Patty Harper & Faultline: News

We've got gigs in the books! Super excited to be back at it! Check out the calendar and come on down! :-) More will be added soon!

Steve is doing great! His arm is totally better! We are ready to ROCK!!!!!!!! Watch for the calendar to fill up soon! :-) Happy Dance! :-)

In case you hadn't heard, our band leader and guitarist, Steve, sustained a left distal radius fracture (just above the wrist) on July 4th, 2011. It was a pretty significant break and he had to have surgery. Last Friday he underwent Open Reduction Internal Fixation with plating - which is a fancy way of saying they went in and put some hardware in there to push the bones into place where they need to be. Yesterday he had his first post operative visit and got a short arm cast and began treatment with the Smith & Nephew Exogen Ultrasound Bone Growth Stimulator which is a fracture healing device. Kim, our Smith & Nephew Sales Rep, has been AWESOME! We are totally thrilled with the care that he has received from Dr. Greg Wolf at Tabor Orthopedics. Dr. Wolf is very happy with the result of the surgery and with how well Steve is doing now. He is able to wiggle his fingers and he has sensation in his finger tips. He will be in the cast for a minimum of 6 weeks then he will begin physical therapy. It will be a while before he will be allowed to bend his wrist..so playing guitar is absolutely out of the question at this time. This is why our schedule is so pitiful at this time. I asked Dr. Wolf if he felt that Steve would be able to play a gig in late October and he feels optimistic that he WILL be ready to play by then! Sooooooooooo...best case scenario, I guess, Steve will be ROCKIN out in a few months. Huge THANKS to our guys John, Ben & Dan for your patience and understanding! We'll be back soon and in the meantime I'll keep ya posted right here! Best, Patty

Today I'd like to officially introduce you to Faultline's newest member, the lovely and talented Dan Cochran!

Dan is a super sweet guy and a seriously gifted bassist! Before joining Faultline last summer Dan had played bass for more than 20 years with blues harp great Blind Mississippi Morris. His resume includes many songwriting and arranging credits as well as many well received CDs with Blind Mississippi. Dan has toured Europe and has played many large festivals in the states.

Dan worked on projects with R&B songwriter/artist Don Nix, blues artists such as Don McMinn, David Daniels, Fred Sanders, Victor Wainwright and many more. An eclectic musician, Dan has enjoyed working with Gospel/Jazz Artist/Saxophonist Savoyd Beard and Southern Soul Gospel group Sons of Wonder. He has shared the stage with the great Sam Carr, Frank Frost, Big Jack Johnson, The Jelly Roll Kings, Tommy Castro, Kenny Neal, Luther Allison, Henry Townsend, Willie Foster, Paul Delay and many more.

We are so very happy and honored to Dan with us as Faultline's newest member and know that you will be blown away by his playing. He can lay down a serious bass solo, y'all! Come and meet him at a gig and prepare to be blown away by his playing!

The Beale Street Clubs are all still open for business - Even if we aren't playing there this month we still encourage you to support live music and get ya some great food at Wet Willie's!!!!!!!!!!! They have the most awesome staff in the world and actually respect and support musicians! Even if Riverside drive closes due to flooding there are OTHER ways to get to Beale! Go! You'll have a great time!!!!!!

We love, love, love our annual Cinco de Mayo gig at El Porton and have been booked back for next year! Thank you to Kelly and the crew for showing us so much love! Thank you to the Chris-More gang for always helping to make it so fun for us! Thank you to the Smith & Nephew ladies who joined in the fun this year! Thank you to the Jessop family - especially Maxwell - for being there and for all of that awesome dancing! Man, what I wouldn't give for just 1/4 of that energy!!!!!!! Great Audience=Great Gig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking forward to 5-5-2012! Hope you'll plan on joining in the fun next year...you have a whole YEAR to plan it!

Hope to see y'all at Wet Willie's tonight from 7-11! We've got a new bass player, Dan Cochran and some new tunes including Green Eyed Lady (Sung by John) and What is Hip (sung by Patty) as well as a super cool Robben Ford instrumental that really gives Steve his spotlight moment!

You can hear our Blues You Can Feel CD here:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/faultline

Steve & I have LOVED playing all over California, Nevada, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, etc and recording with Faultline over the past 18 1/2 years! We've gone through many changes of players and repertoire over the years, but Faultline will always be a part of our lives! We look forward to continuing to play the greatest possible variety of Rock, Blues, R&B and More and to all of the adventures that have yet to come with Faultline!

Sooooooooo....what is the news?? The news is that Steve & I have added a new project to our lives! We are now available to play duo gigs! The repertoire consists primarily of jazz standards, love songs and a few show tunes for good measure! It will be a completely different experience than all of that awesome rockin out that we enjoy with Faultline and we are sooooooooooo excited about it!

