Hi everyone.  You are officially invited to be a part of our live video!  Free LIFE Entertainment will be filming our show at Club Cafe on 12th and Carson Streets, in Pittsburgh on Sat May 26th at 7pm.  We had a great rehearsal last night, and the band is pumped up and ready to go.  Pittsburgh's own Heather Kropf will be opening the show.  Heather is a singer/songwriter with a beatuiful voice and down-to-earth style, comparable to Joss Stone and Natalie Merchant.  It'll be a fun night, hope you can join us…Read more

I know he is amazing now... but check out this video of Derek Trucks opening for the Allman Brothers at age 13!  He was amazing way back then.  He looks so comfortable up on that big stage playing with the pros.  And so real.  He was feeling it back then, and still is.  Grab the kids and check this out... great stuff!

Whew!  I felt like I was on fire Friday night!  Our special guest, Houserocker Danny Gouchnour rocked Frankies with us, big time.  There were definitely moments of musical magic happening.  To quote the Grateful Dead "The music played the band". 


This seems to be happening more and more lately. I feel like I'm getting out of the way and letting the music pour right through. Its such an amazing feeling, and so freeing. I'm loving it. Danny is a great player, very soulful, and such a good tone. And, he…Read more

Why go out to see live music?  Why not stay home and plug into the ipod?  Or watch tv?  Live music is interactive.  Its an experience.  It's not all about sitting back and being entertained.  Its a group experience.  There's an energy exchange.  You can FEEL it.  At least I can, whether performing or being part of the audience.  Music is vibration.  Just like the atoms in our bodies vibrate.  Music has rhythm.  Like our hearts, beating.  We can feel it, physically, emotionally. We can feel it on a deep…Read more

Once it started around 2pm, the music never stopped... until 2am or so.  What a beautiful spring day we had a pUNKapalooza.  And everyone was so friendly.  People were dancing, grooving, or just happily listening to a jamming band at Moondogs, and before the set was over, the music would kick in at Starlite, 115 feet away.  It was a 60 second walk from one venue to the other, but it always took me longer, so many friendly faces were lingering in the sunshine sharing happy greetings.  The Patti Spadaro Band…Read more

Hi everyone, Happy 2012! A new year means new beginnings, right? I've decided to step up my blog for 2012. I read in a book yesterday by Tama Kieves: "This is the ride of your life". Yep, this is it. Right now. I see myself zooming along on a bicycle through the beautiful countryside, using my own energy to propell me forward. Enjoying the ride, and stopping to smell the roses. Endulging in their beauty. And somedays slowing down to explore the dark places. That's OK too. But the dark places are not places…Read more

Another successful Blues Go Pink!! Thanks to all who came out to support this great cause... funding mammograms and cancer screenings for uninsured Western PA women. Several talented ladies joined in with the Patti Spadaro Band, including Jill Simmons, Marcy Brown, and Cheryl Rinovato. The day was filled with Pittsburgh blues divas singing and playing their hearts out, including Jill West and Blues Attack, Ms Freddye and Blue Faze, and Nancy McKeen's Blues Machine.

I had a grand ol' time with the Pittsburgh Blues Women at the Pittsburgh Blues Festival July 22nd. We played just after Kelly Richey, and had a wonderfully enthusiastic crowd. Jill Simmons, Freddye Stover, Marcy Brown, Andrea Pearl, Cheryl Rinovato, Shari Richards and myself led a powerhouse band with dueling guitar solos, 4 part harmonies, and sweet & soulful melodies.  We were scheduled to play earlier in the day, but instead we huddled in the center of the stage during a massive thunderstorm as audience…Read more

The Art Case was pulsing with feel good energy Fri Night.  I played most of the evening with Jim Donovan and Tertium Quid Percussion Ensemble, letting loose with experimental, improvisational organic grooves.   I was definitely flying by the seat of my pants, having no idea where the music would lead or what was next. Great fun! The musical synergy was flowing. Lots of heart and soul on the stage and in the audience.