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Pat & Tex LaMountain have been singing, writing, performing and harmonizing together for almost 35 years. Writers of dozens of songs, they have developed a diverse collection of material that includes American standards, swing tunes, folk, rock, jazz, bluegrass and country. Their music has been described as “upbeat and rhythmic, inspirational and sensitive…catchy…with Pat & Tex there’s heart and soul.” Songs that touch us through melody, message and harmony. Their music is a blend of Pat’s crystal clear vocals with Tex’s tenor voice and unique flat and finger picking styles.

Pat was raised on an apple farm in New Jersey, Tex in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts and they met in Montague, Mass in 1974, where she had been singing with the Sawmill River Band and he with the popular Vanguard recording group, Clean Living. They teamed up and were “New Talent” winners at the New England Folk Festival at Vermont’s Mount Snow in 1977. Their over three decades of performances have included festivals, clubs, coffeehouses, community concerts, radio, television documentaries and films.

Pat & Tex were founding members of the folk group, Bright Morning Star, touring the Midwest and Eastern states. Highlights of their careers include a Washington, D.C. 50,000 person rally performance, sharing stages with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie. a two year hiatus to the Bay Area of California (charter members of the Santa Cruz, CA and Western Mass Songwriters Guilds), and a well received arts lottery funded three year concert series entitled Songs from Western Mass., featuring dozens of area songwriters in over 50 local community concerts.

Since 2003 Pat & Tex have been playing in the annual COOP concert series, a cooperative project with area musicians, to help promote the Greenfield/Franklin County area as a destination for arts and culture. COOP Concerts. They are also gearing up for performances to support their latest CD project, Sweet Chabango released in December, 2011, which includes thirteen originals written by both Tex and Pat. Their previous releases, A Few Good Hits to the Heart and A Few Miles Later consisting of often requested concert favorites along with several originals and a whole cd of Pat originals, were completed in 2007 and 2009, respectively.

They previously recorded three albums: Down Here on the Earth, Home, and Songs From Western Massachusetts, plus a collection of songs recorded for the Northeast Foundation for Children in Greenfield, MA. This release, 16 Songs Kids Love To Sing, is available on CD with a songbook.

Pat is parttime Finance Director for the Connecticut River Watershed Council in Greenfield, MA. A portion of her job in the past few years was to run a song contest, "Living Along the River" Connecticut River Watershed Council.-- 2009 was the second year for this popular Franklin County event. Songs about the Connecticut River and its tributaries were performed by their writers who were vying for cash prizes and recognition. Deadline for the entries was July 15 each year. The Finals concert was scheduled for October 25 of 2009. In 2010 a large number of contest entrants and winners were presented by CRWC in a grand concert in The Academy of Music, Northampton, as a large celebration of the rivers and a thank you to the volunteers who work in the annual Source to Sea Cleanup. Other concerts will be held in 2012.

Tex is retired from a sales job he held for over 25 years. He worked tirelessly on the Sweet Chabango project. He is ready to focus attention on more writing and recording.

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Pat & Tex LaMountain at info@patandtex.com


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