Stay tuned for invitations to upcoming duo gigs and Faultline gigs tooooooo!!!

Turns out our summer break was a good thing! We are all rested up and rockin again! We enjoyed our return to Wet Willie's a few weeks ago - ended up being a BIG party!!!! There will be more dates to come! We are available for parties too!

Hello All! Welcome to another hot Memphis summer! I've got news, friends, after months of playing every weekend my boys have been waving the white flag and begging for a little down time. So, with regret, we are taking a little break from playing so that we can regroup, work up new repertoire and find some new places to play. We've gone from having a very full schedule to having one lone gig in the books. So, this coming Saturday night we will be playing at Hadley's in Bartlett and our friend Dan Cochran will be sitting in on bass. We do so hope you will come!

Just found out that we are included in an online contest and hope that you will feel moved to vote for our song Look No Further!!!!!!! Check it out at:

http://www.bluemondaymonthly.com/id32.html
Thanks, friends!

We have a few links to videos from our IBC performances posted on You Tube and on the LINKS section of this website.The video clips were posted by our friend Dave Hardy! THANK YOU, DAVE! Another bit of good news is that I have just posted a BUNCH of new gig dates! We went from famine to feast in one little phone call today. So, now we can just focus on making music for the next few months and we won't have to worry at all about booking! Ahhh life is beautiful! Still trying to work out a time to get in the studio to start working on the new CD. Can't wait! Heyyyyy...are you on Facebook? Come join our new Patty Harper & Faultline page! :-)

Good Morning Faultline Friends,
Our band, Patty Harper & Faultline, was honored and thrilled to have represented Memphis in the 2010 International Blues Challenge! Beale street was crawling with amazing bands and it was a pleasure to meet so many talented, friendly, supportive musicians from all over the world! We were especially impressed with our Southern neighbors 2Blu & The Lucky Stiffs from Alabama and Mike Holloway and the Crosstie band from Mississippi! Super sweet people and phenomenal musicians! CHECK THEM OUT! They were great and we thought for sure that if we weren't going to take it then one of them would be the deserving winners..but it wasn't in the cards for them either....better luck next year! ;-)

There is a video clip of one of the original songs that we performed that has been posted on You Tube (Patty Harper + Faultline at the IBC). This was shot on night one! We can't wait to see the night 2 footage as we all felt oodles better about the Friday night performance. There can only be one winner and this year it wasn't us. We had the time of our lives though and want to send out a big thanks to all of our family and friends who were there cheering us on! Your support means the world to us!
Hope to see you back on Beale as we return to Wet Willie's next Saturday night from 8-Midnight. We have a promoter flying down from Nashville to hear us that night, so we would be most appreciative of a nice big rowdy crowd...can you come?
Thanks again for being our best supporters!
Patty, Steve, John, Philip, Ben & Owen the Blues Monkey!!!!!!

All right, folks, here's the Faultline IBC scoop: We're at the Hard Rock Cafe on Beale Street, at 10:15 Thursday night and 5:35 Friday night. Watch this space for more details.

Well, it seems like only yesterday that Patty Harper & Faultline won the Memphis Blues Society Battle of the Band which rewarded us the ultimate honor of representing Memphis (Cradle of the Blues & The Birthplace of Rock~n~Roll) in the 26th annual International Blues Challenge. We are thrilled and excited to have the opportunity to participate in the IBC this week! The event runs from this Wednesday to Jan. 23 at various venues along Beale Street here in our hometown of Memphis, TN!

This year the IBC will break records with 224 acts, from 39 states and 13 countries, performing at 19 venues for crowds that are expected to number close to 10,000 for the duration of the event (compared with last year's 184 acts, from 36 states, nine countries, 16 venues and 8,000 attendees). The week also includes seminars for music professionals and a "Keeping the Blues Alive" awards ceremony. It will be, in a word, "AWESOME!" We won't know till later this week exactly where and when we will be playing but as soon as our venue assignment and play times are available they will be posted on our website, on our Facebook Fan Page and everywhere else we could think of! Thank you so much for your support and we hope that you will be joining us on Beale Street this week!

Tickets will be available at the door for all events. Prices are $10 for Wednesday's New Daisy showcase; $10 for Thursday showcases; wristbands for all Friday shows are $15. Saturday prices are $27 for the afternoon finals show and $32 for the evening finals, both at the Orpheum theater. For more information, go to blues.org or call 527-2583.

International Blues Challenge highlights...

Wednesday

7:30 p.m.: FedEx International Showcase Kick-Off Concert at the New Daisy Theater.

Thursday

4 to 6 p.m.: Semifinals begin at various Beale Street Clubs.

Jan. 22

1 to 4 p.m.: Smokin' Bluz Youth Showcases; various clubs on Beale Street.

