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After a few months of starving he moved back with his folks. His father now had a long term freeway project in the San Fernando Valley. He even took drum lessons with neighbor Joe Porcaro (Toto), but stopped after only three lessons, which he also regrets. His first L.A. recording gig was with Juice Newton, but when the record came out a year or two later, he noticed Jeff Porcaro and Hal Blaine had redone the drum parts. This more firmly planted the seed of ‘session drummer’.
Throughout the seventies Pat played in countless bands. "Baby Grand" (with Michael Boddicker) and others almost achieved record deals.
This lead to meeting producer Mike Chapman who often appealed to him for session work. He played with Holly Penfield, Shandi, Michael Des Barres, Scandal, Nick Gilder , Bernie Taupin, and drummed on Martin Briley's hit "The Salt In My Tears" (1983). Mike also helped formed a band, consisting of songwriters Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres, paired with Prescott (from The Knack) and pat. They recorded (later) hits like "Obsession", "Bleeding Babies", a great Cole Porter "Night & Day (bars)” ... lots of cool tunes. This band was crumbling into 'Device' when he met the Misters.
To earn a living Pat still held lots of different jobs including managing a restaurant, picking carnations in a hothouse, driving a truck, hiring out his drum gear, selling office supplies or carpet over the phone, working construction, all between rehearsals, club gigs and sessions.
Pat often worked at the L.A. "Country Club" where an earlier roadie became the production manager. This was great because he could take off whatever nights he had to gig and then come back the next night to work shows with the best touring bands.
So the day came when he noticed an audition for Richard Page and Steve
George. It was Kim
Bullard (from Poco) who called him and advised him to go since he knew
Pat was the kind of drummer they
were looking for. ‘Their former band Pages was in a Hall & Oates-like
situation where the
songwriters were signed to the label as the main artists. Instead of
using sidemen every time -
who they couldn't take on the road and which made their sound different
at every track - they wanted
a real band’.
The day of his audition for Richard Page and Steve George, he was
working a day gig stuffing
envelopes from 6 AM 'til noon while listening to a Pages demo on his
walkman. He went to the
audition at noon break and was supposed to bring a bass player with him.
The bassist couldn't
make it because of some dental work. Because the bass player
didn't show up, Richard Page grabbed a bass guitar and they jammed a few
songs. Richard keep yelling ‘Go!’, later he learned he was saying
‘Ringo! ‘.
Half an hour
later Mr. Mister was born. They released three albums. The second one
sold over two million copies
and delivered two #1 hits.
This led to session work with Al Jarreau, Pointer Sisters, Kenny
Loggins, Patti Labell, Eddie Money, Martika and many others.
After the commercially disappointing third album guitarist Steve Farris
left the band. By the fall of
1988 the remaining Misters went into the studio to start recording a
fourth album with the producer
of "Welcome To The Real World", Paul DeVilliers. They invited Trevor
Rabin and Buzz Feiten to add guitar.
During the recording in 1989 Pat accepted offers to play on new albums
for XTC, and Cock Robin .
He even joined for a short tour. These were solid indications that he
was now a highly respected drummer.
On September 25th 1990, Mr. Mister broke up. Their fourth album has
never been released .
During the beginning of the nineties Pat did session work mainly for
Jude Cole, The Rembrandts, and with producers like Tony Berg ( for
artists Michael Penn and Ted Hawkins) and Paul Fox. Paul Fox brought pat in
for additional percussion with Robyn Hitchock, the Sugercubes and
many others, in addtition to T.V. gigs with Julia Fordham & world tours with the
Rembrandts & Richard Marx . He even did overdubs for a dance mix of a
Rolling Stones single with producer Don Was. And among other fun
projects, Pat worked with James Newton Howard for the Michael Douglas
movie "Falling Down" , doing a twisted drum/percussion ensemble moment
during a Chinese parade. And co-producing records with France’s
megastar Peter Kingsbery.
More strange syncronicity. In 1994 another dream came true. A friend
told him King Crimson members Trey
Gunn and Robert Fripp were doing a project with David Sylvian (ex-Japan)
and were looking for a
drummer. So Pat joined them on David Sylvian's "The First Day" tour.
During this tour Robert Fripp considered to reform King Crimson.
After the tour he called pat while he was touring over seas with Jay
Graydon's band.
Pat went over to Bill Bruford's place in England. They managed to get
along quite well
and the new King Crimson was established and released a series of
albums:
In 1995 Pat moved to Austin Texas .
As Crimson continued stomping on thru over a hundred shows and into
the PojeKcts.
"Vrooom", "Thrak", "Thrakattak" and "B-Boom".
When Crimson took a one year pause in 1997 pat went back to study
drumming at U.T., U.N.T., and with privite teachers . As one year
became two, pat started looking for local players. And found: Gumby &
Monkey.
