices of the broken saints and the wail of the train in the valley heading to The Promised Land or to some big city. . . I have just released my fourth recording, "Pretty Little Mountain" and a CD of Irish Pub Songs. My last recording, "Perfect Oblivious Moon," received great reviews in several publications and significant airplay on Folk Radio. I recently produced a theatrical piece in Prescott, AZ, based on several of my songs called "Very Old Fitzgerald." I have performed at "The Bluebird Café" in Nashville, "Uncle Calvin's" in Richardson, TX, "Cousin Andy's" in Southern Illinois as well as other venues about the country. I was a finalist in the songwriting contests at Napa Valley, Wildflower, Lake Country, Illinois Folk Festivals and showcased at the "South by Southwest Music Conference" in 1996. I have appeared on several radio shows and have presented creative writing seminars and performances in schools. I have been a clerk at a 7-11, been on the chicken line in a poultry processing plant, planted trees, mowed lawns, played at several weddings, wakes and funerals. I invented the sick day and once, long ago, I won a goose in a church raffle.

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Tim Robinson	Jun 9 2009 5:21 PM Hey Pat, Loving your new demos! Thanks for sending them my way. More when I've absorbed them a bit. Did you go to Kerrville? TR
Musical PENMEN®	May 19 2009 4:45 AM Acoustic Greetings from Colorado 20th Anniversary ©PENMEN®,1989-2009 penmen.com
Bruce Balmer	Mar 4 2009 5:19 AM Hi Pat; I'll second that TR comment; hope all's well with you and Rosie. Pretty calm in Dallas. Bruce
Tim Robinson	Jan 16 2009 4:08 PM Red Right Returning That's a truly great song, my friend. TR
Ken Hardley	Nov 26 2008 10:13 PM Thanks for the add, Pat. Hope to see you around here one of these days.
Ryan	Oct 14 2008 1:03 AM love the new song 'red right returning' simply beautiful.
BEVERLY	Sep 5 2008 3:57 PM .. myspace graphics.. HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! GOD BLESS!! HUGS!!
Charlie Roth	Aug 14 2008 3:36 PM Hey Pat and Rosie good to find you here..I hope you are well, I missed you at Kerrville..Jack said you got a good gig and that's cool i guess..it still aint the same without Irish Night
Tim Cheatle	Aug 4 2008 10:00 PM Hi Pat!
Ken Beasley	Aug 1 2008 5:57 PM Hey. Things aren't too bad. Finally put out the CD a couple months ago. Taking a couple weeks at the end of the month to drive around the south and do some playing. I sure could use a friend who's a bartender in NYC!
Bróga	Jun 20 2008 10:20 AM Thanks for sharing "Clown in the Puddle" with your MySpace friends. I really enjoyed it. Our love to you and Rosie. John & Eve
Sue Fink	Jun 19 2008 5:38 PM Pat Maloney, thanks for the add! I have several people whose music I've tried to track down over the years, and you are one of them. I know I heard "Perfect Oblivious Moon" somewhere, and that started the search. You are an excellent songwriter, and I'm glad to find you here, and you'll probably be hearing more from me later... kind regards, Sue
Joanna	Jun 15 2008 4:04 AM Hi Pat, nice to see you on my Friends list. Here's that little video slideshow--a nice Blast From the Past. http://youtube. com/watch?v=NylY3nbQu68 We are so fortunate to have had you and Rosie come into our lives.
Austin Joseph	May 30 2008 9:07 PM Hey Pat, Best I could do on short notice I'm still trying to work something else out for the borders. Cheers!
Lindi	May 19 2008 7:01 PM Hey Pat, I was feeling a little tired and blue so I let all four songs here on your page play. Ahhhhhh....thanks. I needed that. You are truly an inspiration. I hope you and Rosie have a beautiful day today Lindi
LizzieJane	Apr 30 2008 2:16 PM Just found this quote from Mark Wyner of the Tuscon Weekly. "One occupational joy is discovering the music of unknown and otherwise unknowable artists. One such impressive talent is Dewey, Arizona, singer/songwriter Pat Maloney, who could easily be filed in the Literate Folkie category right next to John Prine or Greg Brown." He is right, you know.

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