Biography

I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PATRICK BROTHERS (RICK & LARRY):THEY HAVE BEEN WRITING, RECORDING & PERFORMING FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED THE MODERN DAY LOUVIN BROTHERS, WITH 21 ALBUMS OF ORIGINALS BOTH COUNTRY & GOSPEL RELEASED WITH STUDIO "B" PRODUCTIONS.
BORN IN JOLIET, ILLINOIS, THEY GREW UP LOVING COUNTRY MUSIC, LARRY SAYS "I CAN'T REMEMBER A TIME WE DIDN'T LISTEN, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN OUR BLOOD". THEIR FATHER BEING FROM KENTUCKY GREW UP WITH A COUNTRY BACKGROUND, HE HAD A BIG COLLECTION OF 78'S THAT THE BOYS WOULD LISTEN TO, AND DAD'S BROTHERS HAD A BAND. THEIR DAD ENCOURAGED THEM ALONG TAKING THEM TO SEE LIVE ARTISTS PERFORM AT BUCK LAKE RANCH IN ANGOLA IND. AND OTHER SHOWS IN THE AREA.
LARRY AT AGE 15 & RICK AT 12 PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT COUNTRY JAMBOREE AT THE STEEL WORKERS HALL IN JOLIET, ILL. THE DATE WAS FEBURARY 20TH 1965, THEY SANG TWO SONGS THAT THEY HAD WRITTEN & AFTER THE SHOW THE LOCAL DISC JOCKEY ON THE COUNTRY RADIO STATION TOLD THEM TO COME INTO THE STATION AND RECORD THEM. IT WAS A GREAT AFTERNOON FOR THE BOYS WORKING WITH SOME OF THE BEST MUSICIANS IN TOWN. AFTER THAT SESSION, THEIR DAD TOOK THEM TO R.C.A. VICTOR IN CHICAGO AND HAD SOME RECORDS MADE, THEIR MOTHER SENT ONE OF THEM TO CHET ATKINS IN NASHVILLE, CHET SENT A LETTER BACK ENCOURAGING THE BOYS AND TOLD THEM THEY NEEDED TO FIND A PUBLISHER.(THE BOYS STILL HAVE THAT LETTER TO THIS DAY)THE BEGINNING OF A CAREER THAT WOULD SPAN 50 YRS, AND THEY HAVE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT....
THROUGH THE YEARS THEY HAVE WORKED WITH THE LIKES OF JOEY DOWELL, RICK HAS WORKED WITH HANK JR, DAVE & SUGAR, T.G.SHEPPARD, B.J.THOMAS, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE MUSIC SCENE SINCE THE 60'S, THEY EVEN WROTE AND RECORDED A HIT SONG FOR THE LOCAL RADIO STATION THAT GOT AIRPLAY FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
BOTH LARRY & RICK ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF N.S.A.I.(NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSOC. INT., & SOUNDEXCHANGE, RICK IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE C.M.A.(COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOC.A.A.R.C.(ALLIANCE OF ARTIST & RECORDING COMP.)R.I.A.A.(RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOC. OF AMERICA.)& HARRY FOX AGENCY.
A FEW YEARS AGO RICK DECIDED TO BUILD A RECORDING STUDIO AND BUILD IT HE HAS, THE MUSIC GROUP/STUDIO"B" PRODUCTIONS HAS BECOME A VERY POPULAR SPOT FOR MUSICIANS.
RICK ALSO HAS HIS OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY NOTEBUSTERS PUB.B.M.I. A BROADCAST MUSIC ASSOC AFFILIATED COMPANY AND HAS PUBLISHED OVER 350 SONGS FOR HIS CATALOG.
TOGETHER THE PATRICK BROTHERS MAKE A GREAT TEAM, NOW A DAYS YOU WILL FIND THEM WRITING, RECORDING & PERFORMING, THEY FREQUENTLY VISIT NASHVILLE AND THE BLUEBIRD CAFE.
I THINK YOU WILL FIND THE PATRICK BROTHERS MUSIC VERY ENJOYABLE......
BARBARA HANES
EDITOR FOR GRAPHICS BY DESIGN