Monkey is
a 24 year-old girl who plays sax, clarinets, bassoons, guitars, keys and
sings. Her 'old man' Gumby
plays bass, cello, mandecello and sings too. Pat does the production,
knob turning and drumming
stuff. The favorite comment Pat heard was "That's strange, I've nevern
heard anything like that
before. I need to listen again."
| Year | Artist | Album Title | Contribution |
| 1980 | Shandi | Shandi | drums |
| 1983 | Martin Briley | One night with a Stranger | drums |
| 1984 | Mr. Mister | I Wear the Face | drums - percussion - programming |
| 1984 | Scandal | Warrior | drums |
| 1984 | Marc Anthony Thompson (now known as Chocolate Genius) | Marc Anthony Thompson | drums |
| 1984 | Jack Wagner | All I need | drums |
| 1984 | Al Jarreau | High Crime | electric drums |
| 1985 | Cock Robin | Cock Robin | percussion -electric drums |
| 1985 | Nick Gilder | Nick Gilder | drums |
| 1985 | Mr. Mister | Welcome To The Real World | drums |
| 1985 | Pointer Sisters | Contact | drums - programming |
| 1985 | Danny O'Keefe | Reux | drums - programming |
| 1986 | Eddie Money | Can't Hold Back | drums - programming |
| 1986 | Patti LaBelle | Winner In You | programming |
| 1986 | Soundtrack | Youngblood | drums |
| 1986 | Soundtrack | American Anthem | drums |
| 1986 | Soundtrack | Touch And Go | drums |
| 1986 | Soundtrack | Fine Mess | drums |
| 1987 | Marc Jordan | Talking Through Pictures | drums - programming |
| 1987 | Truth | Weapons of Love | drums |
| 1987 | Mr. Mister | Go On... | drums |
| 1988 | Kenny Loggins | Back to Avalon | drums |
| 1988 | Soundtrack | Rain People | drums - percussion |
| 1988 | Soundtrack | Stand and Deliver | drums |
| 1988 | Kevin Raleigh | Delusions of Grandeur | drums |
| 1989 | Kim Mitchell | Rockland | programming - producer |
| 1989 | Cock Robin | First Love/Last Rites | drums - percussion |
| 1989 | XTC | Oranges and Lemons | drums - percussion - programming |
| 1990 | Marc Jordan | C.O.W. | drums |
| 1990 | Jude Cole | View from 3rd Street | drums - percussion |
| 1990 | Hall & Oates | Change of Season | drums |
| 1990 | Rembrandts | Rembrandts | drums - percussion |
| 1990 | Peter Kingsberry | Different Man | drums - percussion - programming - production |
| 1991 | Martika | Martika's Kitchen | drums |
| 1991 | Migual Mateos | Kryptonitia | drums |
| 1991 | Bob Halligan | Window in the Wall | drums |
| 1991 | Robyn Hitchcock | Perspex Island | percussion |
| 1991 | Keedy | Chase the Clouds | drums |
| 1991 | Too Much Joy | Cereal Killers | additional drums and percussion |
| 1991 | Danny Wilde | The Boyfriend | drums |
| 1992 | Jude Cole | Start the Car | drums |
| 1992 | Michael Penn | Free For All | drums |
| 1992 | Rembrandts | Untitled | drums - percussion |
| 1992 | Robin Beck | Human Instinct | drums |
| 1992 | The Sugercubes | Stick Around for Joy | additional percsussion |
| 1993 | Murray Attaway | In Thrall | drums - percussion |
| 1993 | Lauren Christy | Lauren Christy | drums |
| 1993 | Mary Lou Lord | Real | drums - percussion |
| 1994 | David Sylvian/Robert Fripp | Live Damage | acoustic & electric drums |
| 1994 | Trey Gunn | One Thousand Years | drums |
| 1994 | Ted Hawkins | Next Hundred Years | drums - percussion |
| 1994 | Daniel Brisebious | Arrive All Over You | drums |
| 1995 | Tina Arena | Don't Ask | drums - percussion |
| 1995 | Jude Cole | I Don't Know Why I Act This Way | drums - percussion |
| 1995 | King Crimson | B-Boom | drums |
| 1995 | King Crimson | Thrak | drums |
| 1995 | King Crimson | Vrooom | drums |
| 1995 | King Crimson | Dinosaur | acc. + electric drums - percussion |
| 1995 | Rembrandts | LP | drums |
| 1995 | Various Artists | Testimonial Dinner: Songs of XTC | drums |
| 1996 | Peter Kingsberry | Once in a Million | drums |
| 1996 | Trey Gunn | Third Star | drums - percussion - engineer |
| 1996 | King Crimson | Thrakattak | percussion |
| 1996 | Richard Page | Shelter Me | percussion - drums - programming |
| 1997 | Soundtrack | Storyville | programming |
| 1997 | Various Artists | Poptopia! 90's Power Pop Classics | percussion - drums |
| 1998 | Danny Wilde | Spin This | drums |
| 1998 | Ted Hawkins | Ted Hawkins Story: Suffer No More | percussion - drums |
| 1998 | Storyville | Dog Years | drum programming |
| 1999 | Magna Carta | Tribute to ELP | accoustic and electric drums & perc. |
| 1999 | King Crimson | Cirkus | accoustic & electric drums and percussion |
| 1999 | King Crimson | The ProjeKcts (+ Deception of the Thrush) | electronic traps & buttons |
| Coming Soon | MasticA | (Their debut release) | electronic traps & buttons |
