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JULY 17, 2022
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CD BABY RELEASES FORTH COMING
April 17, 2023
"W.M.D." - 99%Complete
"Waiting For You"- 95% Complete
"Song for Ukraine"- 90% Complete
"Where Corn Don't Grow"-10%
"MaryAnn Sent Me"-95% Complete
"First Day of School"-98% Complete
"Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold"-5% Complete
"Rain Just Falls"- 85% Complete
"Please Come To Boston" - 0% complete
"Tatoos and Scars" -50% Complete
"Unplug Ron, Please" (Life Before PaxtonRob) - 95% Complete
"Deeper Tracks" - 10% Complete
Lord only knows what might be here in "Deeper Tracks" from the Rick Ott Era: river songs, First Day of School, SMR... clandestinely taped "pejorative" conversations... music from musicians surely moved on by now... don't know whatall. At this ripe old age pushing 80, I may not get it all done, but for my friends, family, and both of my good fans, I'ma gonna try!)
FEATURED CONTENT

"WHAT YOU ANSWER TO"
Featured Artist: Mr. Lance Miller
Writers: Robin Branda/Paul Harbin/Ron Patrick
Release Date December 23, 2021
Greater Big Bend Music, BMI
Click the player to listen!
ABOUT THE SONG
"What You Answer To" is a collaboration between primary songwriters
Robin Branda and Paul Harbin, with a finishing line
offered late-night by Ron Patrick. The line was
accepted and the song was recorded in style
as a demonstration project by Nashville
Recording Artist, Lance Miller, in 2004.
THE TEXAS CONNECTION
KEVIN WELCH SONGWRITING WORKSHOP
Wimberly, Texas
For starters let me say to TEAM YouTube... "Thank you" for helping get Texas Connection up and running. Here are 2 personal videos from this Texas mega-trip featuring Artist/Master Songwriter, Kevin Welch, and son Dustin Welch, Artist/Songwriter, and Dobro-aficionado. Give them a visit at dustinwelch.com and kevinwelch.com.
Texas Connection 1 -
Kevin Welch
Texas Connection 2 -
Kevin Welch, Dustin Welch, and
The Great God-A-Mighty Choir
I am a proud student of this once-in-a-lifetime songwriting workshop in Wimberly Texas, 2015. I measured the round-trip distance between Tallahassee and Wimberly to be 4 "big ol' jet airliners", 2 rental cars, 4 motels, 2 Excel spreadsheets with 6 Gant Charts, and a mid-night waiter who opened the door for us at a closed Appleby's, fed us, and helped us get our bearings when we arrived in San Antonio. Said he was a friend of Kevin's.
And with some expert planning by Marie Eileen (my wife and State Senator's Aid, let me say)... the trip came off like clockwork , except for MY getting us lost on the return trip between Pensacola, the town, and Pensacola, the airport. Go figure.
This 3 day workshop at Kevin's home-place in Wimberly was a friendly rustic dream amid the picturesque low-lying Mexicali trees between San Antonio and Austin. While Kevin, and son Dustin, an artist in his own right, double-teamed us "students" with different takes and perspectives, it is fair to say there was friendly and respectful give and take from both sides on the two-way street of all things songwriting.
The best part for me was one-on-one with Kevin walking around his grounds and hearing his responses to my questions about the story behind "Beneath My Wheels". Kevin explained the idea for the song was born riding "shotgun" on the way to a gig in a car driven by Gary Nicholson. Said he watched that rear tire spinning in the passenger door mirror for a long period of time; then said the song was of redemption and was 10 years to completion. Awesome song. Wife Marie Eileen enjoyed visiting with Kevin and discussing books they've read.
The Welches and supporting staff were gracious hosts and made all of the some-odd 12 of us, give or take, feel welcome in their home. It is a cherished time I look back on fondly.
Kevin Welch Songwriting Workshops
Wimberly, Texas
ALBUMS RELEASED
Two albums have been released: a 10 song album and a 6 song album.
The 10-song album ("The Songs Remember EXTENDED VERSION") is for digital and physical distribution and includes four new tracks (two of these tracks, "COWBOY" and "NOT ENOUGH JIM BEAM" were recorded LIVE at Songwriter Listening Room events).
The 6-song album ("The Songs Remember") is for digital distribution.
The Songs Remember EXTENDED VERSION


