Biography

Winner of 6 2009 WAMMIES, including Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Roots Rock Vocalist!
With the voice and musicianship on Patty Reese’s latest release Strong Medicine, it couldn’t be more clear that the medicine is working.

Recent Quote from "Dawn Dale", Air Talent/Program Director, KFAN 107.9FM**KNAF 105.7FM*KNAF 910AM,

"Listening to your CD, "Strong Medicine".. Wading through bins of music and got to your album and I'm visiting every track!!! Very, very good stuff - thank you....I listen and manage the music for 4 stations and report to 5 charts, trust me - when I get a stellar project in, it's such a thrill.
And, the title track ----- oh my!!! Love it!!!
Our best to you,
~Dawn"

Washington Post
Patsy Cline-meets-Bruce Springsteen sound.....

"With a voice like honey and sand, Patty Reese can hold her own with any other soulstruck singers. Her sense of dynamics brings out the drama inherent in any good song-and she can write them too." Mikael Jaworek, The Birchmere



Music Monthly
"....stirred in the cauldron of personal and performance experience, make her a triple-threat—une chanteuse extraordinaire. One special talent on the verge of a breakthrough.............It is as if she were a female Dylan"

“The feeling that Patty puts in her music,
her soulful, bluesy voice and her personality make her a staple at the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival. I get hundreds of demo CDs a year. Patty’s new CD is my favorite.”
—Don Hooker, Producer
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival

Chesapeake Bay Music Guide...
When Wammie Award -winning artist Patty Reese takes the stage, it's immediately obvious why she receives the critical acclaim that she does. She's a very talented songwriter and guitarist, as well as a powerful and soulful performer.....a critic and fan favorite.....
...is able to float effortlessly between genres of pop, blues, folk, jazz, and rock with a style that is both dynamic and original.....

Maryland Musician
"Equally at home with the bluesy growl of Janis Joplin, the bowl 'em over dynamics of Melissa Etheridge, and the smooth grace of Bonnie Raitt."


After a standing ovation following her performance at the packed Strathmore Music Center during the recent Woodstock tribute, Patty Reese’s attitude with soulful expression and her powerhouse pipes proved a match for the likes of Janis Joplin and other prolific and important artists. Other comparisons have been made, that Reese claims as influences, including Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.

Patty Reese performs more than 250 dates a year, released a WAMMIE award winning album “Here and Now” and has garnered
multiple songwriting awards over the years. Her powerhouse vocals, strong work ethic and honed songwriting skills have
led her to the recording of her best work to date Strong Medicine.

On the new CD, between acoustic guitar-accompanied story songs and powerful songs backed by a full band, Patty puts all of her crafts to work. The title track, Strong Medicine,
tells of the healing power of love with a beguiling, smokey vocal performance over a blues groove reminiscent of Al Green. “Last Call for Love,” a closing time, slow dance,
anthem; is perhaps the most revealing of Patty’s style—direct sincerity with a soulful delivery. Crowd pleaser “Who’s Got Your Back” resonates soundly as the song’s Roots Rock, Surf, and Blues tones are juxtaposed with the lyrics’ “Gospel truth.”
Among the originals by Reese, also are three tracks—all standout unique versions of other artists
songs including “Keep Me in Your Heart” (Warren Zevon), “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (George Harrison) and “Buckets
of Rain,” (Bob Dylan) which all perfectly showcase Reese’s intimate, tender and
dynamic vocal range.

The CD Features the Reese's outstanding band as well as special guest appearances by award winning musicians and/or vocalists, Deanna Bogart, Donna Britton, Nadine Rae, Jen Smith and Jay Britton.

Says Reese: “I feel a new level of maturity in these songs and the title track “Strong
Medicine”, actually the whole CD, translates into music my awareness of the power of love and my willingness to grow beyond my past goals.”

STRONG MEDICINE
attitude • soul • power

MUSIC & SONGWRITING AWARDS
Winner of the 2009 Washington Area Music Association Awards in the following Catagories:
Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Album of the Year,
Roots Rock Vocalist,
Roots Rock Band,
Roots Rock Recording, Washington Area Record Company-Azalea City Recordings

BillBoard Magazine Songwriting Honors

First Place Winner in the Chesapeake Bay Music Guide Lyric Contest

Finalist in the MASC in the Blues/Jazz Catagory

Finalist in the Lamont Dosier Smithsonian Instititute/BMI/SAW Songwriter's Showcase
Voted Best Acoustic Act of 2007 by the Music Monthly Magazine Reader's Poll-Over 90,000 Readers!

Her song "Just Friends" was awarded Silver in the 2007 Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Competition and "Who's Got Your Back?" was a finalist in the Inspirational/Spiritual Catagory.

Along with years of accruing stacks of nominations for her vocals and her band, Reese was named 2002 and 2006 Best Rock Pop Vocalist, 2007 Roots Rock Vocalist and awarded 2004 Best Pop/Rock Album from the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA).

• Top 10 Winner TrueValue Hardware
National Songwriting Contest
• Northern CA Songwriter’s Association honors
• Mid Atlantic Song Contest honors
• WAMA nomination for 2004 Song of the Year

THE BAND
Whether performing solo acoustic, duo, or with a full band, her whirlwind performance schedule keeps her in the spotlight. Patty considers herself fortunate to be sharing the stage on any given night with some of the most celebrated talent on the east coast including Guitarist, Dave Chappell, Bassist Sonny Petrosky, Keyboardist Brian Simms and Drummer Andy Hamburger

WASHINGTON AREA VENUES
Strathmore Music Center
The Birchmere
Rams Head Tavern
9:30 Club
Recher Theater
Blues Alley
Avalon Theater
IOTA Club & Cafe
...and more

CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Linganore Wine Festival
Rehoboth Jazz Festival
Sunfest
East Coast Jazz Fest
Camden Yards - performing the National Anthem
City of Rockville Festival
California Expo and State Fair
Montgomery County Fair, MD
Mt. Shasta, CA Concert Series
Maryland Wine Festival
Baltimore's Artscape
plus concert venues in Key West, Myrtle Beach,
Sacramento, La Jolla, San Diego, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, NYC and more.

PATTY STARS IN ROCK OPERA
Patty Reese played the leading role in the Science Fiction Rock Opera “When ET Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest” by composer James Levy. (www.JamesLevymusic.com) The show debuted at the Takoma Theater in Washington DC in October of 2004 and plans are in the works for an off-Broadway run.

Reese is often summoned to add guitar, vocals and backing harmonies to live productions and studio recordings for bands such as Crack the Sky, the Bobby Hird Band and Kyf Brewer. Reese also contributed her talents to albums for Ruthie and the Wranglers, Kyf Brewer, Naked Blue, Cary Zeigler, Junior Watts, Junior Cline, Tony Denikos and Kevin Klein on "Raven Maniac" the theme song recorded for the Baltimore Ravens.


Discography
Patty's newest CD "Strong Medicine" was released on Azalea City Recordings in August 2009. “Here and Now” - Patty Reese (WAMA Best Rock Pop Album)- "Here and Now" is played on radio across the nation and appeared on the AMA charts as well as recieving airplay across Europe
“The Broad Highway” - Patty Reese Band
“A Night to Remember” - One Night Stand

Links
http://PattyReese.com