Pat Green

Pat Green
Pat Green at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez, California, August 10, 2004.
Background information
Birth name	Patrick Craven Green
Born	April 5, 1972 (1972-04-05) (age 39)
Origin	San Antonio, Texas, USA
Genres	Texas Country
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals Rhythm guitar
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Green Horse Mercury/Republic/Universal BNA
Website	http://patgreen.com

Patrick Craven "Pat" Green (born April 5, 1972 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA. Fifteen of his singles have charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which the highest-peaking is the #3 "Wave on Wave" from his gold-certified album of the same name.^[1][2]

Biography

Patrick Craven Green was born in San Antonio to Craven Earl Green and Patricia Burgess. He was raised in Waco, Texas, where he attended Vanguard College Preparatory School for grades 7-12. Green's father was a former Air Force officer and stage actor who influenced his son's love of music. His parents divorced when he was seven. His mother later remarried.^[3]

After high school, Green attended Texas Tech University where he was a member of FarmHouse Fraternity.^[4] Green started his music career as an 18 year old at Texas Tech playing small gigs at bars and clubs around Lubbock. In 1995, Green independently recorded and released a series of albums produced by Lloyd Maines using money borrowed from his parents.^[5] Green did not commit fully to his music career until 1997 when his stepfather fired him from his job as a fuel wholesaler. Green had been counting his money from a weekend of singing and his stepfather knew he would need motivation to fully pursue music as a career.^[6]

After committing to music, Green drew the attention of Willie Nelson and joined a tour featuring Nelson and several other famous country musicians. Green's appearance at the 1998 Willie Nelson 4 July Picnic was his first step towards nationwide recognition, and he was soon playing sold out shows in Texas. Green was sponsored by Miller Lite and sold more than 250,000 albums, even without signing a major label recording contract.^[6]

Music career

Pat Green performing in June 2008

Green's first major-label recorded album, Three Days was released in 2001. "Wave on Wave" was released in 2003, with the title track reaching as high as 3 on the charts. In late 2004 "Lucky Ones" was Green's 3rd and final CD release on the Universal/Republic label. After spending many years playing to young audiences in college towns across America, Green joined popular country music artists including Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Kenny Chesney on major tours.^[7]

Green released his album Cannonball in 2006. Later that year, he toured with labelmate Kenny Chesney.^[7] In February 2008, Green released a coffee table book containing photos of dance halls that he had frequented throughout his career entitled "Pat Green's Dance Halls & Dreamers".^[8] The book includes locations such a Gruene Hall, Luckenbach and Floore's Country Store as well as interviews with Texas musicians Willie Nelson, Jack Ingram, Cross Canadian Ragweed, and Robert Earl Keen.

In 2008, Green released "Let Me", as the first single from his album What I'm For. The single reached 12 on the country charts, giving Green his first Top 20 single since "Feels Just Like It Should" reached #13 in 2006. Initially, "Country Star" was released as the second single, but it was withdrawn shortly after the title track ("What I'm For") began receiving airplay. "Country Star" peaked at 32, and "What I'm For" peaked at 28 on the country charts in July 2009. Green parted ways with BNA shortly after this.

Green started out releasing "Texas country music" with songs such as "I Like Texas" and "Southbound 35." His career has taken a significant turn since the release of his major label albums and big act tours. Now striving for more mainstream pop country stardom, Green continued to climb the Nashville charts and build a national fan base as he smoothed out his sound with contemporary country releases. As of 2011, Green has announced his return to Texas and independent music.^[9]

Green is an ardent fan of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers. "I Like Texas," a song from his 1995 self-released album, Dancehall Dreamer, has been adopted as the Rangers' victory song.

Discography

^[10][11]

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country	US
Dancehall Dreamer	Release date: December 10, 1995 Label: self-released	—	—
George's Bar	Release date: June 15, 1997 Label: self-released	—	—
Carry On	Release date: February 22, 2000 Label: self-released	—	—
Three Days	Release date: October 16, 2001 Label: Universal/Republic	7	86
Wave on Wave	Release date: July 15, 2003 Label: Universal Records	2	10	US: Gold
Lucky Ones	Release date: October 19, 2004 Label: Universal/Republic	6	28
Cannonball	Release date: August 22, 2006 Label: BNA Records	2	20
What I'm For	Release date: January 27, 2009 Label: BNA Records	2	18
Songs We Wish We'd Written II	Release date: February 28, 2012 Label: Sugar Hill Records	To be released
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Album details
Here We Go (Live)	Release date: June 15, 1998 Label: self-released
Live at Billy Bob's Texas	Release date: April 27, 1999 Label: Smith Music Group

Collaborative albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US Indie	US Heat
Songs We Wish We'd Written (with Cory Morrow)	Release date: March 6, 2001 Label: Write On	26	13	20

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country	US
2001	"Texas on My Mind" (with Cory Morrow)	60	—	Three Days
	"Carry On"	35	—
2002	"Three Days"	36	—
2003	"Wave on Wave"	3	39	Wave on Wave
2004	"Guy Like Me"	31	—
	"Don't Break My Heart Again"	21	116	Lucky Ones
2005	"Somewhere Between Texas and Mexico"	42	—
	"Baby Doll"	21	124
2006	"Feels Just Like It Should"	13	80	Cannonball
2007	"Dixie Lullaby"	24	—
	"Way Back Texas"[A]	28	—
2008	"Let Me"	12	81	What I'm For
2009	"Country Star"	32	—
	"What I'm For"	28	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

All songs charted from unsolicited airplay on the country chart.

Year	Single	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Country
2003	"Winter Wonderland"	43	A Very Special Acoustic Christmas
2006	"Way Back Texas"[A]	48	Cannonball

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak chart positions	Album
			US Country
2001	"Texas in 1880"	Radney Foster	54	Are You Ready for the Big Show?
2011	"My Texas"[B]	Josh Abbott Band		TBD

Notes

• A^ "Way Back Texas" originally charted in 2006 from unsolicited airplay that brought it to #48 before its release. It was officially released as a single in 2007.
• B^ To be released.

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2001	"Carry On"	Thom Oliphant
	"Texas In 1880" (with Radney Foster)	David McClister
2002	"Three Days"	Thom Oliphant
2003	"Wave on Wave"	Roger Pistole
2004	"Don't Break My Heart Again"	David Hogan
2005	"Baby Doll"	Tom Campbell
2006	"Feels Just Like It Should"	Trey Fanjoy
	"Dixie Lullaby"

References

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p81923/biography Pat Green bio
2. ^ http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/green_pat/bio.jhtml Pat Green bio
3. ^ Horton, Sandi (2007-08-07). "Pat Green Performs Aug. 23 at Margarita and Salsa Festival". Waco Tribune. http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Music_Notes/entries/2008/08/07/pat_green_performs_aug_23_at_m.html. Retrieved 2008-11-16. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Dancehall Dreamer Pat Green is all about Texas
5. ^ PopMatters Music Interview | Pat Green: Texas Songwriter
6. ^ ^{a b} Pat Green: Grounded in Texas - American Profile
7. ^ ^{a b} News : Headlines : No Complaints from Pat Green : Great American Country
8. ^ Pat Green's Dance Halls and Dreamers
9. ^ http://www.youtube.com/user/TXmusicTV?v=ioxtMzDpVCU&feature=pyv
10. ^ http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/green_pat/albums.jhtml Discography
11. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p81923/discography Discography

External links

• Pat Green website
• Pat Green Video- Acoustic Set- Interview

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