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Patrick Sharrow - 'Turncoat Blues'
Iain McArthur • Apr 09, 2023
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It’s always a joy to discover great new music, especially in unexpected places. Cruise ships can seem a bit like death’s floating waiting room a lot of the time but one I was on recently had assembled an exceptionally good house rock band comprising legitimate Nashville original recording artists. It’s a win-win situation; passengers like me get to rock out to some top-quality music every night while the folks in the band get a paid gig in the sun for a couple of Winter months where they can write songs, practice, spread the word and raise some money to finance recording and video production for their own songs.
One of the stars of the show was a young alt-country rocker called Patrick Sharrow who really stood out, especially on some Tom Petty and Allman Brothers covers, but the absolute nightly highlight was when he got to stretch things out with extended guitar work outs on songs like ‘Purple Rain’ or ‘While my Guitar Gently Weeps’. One evening, he really grabbed my attention when he slipped in one of his own songs ‘The Heartland’, a gritty Springsteen-esque rocker, which is actually the title track from his forthcoming album due out on the 10th of June and you can check out a live session version of that song on You Tube or Facebook.
For now, Patrick has just released a single called ‘Turncoat Blues’ which hits that sweet spot where country meets rockabilly. It fairly rattles along and is primarily based on acoustic guitar and stand-up bass but a short electric solo gives a small taste of what the man can do.
Once back on dry land, Patrick Sharrow & The Convoy have a few dates scheduled in his native Upstate New York to support the album release and there will be more videos, in due course. Patrick will also be appearing with band-mate Jax Hollow back in Nashville shortly. Jax was another stand-out performer on the ship and her own album ‘Only the Wild Ones’ is due out on the 5th of May. We’ll cover that shortly.