Patty Booker brings the whole litany of life experiences to bear on this latest release. You may not know who Patty Booker is, and she admits, “Sometimes I don’t even know.” Patty has lived life to its fullest – she has been wife, mother, daughter, sister, singer, songwriter, healer, blue collar worker, friend, lover and a lot more. Patty was raised by parents who came to California from Oklahoma before she or any of her nine siblings were born. Patty is the second child of ten, the mother of three and grandmother of three. Patty started singing professionally in the mid-1980’s, when she joined a band with steel guitar player Gary Brandin of The Blue Hawaiians. In early 1992, she recorded “99” for the Town South of Bakersfield, Volume 3 compilation album. She then took a break to finish raising her children and returned to the music scene in 1999 with her first full blown CD, I Don’t Need All That, produced by Nashville singer/songwriter Jann Browne & her partner Matt Barnes. The release of that CD launched Patty full on into the music world where she has performed in Europe, Iceland and the Caribbean. Patty’s continuous airplay on XM radio and many other stations across this country and Europe are testament to her talent. Los Angeles Times Orange County's Top 10 Pop CD Picks 5 - Patty Booker, I Don't Need All That (PMS Records) The first CD by this veteran country singer has all the traditional virtues: honesty, humor, heart-piercing feeling. Booker, with the writing, playing and production help from some of Southern California's twang-music elite, splendidly fills the part of a woman vulnerable enough to be hurt, but tough enough not to be a doormat. Mike Boehm Following up on I Don’t Need All That, Patty and singer/songwriter Rick Shea, former guitarist for Dave Alvin, released a CD of heart wrenching country duets called Our Shangri-LA on the Tres Pescadores label in 2003. Rick and Patty toured up and down the coast and across the United States playing songs from Our Shangri-LA, along with their favorite traditional country tunes. L.A Weekly Our Shangri-LA, the new album of duets from veteran Southern California country singers Rick Shea and Patty Booker not only exemplifies the West Coast's once vibrant honky-tonk tradition, it damn well resurrects it...a complex and rewarding series of emotional and psychological statements - not to mention more than a few moments of smoldering erotic tension. Jonny Whiteside Now, two years after Our Shangri-LA, Tres Pescadores has once again teamed with Patty to put together a new solo work, Fire & Brimstone. This CD is packed with seething, soulful, and raw country feeling. It was produced by Wyman Reese, a former member of Chris Gaffney’s Cold Hard Facts Band,, Walter Clevenger of The Dairy Kings and Patty. This collection also features some of Southern California’s finest musicians, including Danny Ott, Bob Gothar, Shawn Nourse, Candy Lerman-Girard, Steve Bancroft, Lisa Finnie, Lori Jo DeWitt, Henry Clift, Dave Pearlman, Jay Dee Maness, Matt Barnes and Jann Browne with Walter and Wyman filling out the sound on a variety of instruments. The times they do keep changing and so does the world for Patty Booker. Patty is truly an indigo child and sees the world as her playground. Patty feels she has lived a full and wonderful life, in spite of all the hard knocks and heartaches. The one thing she has been able to hold onto and trust through it all is the music inside of her honky-tonk heart. To share it with you now through her songs gives her life a greater meaning. It’s not a fad or a phase and it will not go away with age. You can trust that Patty will be singing until all the lights go out. If you like true country and real grit, you don’t want to miss Fire & Brimstone.