4 to 6 p.m.: Semifinals begin at Beale Street clubs

When the scores have been tabulated Jan. 22, the finalists will be announced at Beale Street clubs.

Jan. 23

2 to 5 p.m.: Solo/Duo Finals at the Orpheum theater.

7:30 p.m.: Band Finals at the Orpheum.

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that we will be seeing your smiling faces either tomorrow night, Saturday 12/26 or on New Year's eve at the Side Car! Thank you for your friendship and support throughout 2009! We are looking forward to sharing many wonderful times with you all in the coming year and wish you all the best!
~ Patty, Steve, John, Philip and Ben :-)

We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas!!!! Thank you family and friends for your support! We love y'all so much! Happy Holidays to all!

We triple dog dares you to come to our gig this Friday night at Hadley's (formerly Willie Moffatts across from The Local) in Bartlett. We hit the stage at 9. We've even worked up some cool festive Christmas tunage! Please come or Santa might put you on his Naughty list...as if you weren't there already! ;-)

We are thrilled to announce that we will be ringing in 2010 at The Sidecar Cafe in Bartlett! This will be a fun, casual and inexpensive way to celebrate New Year's Eve as the cost is only $15 per person or $25 per couple which includes Champagne, Favors, MUSIC plus an awesome Breakfast Buffet at Midnight! Don't fight the downtown parking, madness and mayhem...Memphians THIS is the place to be this New Year's Eve!!! See you there!!!! :-)

We are LOVING being back on Beale and will have lots of gigs coming up at Wet Willie's! They are famous for their drinks, but their menu is really good too and the prices are great! Love the stage, love the staff, love the crowd, love it, love it, love it! See you there!

"The third time really was the charm for Patty Harper and Faultline! Runners-up in 2005 and again in 2007, the group was not to be denied this time as they absolutely tore their way through sets of rockin’ blues both nights, demonstrating pro-level vocal and instrumental prowess, and real blues “you could feel”... throughout the band!

Congratulations again Patty and guys! Best wishes as you compete in the 2010 International Blues Challenge!!"

We are thrilled and honored that we will be representing Memphis in the International Blues Challenge in January! Here are a few details:

The Blues Foundation will present the 26th International Blues Challenge January 20-23, 2010 in Memphis, TN. The world's largest gathering of Blues acts represents an international search by The Blues Foundation and its Affiliated Organizations for the Blues Band and Solo/Duo Blues Act ready to take their act to the international stage. In 2009, 100 bands and 60 solo/duo acts entered, filling the clubs up and down Beale Street for the semi-finals on Thursday and Friday and the finals at the Orpheum Theater on Saturday. There will be at least that many in 2010.

We are THRILLED to report that our band WON the 2009 Memphis Blues Society Battle of the Bands and WILL represent the MBS in the 2010 International Blues Challenge on Beale Street in January! In addition to the cash prize (which we had no idea we would receive) we have also won a block of studio time which means we will be recording our next CD soon! ;-)

We had an amazing time playing last night @ The Memphis Blues Society's blues band competition! Come to the final's TONIGHT @ Neils's Bar and Grill, corner of Madison and McLean, midtown, Memphis, TN . The winning band will represent the MBS in the 2010 International Blues Challenge and gets cool prizes including studio time! :-) Be there by 8 p.m.! Bring friends! Plan to jam afterwards! XOXOXOa

Patty Harper & Faultline will be competing this week in the Memphis Blues Society's blues band competition to determine who will represent the society in the 2010 International Blues Challenge next January, on "world famous" Beale Street! Dates for the competition are Thursday and Friday nights, August 6 & 7, 2009 at 7 P.M. @ Neils's Bar and Grill, corner of Madison and McLean, midtown, Memphis, TN.

That's right folks! We have a special offer just for you music lovers brilliant enough to visit our website....



If you come to the gig at Bob's tonight you can pre-buy 2 tickets to our Saturday night show at The Hard Rock PLUS a copy of our Blues You Can Feel CD for just $20.00!!!!!! Such a deal!



Friday, May 15th, 2009 from 9:00 P.M. - 1:00 A.M.
Bob's Sports Bar & Grill
2244 Whitten Rd, Memphis, TN 38133 - 901-386-9051

Come hang out with a friendly crowd at this neighborhood club!

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Saturday, May 16th, 2009 - 9:30 Doors Open
Hard Rock Cafe Memphis
315 Beale Street, Memphis, TN 38103 - 901-529-0007

Price: $5 Cover ***18 & Up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!***

Come Rock Out with us!!! They are moving the tables from the front to make space for dancers. Come for dinner. I just had their chicken citrus salad yesterday and it was awesome! Highly recommend it!



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XO ~ Patty, Steve, John, Philip and Ben