| Pat and Tex LaMountain |
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Wednesday, September 22 2010, 12:15pm - 12:45pm
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Pat & Tex LaMountain have been singing, writing, performing and harmonizing together for over 30 years. Writers of dozens of songs, they have developed a diverse collection of material that includes American standards, swing tunes, folk, rock, bluegrass and country. Their music has been described as “upbeat and rhythmic, inspirational and sensitive…catchy…with Pat & Tex there’s heart and soul.” Songs that touch us through melody, message and harmony. Their music is a blend of Pat’s crystal clear vocals with Tex’s tenor voice and unique flat and finger picking styles.
Pat was raised on an apple farm in New Jersey, Tex in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts and they met in Montague, Mass in 1974, where she had been singing with the Sawmill River Band and he with the popular Vanguard recording group, Clean Living. They teamed up and were “New Talent” winners at the New England Folk Festival at Vermont’s Mount Snow in 1977. Their three decades of performances have included festivals, clubs, coffeehouses, community concerts, radio, television documentaries and films.
Pat & Tex were founding members of the folk group, Bright Morning Star, touring the Midwest and Eastern states. Highlights of their careers include a Washington, D.C. 50,000 person rally performance, sharing stages with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie. a two year hiatus to the Bay Area of California (charter members of the Santa Cruz, CA and Western Mass Songwriters Guilds), and a well received arts lottery funded three year concert series entitled Songs from Western Mass., featuring dozens of area songwriters in over 50 local community concerts.
Currently, Pat & Tex are still (since @ 2003) playing in the annual COOP concert series, a cooperative project with area musicians, to help promote the Greenfield/Franklin County area as a destination for arts and culture. COOP Concerts. They are also gearing up for performances to support their latest CD project, A Few Miles Later, released in August, 2009, which includes twelve originals written by Pat. Their previous release, A Few Good Hits to the Heart, consisting of often requested concert favorites and several originals, was completed in 2007.
They have previously recorded three albums: Down Here on the Earth, Home, and Songs From Western Massachusetts, plus a collection of songs recorded for the Northeast Foundation for Children in Greenfield, MA. This release, 16 Songs Kids Love To Sing, is available on CD with a songbook.
Pat is parttime Finance Director for the Connecticut River Watershed Council in Greenfield, MA. A portion of her job is to run a song contest, "Living Along the River" Connecticut River Watershed Council.-- 2009 is the second year for this popular Franklin County event. Songs about the Connecticut River and its tributaries are performed by their writers who are vying for cash prizes and recognition. Deadline for the entries was July 15 each year. Semi-finals in 2009 are held August 23 and September 13. The Finals concert was scheduled for October 25.
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