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PAT RAMSEY &
THE BLUES DISCIPLES
 
PAT RAMSEY Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1953, Pat began playing the harmonica at the age of 17. After a couple of years honing his chops hitchhiking all over the United States, Pat Ramsey joined the Bunny Brooks Band in Denver (an offshoot of the 60's band "Jam Factory") in 1973. In 1978, he impressed Rick Derringer, who told Johnny Winter of this "long haired kid in Denver" who played a mean harp! Johnny liked what he heard so much that he hired Pat Ramsey to play all the harp parts on the album "White Hot and Blue". In late 1978, Pat Ramsey met Butch Trucks of Allman Brothers fame. After a couple of sizzling jams in Colorado with Butch and his bands Trucks, Pat Ramsey signed on, and made the long move to Tallahassee, Florida. When the Allman Brothers Band reunited in 1979, Butch disbanded Trucks and introducted Pat Ramsey to a local Tallahassee band called Crosscut Saw. Julien Kasper, a seventeen year old guitar prodigy and Pat became partners and the band quickly thinned from seven to four when they decided to take the band on the road. In the next five years, Pat Ramsey and Crosscut Saw played every Juke Joint and Roadhouse from Key West to Conneticut. They opened for B.B. King (twice), Johnny Winter, Johnny Van Zandt, .38 Special, Bobby Bland, The Nighthawks, and others. Before disbanding, Crosscut Saw released their album "Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know". Crosscut Saw's annual reunions are still Tallahassee's Top Draw! In 1985, the Pat Ramsey Band was formed when Julien opted to study Jazz at the Graduate level. They opened for many notables as well, including a seven-city tour of Florida (in 1987) with his old friend Johnny Winter. Pat Ramsey moved to Sarasota, Florida, in 1991, to play with his friend from the Freddie King band, Guitarist Greg Poulos. The Poulos-Ramsey Band was born. Within months key were opening for acts like Charlie Musslewhite, Solomon Burke, Albert Collins, Ronnie Earl, James Cotton, and Pinetop Perkins. Jerry Wexler hailed them as "Sarasota's ONLY Blues Band"! Two years later, they were ready to make the jump to Memphis, Tennessee. Alas, while Pat Ramsey was busy scouting gigs in Memphis, tragedy struck Greg's family in Florida, bringing a premature end to this endeavor. A new face a new city, Pat began dealing Craps in a Casino on the muddy Mississippi River, an hour south of Memphis. Jamming on Beale Street on his days off, Pat was quickly accepted by local musicians and was hired to play at "Blues City Cafe" as part of the house band. Living out of a trailer in a nearby fishing camp, Pat Ramsey scrimped and saved for the next two years. With the help of his old friend Julien Kasper (now PROFESSOR Julian Kasper at Berklee School of Music, Boston) and some of the best local Memphis musicians, Pat Ramsey produced the aptly titled CD "Its About Time". Having run a quarter page ad in both Blues Review and Blues Access magazine, (and having received very strong reviews of the CD), Pat Ramsey is touring once again...
Courtesy of www.patramsey.com
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