DirtyMadame

So, legend has always proven that the stinging thrill of a life on the road is one that certain men just can not pass up. The lifeblood of rock n roll – the very fire that has propelled the great geniuses of this genre to the world’s largest stages – has always been the sheer high of creating unpredictable, explosive music before throngs of fellow believers. Dirty Madame is a band who have exuded this truth from the first note we ever played. It’s the same note that Mick and Keith found one day in 1962; it’s the same note that John and Paul used to change the world; it’s the same note that Hendrix sent rocketing into outer space; and it’s the same note that I’ve been in love with ever since I started playing guitar for this band of musical soul mates that we call Dirty Madame. The guilty parties steering this road-tested locomotive along are some of the most creative, musically gifted mates I’ve ever had. There’s Greg Davis, the born songwriter whose muse brought him to my door, and whose natural talent made me powerless not to open it. Standing next to him every step of the way has been Jayme Davis, Dirty Madame’s co-lyricist and spiritual backbone. As the lyrical architect of songs like Jumble Jee, Michelangelo, and I Just Like the Sound – not to mention many more to come – Jayme has come to personify the modern-day notion of the “fourth” member in a three piece band; the absolutely crucial component whose passion for both her husband and her music has left the rest of us looking forward to what this songwriting duo is going to come up with next. Then there’s Carl Turner, a multi-instrumentalist since the age of five, whose mind blowing ability on drums, bass, piano, and harmonica has cemented his place as the rhythmic foundation of Dirty Madame. The addition of Matt Jones, affectionately known as Jonesy, on bass guitar has turned Dirty Madame's attack into a rumbling glacier of raw, electric power. The boy has definitely taken our sound to the furthest reaches of heaviness. Finally there’s me, Pat, who has known since before I can remember that music was simply my destiny. Sometimes a kid just knows with the first record he hears – the first buzz that he’ll ever know, and the best one. I’m going to let our music do the rest of the talking, but before I go I will say one more thing. Dirty Madame knows full well that there has been a certain spark existing in this world since rock n roll came along – a sensation in the cosmos that has changed things for the better. After all, in this day and age of empty politics and soulless commercial culture, all we can hope for is a good feeling. And all hurtles aside, me and the boys hope to ride that good feeling all the way to those same stages where rock n roll has lived since its birth, and will remain forever. See you at the end of the road.