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Pat Liston

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Readers' Choice: Tim Session

For Pat Liston, next year will mark a quarter-century after the founding of Mama's Pride, St. Louis' answer to Little Feat, though only their die-hard fans know that. The band's two classic albums have been locked in Atlantic vaults for years and still haven't seen proper reissue. Liston's band may yet do another reunion show, but if you want to hear one of the finest country soul singers in the Midwest, you'll have to catch one of his solo gigs (or his acoustic trio, which teams him with Scott Nienhaus and Karen Crawford). Liston has an Irish soul: He wails and moans with Celtic blues, carries an ageless folk melody with his gently rasping tenor (which sometimes recalls Stephen Stills, sometimes Wilson Pickett) and phrases with unrestrained, even torrential emotion.

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Rock on Pat! We're very proud of you.
Comment by Karen Crawford on Sep 28th, 2007, 13:49 pm
Rock on Pat!
Comment by Debby Warner from Alton, IL on Sep 28th, 2007, 14:13 pm
Rock on Dad!!! You have always been Number 1 in my book, but it is nice to finally see someone else thinks so!!!!
Comment by Elisha from STL Baby on Sep 28th, 2007, 14:47 pm
Pat, We Love You.... You are the Best!!!!!! ROCK ON
Comment by Debbie Brumley from East Alton on Sep 28th, 2007, 15:48 pm
I feel pressured to say, "Rock On!" ... but I'm going to resist! :) Congrats on the honor. The Cisco Kid would be proud of yah.
Comment by Dani from St. Louis on Sep 28th, 2007, 15:53 pm
What an incredibly awesome honor, Pat...and very well deserved!! And not only do you rock as a vocalist, you're one hell of a songwriter, as well. Congratulations!!
Comment by Rich Read on Sep 28th, 2007, 16:45 pm
Pat - Wow!
We are so proud of you and proud to know you!
CONGRATULATIONS on this much deserved honor!
Love,
Carrie and Debbie
Moore & Moore
www.mooreandmooreonline.com
Comment by Carrie and Debbie Moore - Moore & Moore from Nashville, TN on Sep 28th, 2007, 16:51 pm
Finally!!! The rest of the world knows what some of us have known all along! Congrats...
Comment by Jim Bayer from St. Louis on Sep 28th, 2007, 16:55 pm
WOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Comment by Sherry from Alton, IL on Sep 28th, 2007, 17:27 pm
OK FLACO, I KNOW HOLLYWOOD AND HAWAII WANT YOU BACK , SO START PACKING! YOU'VE BEEN MY IDOL SINCE OUR FIRST GIG TOGETHER. NOBODY SINGS LIKE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU OL' BUDDY.
Comment by AL ROMERO from HONOLULU HI. on Sep 28th, 2007, 17:53 pm
An yet another item for the wall...
You bad MoFo.....
Bubba & Doc
PS. I almost did a full TDew by myself. WOW !!!
Comment by Bubba from LaBelle on Sep 28th, 2007, 18:23 pm
Congratulations Pat. Glad to see you are getting the recognition you deserve.
Comment by Rock Classics from Little Rock, AR on Sep 29th, 2007, 09:44 am
Pat Liston is one incredible musician, vocalist, writer, and performer. Not only that but he now joins the rest of "us" called "Older Great Fathers"! He should have been a major star. I am thrilled to see you write something good about such an undiscovered talent.
Comment by alan walden from Macon, Georgia on Sep 29th, 2007, 13:38 pm
It's good to see all of that hard work bring you some more recognition. We all know of his talents, now the rest will too. Very well deserved honor Pat. Congratulations!
Comment by Kevin Carr from Bethalto on Sep 30th, 2007, 11:46 am
It's about time! Glad you are finally getting some much deserved recognition!
Comment by Ron Grillion from Edwardsville on Sep 30th, 2007, 17:47 pm
Congratulations Pat, You're an old soul with the voice of an angel. Thank you for sharing your gift with us all.
Comment by Cindy Sater from St. Louis on Sep 30th, 2007, 21:13 pm
Congrats Pat!!!!! Well deserved!!!!! Keep Rockin.......
Comment by Sarah Reid on Oct 1st, 2007, 04:41 am
We knew it all along, Pat!!
Comment by Deb Collins from Belleville, IL on Oct 1st, 2007, 09:18 am
Pat - Congratulations! It is well deserved.
You are having a good year. Remember what they say, "All good things come to he who waits",or , uhh "He who hesitates is lost" . . . I'm confused.
Anyway, "One must listen before one will see.
Isn’t that strange . . . ? It seems so . . . to me!
Now they have listened and now they can see.
The thing that was evident . . . the way it should be.

Keep it comin'
Comment by ScooterTrash from Wood River on Oct 1st, 2007, 13:53 pm
Congrats, Patty, I'm tickled that St. Louis has finally recognized you for what you are: one terrific vocalist! The lucky ones that have known you for more years that I care to divulge also know that you are an incredible musician, father, and one of the best people I've had the good fortune to have ever met. God bless, my friend.
Comment by Bob Bratcher from East Prairie on Oct 1st, 2007, 18:54 pm
Congratulations to a great vocalist from one of the greatest bands of all time, Mama's Pride. I've been telling people this for years, looks like they've finally found out for themselves.
Comment by Brian from St. Louis on Oct 2nd, 2007, 14:01 pm
Congratulations Pat on this long over due and deserved honor. I've always felt that You and Michael McDonald and your brother Danny were the best soul singers to ever come out of St. Louis! I remember reading in Rolling Stone Magazine back in 77 or 78 how Gregg Allman walked into a bar in Daytona Beach and saw Mama's Pride playing and started using you guys as his band. Gregg said in RS, "I found this kick ass band out of St. Louis called Mama's Pride". Keep Rockin Pat and on to the Grammy's!
Comment by Gene Ackmann from Warrenton, MO on Oct 5th, 2007, 07:53 am
Well Pat you know how I fell about your singing. You are the best in my book. Congratulations you deserve it!!!!!!
Comment by Connie Givens from Manchester on Oct 18th, 2007, 16:51 pm
Congratulations, Pat! Enjoying having you singing with us in Butch Wax.
http://www.myspace.com/elliotdocsimpson
Comment by Elliot "Doc" Simpson from St. Louis on Oct 18th, 2007, 20:02 pm
Brother Pat.......
The gratitude we feel for you sharing your gift with us
these many years is never ending.
Much happiness to you in this new phase of your life.
Now maybe the rest will know what us diehards have known all along.......as a singer and songwriter you have no equal.
Looking forward to the new music..(you've promised..you cant back out now....).
Comment by Terry Campbell from Valmeyer,IL on Oct 23rd, 2007, 18:18 pm
Pat:
Excellent performer and a nice guy too! Congrats on winning this. Hope to see you again soon!
Comment by Michael Kern from Saint Peters on Dec 14th, 2007, 11:49 am
I still remember listening to you on K-She all those years ago, and was so happy when I moved back home from Colorado, to see not only that you were still around, but playing in Alton (My Hometown). Keep trudging accross the tundra Pat...Can't wait to hear the new record.
Comment by Regan Jones from Alton on Apr 15th, 2008, 00:39 am

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