About Patty Harper & Faultline plus Special Thanks:
Patty Harper & Faultline
Rock*Blues*R&B
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Patty Harper - Vocals
Steve Harper - Guitar & Vocals
John Gilreath - Keys & Vocals
Philip McKelvy- Bass & Vocals
Ben Cully - Drums
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Patty Harper & Faultline is a five piece, Memphis based, House Rockin' Band. Our "Blues You Can Feel CD" is comprised of 9 originals and 2 cover tunes, all in the blues genre. When we perform live we can either play a whole night of blues or we can mix it up and perform an eclectic repertoire consisting of lots of great classic rock & old-school dance floor packing R&B classics mixed with a variety of crowd pleasing blues favorites.
Vocalist, Patty Harper has been raising the roof belting out the blues & rock since hooking up with guitarist Steve Harper in California in 1992. Prior to that time, she had sung various styles of music including Top 40 pop, jazz and rock opera throughout the U.S. & Europe, with performances in England, France, Germany, Switzerland & Holland at such prestigious venues as The Montreaux Jazz Festival.
Her musical journey with Steve Harper began about 16 years ago in Southern California, where they worked steadily at various rock & blues venues, sharing the stage with the likes of Coco Montoya, Walter Trout & Billy Preston & headlining annual events & Fundraisers for The American Cancer Society, The Humane Society, The Riverside Philharmonic & various annual concert series for Cal State University SBDO & The City of SBDO.
They subsequently relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada where they took the stage at area clubs, biker bars & casinos including The Images Cabaret at The Stratosphere Towers, The MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park, The Blue Note Jazz Club, The Traveling Vietnam Wall & at "Red, Hot & Blues" - a fundraiser for families of victims of Sept. 11th, held at The Hard Rock Cafe.
While in Vegas, they recorded their first studio CD "Blues You Can Feel."
In the winter of 2002, they packed up the dogs & the guitars & made the move to Memphis where they made their partnership official by getting hitched on the rooftop of The Peabody Hotel & spent their wedding night playing a gig on Beale making music & sharing wedding cake with the audience.
They are happy to have performed at many Beale Street venues including Elvis Presley's Memphis, The Blues City Cafe where they played a private party for HBO, Showtime & Team Tyson for The Rumble on The River Boxing Event, as well as at The King's Palace Patio, The Tap Room, & for Memphis in May, Labor Day Music Festival, New Year's Eve, etc at W.C. Handy’s Blues Hall & at The Rum Boogie, where they recorded their CD, “Live On Beale.”
They are honored to have been finalists, coming in Second Place, in The 2005 and 2007 Memphis Blues Society “Battle of The Blues” Competitions. Maybe our 3rd time will be the charm!
Faultline can be heard on the Rock 103 “Great Unsigned” radio show on Sunday nights from 8-11 & are proud to have played at The Redbird's Game/Auto Zone Park and at fundraisers for the MidSouth Arc and at The Rock 103/Celebrity Server Night at Bosco's on the Square to benefit The Ronald McDonald House. They play at bars and clubs throughout Memphis, Arkansas & Mississippi including The Sheraton Casino in Tunica and The Southland Greyhound Park & Casino in West Memphis, Arkansas. Other local venues include: T.J. Mulligan's, Doc Watson's, Don McGuiness, Brookhaven Pub, The Service Station, J.R.'s, The Hog's Head, Neil's, Newby's and The Crossings.
Faultline features the amazingly talented guitarist & band leader Steve Harper who was among 7 national finalists out of the 4950 guitarist who competed in the 2006 Guitar Center’s “Guitarmageddon: King of the Blues” competition and was honored to have performed at the House of Blues Chicago and to meet his hero, the one and only BB King! Check out a video of his performance on You Tube. Pretty Cool.
Steve was also recently chosen as one of the top 20 Great Unsigned artists for the “Rock 103 Great Unsigned” On Line Battle of the Bands for his solo project “Soul Expression.”
Faultline is also comprised of some great local talent and the NICEST guys in the world including the heartbeat of the band, drummer Ben Culley (a Denver transplant), Bassist/Vocalist & PRODIGAL SON Philip McKelvy (Welcome BACK!) and on keys, harmonica and vocals, the multi-talented Mr. John Gilreath.
Thank you for visiting our website! We hope you like what you hear & that you would like to come out to one of our upcoming performances to support live music or if you are in the position to do so that you would consider booking Patty Harper & Faultline for your event or venue soon! WE LOVE TO PLAY PRIVATE PARTIES AND CORPORATE EVENTS!
****SPECIAL THANKS FROM PATTY & STEVE HARPER******
To the current band line-up, YOU GUYS are like brothers from different mothers! We love you and are so grateful to have you with us every time we hit the stage! You make it FUN and you SOUND fantastic!
We also want to give THANKS to some folks who have made Faultline's musical journey so awesome! First, we want to thank the musicians who have played with us over the years and miles...especially everybody in Vegas who worked on the "Blues You Can Feel" CD: Randy Young (Bass, Percussion, Keys, Recording, co-producing, mixing), Jason Parolini (Drums), Art Groom (B3), Junior Brantley (Keys), Steve Warder, Randy Walker & Laura Gannon (Back-up Vocals). Also, for help with that disc we would like to THANK Zoom Graphics, Charlie Levere, Chris Bowen, The Las Vegas Recording Studio and the wonderful Brett Hanson for mastering the disc!
In 2006 we had the graphics for the "Blues You Can Feel" CD re-worked by Ronnie Stoots of Memphis Magic Graphic Design & Productions (901)274-3838 and we HIGHLY recommend him to anyone who wants to put together a GREAT looking CD...he also does poster art, etc. Thank you, Ronnie!!!
We also want to THANK the AWESOME photographers Hal Jaffe, Anita Wintead, Donna Hickman and Frederick Toma! Hal, you are a magic man! Anita, you are the sweetest most giving music loving photographer I have ever met! Thank you! Donna, you have been like an honorary member of this band! Thanks for shooting us at all of those Beale Street venues! Maybe some day we will all be back there again in the name of the BLUES! Fred - You were so great to work with and we appreciate all that you did for us! What a lovely Southern Gentleman and a dog lover too!
We have been blessed to play with some amazing musicians over the years and would like to thank each and every one of them including Cary Irwin (Guitar), Jeff Stone (Bass), Andre Burbridge (Drums), Brett Barnes (Drums), Brad Lloyd (Drums), All of the Dave's especially David B. (B3) & David "Groove" Parker (Bass), as well as John Gould (Sax & Keys) and John Sanders (Keys).
THANK YOU, to Dennis, Ric & Luca of ROCK 103 for including us in your Great Unsigned show and for being so wonderful to us! Hey Everybody, tune in to Rock 103, especially on Sunday nights as they shine the spotlight on lots of great unsigned local talent from 8-11 p.m.
Thank you to to Danny Harris for help with booking (I KNEW you could do it!). You have found your calling!!! You have taken so much stress out of our lives by doing all the hard work! We just can't thank you enough! Thanks also to Woody and Heidi at Memphis Sound and Rollin at R.E.G. (Resource Entertainment Group)! We are hoping to work more with you in 2008!
AND LAST but NOT least THANK YOU to CHAD and the awesome crew at CDBABY.COM and HOSTBABY.COM! You guys ROCK!!!