Party Song

Brand New Socks

The Zoo

Building Blocks

I Am

Wheelbarrow

Pat Willis- guitar
Derek Reid- saxophone
Drew Irion- bass
Daniel Kelly-keyboards
Erik Wilson-drums

      PATIO- goofy, funky, head bangin jamjazzjuice. High energy party music for the thoughtful. The Motley Crue of Jam bands, with horns. Patio is a snickers bar. Chocolate coating, crunchy nuts, creamy nougat, and very satisfying. It's a good time! And it's sporting a brand new full length cd! For 25+ years members have played all the over Mid and Southwest. Notables in CO- The Fox Theater, The Boulder Theater, Tulagi's, Conor O'Neils, The Jamestown Mercantile, and many ski towns. Nederland (Eldora), Steamboat Springs (The Inferno), Durango, Vail, Telluride (Fly Me To The Moon Saloon), etc.. Some Southern areas- Flagstaff, Tempe, Albuquerque (Beyond Ordinary).. In the Midwest- The Quad Cities, Iowa City, Des Moines, Ames, Lawrence KS, Chicago, Milwaukee (Summer Fest), Madison WI and many, many more. Quad Cities venues- The Redstone Rm (Davenport), The IMU Ballroom (Iowa City), Gabes (I.C.) Iowa City Yacht Club, River Roots Music Festival (Davenport), Safari Club (Des Moines), Peoples (Ames), and way more! Far too many to remember or list.. 

        Members have opened up for The Samples, The Aquarium Rescue Unit (lots. Featured Jimmy Herring on guitar, now with Widespread Panic, and Oteil Burbridge on bass most recently with the Allman Bros), Grand Funk Railroad, Leftover Salmon, Drew Emmit Band, Liquid Soul, Eoto, Wookiefoot, Boombox, Rena Jones, Drums & Tuba, Freddy Jones Band, Trip Shakespeare, Family Groove Co., Davina & the Vagabonds, Single Malt Band, and more.. Members have played with or sat in with Michael Franti & Spearhead, Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane), Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon)...

      Covers, usually obscure, but not always, are very lightly sprinkled throughout.. Pretty Good Day (Luce), Stolen Land (Bruce Cockburn), Buena (Morphine), Godzilla, looong before Moe, did. (Blue Oyster Cult), Team America Theme Song, Aqua Teen Hunger Force/Eminem verse, Swingtown (Steve Miller Band), Renegade Intro (Styx), Rock You Like a Hurricane Intro (Scorpions), The X-Files Theme...

      Shows are a high energy, workout event! And usually feauture lots of interaction and goofy, entertaining moments, whether planned ot not. The song Brand New Socks from the brand new cd can see a bag of socks freshly opened and thrown out to adoring, sockless fans. Tube-sock Shakur usually makes an appearance from the grave(ly silly). Presents can be thrown out.. Team America is always a raucous sing along.. On special occassions a crockpot is brought to a show. Stew is put into said pot. And also doll parts. And another delicious batch of Dead Baby Stew (cd) is cooked up for the adoring, stewless fans..

      Plenty of grooves, experience, and fun! And plenty of friends all over the place that would love to see us get to their area whether that means another part of the Quad Cities, the Midwest, Southwest, or wherever else it may take us! We would be honored to play your venue! Thanks for reading!

Pat Willis- 
phatmandu1@gmail.com facebook 563 528 3931
 