"The Songs Remember EXTENDED VERSION" is for physical and digital distribution.
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The Songs Remember DIGITAL
The Songs Remember
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This album is digital only.
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"What can be said, now... of the One once holding the highest public office in the land?" ~Anonymous
Current Tracks Releasing in 2023
Courtesy of the much miligned and hardly heralded CD of acoustic smashable hits... comes a release by Ron Patrick ... way before "PaxtonRob The Songs Remember" ... wait for it...
wait for it...
"Unplug Ron, Please!!!"
(enjoy with a case of your favorite beverage and a bottle of Aleve)
COMING-The Songs Remember 2
The Songs Remember 2
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Volume 2 will be a 14 song CD (including 4 licensed cover songs). The target release date is July 2024.
TRACKS: Boyfriend/ If Love Was/ Tatoos and Scars/ Mary Ann Sent Me/ Bar Room/ That's What Christmas Means To Me- guitar solo/ Poison/ Where Corn Don't Grow/ The Wild Mountain Thyme/ Clear Blue Eyes/ Cowboy-Studio Version/ Do You Remember Me/
Volume 2 will be a 14 song CD (including 4 licensed cover songs). The target release date is July 2024.
TRACKS: Boyfriend/ If Love Was/ Tatoos and Scars/ Mary Ann Sent Me/ Bar Room/ That's What Christmas Means To Me- guitar solo/ Poison/ Where Corn Don't Grow/ The Wild Mountain Thyme/ Clear Blue Eyes/ Cowboy-Studio Version/ Do You Remember Me/ Mayflower/ W.M.D. - State of the Union 2008/ Rainy Monday/ Rain Just Falls/ Something About You
Bonus Materials may include one free track and background information on the songs.
Expected release: July 31, 2024
Easy to Learn to Be Green
This is a music event designed for raising environmental awareness. The songwriters are Craig Reeder, Bill Peterson, George Gray, Ron Patrick presenting original material in a listening room format hosted by RethinkEnergy, Florida, and held at the United Church in Tallahassee.
BLUE MOUNTAIN SONG REVISITED

BMS REMIX w/Ron Voc
The 2020 REMIX has modifications to the original version that significantly changed the vocal presentation as well as the instrumentation heard in the original version.
The original version of Blue Mountain Song is a more traditional presentation of the song many years ago as a bluegrass band demonstration version intended for pitching. The original version has not been submitted for publication but the likelyhood is high.

ORIGINAL BMS w/ Dan Voc
WMD Aftermath
"HEY, I SUPPORT THE TROOPS, IT'S YOU GOT IT WRONG,
AND EVERYTHING IS ALLRIGHT!"
"W.M.D. State of the Union 2008" is a reminder and caution of how easily war can become protracted with unexpected consequences after being started with the best of intentions. With the Iraq War, there was real concern caused by seeing the actual use of poison gas against innocent Iraqie men, women and children... in the streets of Bagdad... by the brutal dictator Saddam Hussein. Then markers were laid down by faulty intel that Hussein was building up a nuclear capability. In the end, that didn't pan out.
The events in this song are true... amid a parade of Talking Points that were excuses and made up shit. One such Talking Point was "The war was launched to find nuclear WMD." When that didn't pan out the Talking Point became "We did it for democracy." This song remembers those years, with some fact checking, and was completed in 2008.
Remembering Gamble Rogers
The Florida Folk Festival is the grand-daddy of Florida folk festivals. It was home to Gamble Rogers who perished attempting to save a drowning swimmer caught in a rip tide at Flagler Beach. This song was living in the Old Slave Market in downtown St. Augustine. I just happened to rest there in the cool for a while.
STRICTLY "ORGANIC"
One of the greatest country songs ever written... any time, any place.
Written by Fred "Butch" Burns and Ken Yon.
Performed by Fred "Butch" Burns.
~Greater Big Bend Music, BMI
Fred "Butch" Burns, Ron Patrick, and the late Judge Charles Miner.
Performed by Fred "Butch" Burns
~Greater Big Bend Music, BMI
LISTENING IN SOPCHOPPY
The songwriter said:
"Well, I got this new song here, but I have just this one verse; and I don't have the chorus; and I DON'T have the bridge!" --Rick Ott.
My partner, Morty Beckman, and I played at a "listening room" event in Sopchoppy, the Music Capitol of Florida, where a savvy and motivated audience attended. It was a totally FUN night! Presenting original material were Rick Ott, Kim Thomas, Ron Patrick, and Morty Beckman. You will probably notice in the video that the event lighting was dimmed for ambience, so please... turn off the lights in your room for better viewing.
LISTENING AT THE OLD CONCORD SCHOOL HOUSE
The "Original" Tallahassee Songwriters Listening Room hosted by the Tallahassee Museum and featuring our late great friend... Bill Gay, with Sharla June, Morty Beckman, and Ron Patrick performing in the Old Historic Concord Schoolhouse. The video is in editing. 90%complete.
ABOUT LISTENING ROOMS
My partner, Morty Beckman, and I founded the "Original" Tallahassee Songwriters Listening Room in 2012. "Listening rooms" have always been major outlets for songwriters, pro's and unpublished alike. The concept goes back to before the early days of Bob Dylan, and they existed in all the major music hubs: Nashville, New York, LA. Miami maybe? Probably.
You won't find a more fun format anywhere than "listening rooms." This form of entertainment will rebound in Tallahassee and surrounding areas as the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020 subsides. Most of these rooms generally practice the "Shhhhh" factor taken from the world-famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee where almost every night new songs get heard and new deals get made. http://www.bluebirdcafe.com