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"Earlier this year I taped a Mountain Stage session with the Downtown Rumblers, Mike Mills even joined us for "After Its Gone". It was really a special night with a lot of great bands." - Patterson Hood

From Hood - May 1, 2012

Y'ALL,

Just back from a great weekend run with The Mystic Rumblers.
Played Crossroads in Huntsville AL, then The Double Decker Festival on the square in beautiful Oxford MS.
Playing my first ever full length sets with my Dad was as fun as I hoped, and then some.
Was also really happy with the crowd response to my new songs.
Doc Dailey and Magnolia Devil were excellent in Huntsville.
In Oxford, Dad enjoyed getting to catch up with old friends George Porter (Funky Meters) and Mavis and Yvonne Staples.
Watching Mavis' set in Oxford was an incredible highlight. (She even dedicated songs to me, "Little David" (Dad) and her 'cousins', The Drive-By Truckers. AWESOME!

This weekend I will be playing solo at Finsterfest on the grounds of the late great artist Howard Finster's place.
It's a place I've been wanting to go to since 1984 or so and it should be a very special event indeed.

A few dates have been announced and more will be announced soon enough either solo or with my bands The Mystic Rumblers or The Downtown Rumblers.
A great time is guaranteed.

Sat May 05 Summerville GA FINSTER FESTIVAL Solo
Thu May 24 Athens GA MELTING POINT Patterson Hood and the Downtown Rumblers
Fri May 25 Athens GA MELTING POINT Patterson Hood and the Downtown Rumblers
Fri Jun 15 Richmond VA THE VIRGINIA ROOM Solo
Sat Jun 16 Annapolis MD METROPOLITAN KITCHEN AND LOUNGE Solo
Sun Jun 17 Alexandria VA BIRCHMERE Solo
Sat Jul 07 Waverly AL STANDARD DELUXE Patterson Hood and the Downtown Rumblers
Sat Jul 21 Camden NJ XPoNential Music Festival Patterson Hood and the Downtown Rumblers

AthFest is approaching and they have an exclusive album stream of the 2012 AthFest Compilation up on Paste Magazine's website. We have donated "After Its Gone" to the compilation, check it out, a lot of great local Athens bands are represented on the playlist.

Also, finally, earlier this year I taped a Mountain Stage session with the Downtown Rumblers, Mike Mills even joined us for "After Its Gone". It was really a special night with a lot of great bands. The episode is scheduled for broadcast on May 4th. Air times vary by station, a complete list of which can be found here: http://www.mountainstage.org/mtnstageaffiliates.aspx

See You Soon.
Patterson

Record Store Day

ATO is releasing "After Its Gone" as a 7" for Record Store Day. It will feature "After Its Gone" as side A, and side B will be "(unspoken pretties)", an instrumental version of the track "(untold pretties)" from Patterson Hoods upcoming album 'Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance' (Sept 2012). Also, Patterson will be playing a live instore at Criminal Records in Atlanta on April 21 at 3pm. Check it out here!

Patterson Hood Plays Mountain Stage

Y'ALL:

Last night I had the pleasure of taping an upcoming edition of Mountain Stage that will air on NPR later this spring. It was taped here in Athens GA at a Sold Out show at UGA's Performance Hall. The entire show was amazing featuring a great set from Teitur (who I had never heard before) and an incredible set from legendary pianist/songwriter/arranger Van Dyke Parks (who among other distinctions, wrote the lyrics to The Beach Boy's "Smile" album). There was also very fine sets from Caroline Aiken, The Mountain Stage Band and Athens' own Randall Bramblett.

I premiered several new songs from my upcoming solo album with a fantastic band (The Downtown Rumblers) that featured EZB, Jay Gonzalez, David Barbe and John Neff as well as Jacob Morris on cello and Claire Campbell on banjo, guitar and incredible harmonies. I hope to play with various versions of this band over the next bunch of months leading up to the album's release and beyond.

We concluded our set with a rousing version of my newest song "After It's Gone" which I wrote and recorded as a love song to my beloved Athens GA and to raise awareness of a proposed development some out of town developers are planning to build in downtown Athens. For our finale we were joined on stage by our friend Mike Mills who also appears on the recorded version of the song and it's accompanying video.To listen, watch and learn more of about this issue, check out our site at www.protectdowntownathens.com

STAY TUNED for more info about my new album and future live appearances solo, with The Downtown Rumblers and of course future DBT works.

Fight The Power.
Patterson Hood

Patterson Hood & Jay Gonzalez - "Uncle Disney" at Music in the Hall 22