Big River Blues Festival

When the organisers of The Big River Blues Festival first got in contact to book Pat, the band already had three bookings for that weekend. They tried to get Pat & Hi-Voltage a seperate gig for the Saturday afternoon but unfortunately, had left it too late. As a result Pat will now be making an appearance on the Sunday afternoon,joining Gerry McAvoy and Brendan O'Neil (Rory's rhythm section) at The Rory Gallagher Tribute at St Georges Market, Belfast at about 5.00pm.

European Tour

Pat and the band, who are just back from a very successful couple of gigs in Switzerland, will be returning to mainland Europe very soon.
A two week tour between 16th & 29th November is currently be finalized.
More details to follow but keep an eye on the gig page.

In My Own Time - European Release

Pat's recent album "In My Own Time" has been released throughout Europe on the "Bad Reputation" record label.
The album has been repackaged and comes complete with a new cover.
For the collectors amoung us, it can be purchased at www.badreputation.fr/

Leicester Gigs

Pat and the band will be playing two intimate gigs in Market Bosworth this coming December. Market Bosworth is between Warwickshire and the Leicester Boarders. These gigs are for true die hard fans and will be by invitation only. To register your interest in attending either or both of these gigs, please contact us through the Guest Book.
On your message, leave your contact details, name, address, email address and we will contact you back.
These details will not be made public and the message will not appear on the guest book. It will just be kept on the data base.

Indian

Pat's other band Indian, return to the live scene for the first time in two years, for two gigs during the Summer.
The first gig on Saturday 7th June, is at The Diamond Rock Bar in Ahoghill, just 4 miles from Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Irealnd.
www.myspace.com/thediamondbar
The second gig, will be a home coming show, at The Clarence Hotel in Sligo, on Friday 1st August.
If these gigs are well supported the band may consider a full blown tour, later in the year.

Gordon Sheridan

From time to time Pat's regular Bass player, Paul McCann is unable to play live with Hi-Voltage due to other committements.
On these nights when Paul is absent, the extermely experianced Gordon Sheridan steps in to bring his talent and charm to the band.

Indian

Rumours seem to persist that Pat's "other" band Indian will be reforming for a few dates in June.
Watch this space !!!

European Tour

Unfortunately Pat's European tour has had to be moved until later in the year.
The tour was to be a series of smaller dates booked around a large festival, which has been put back.
Keep an eye on the gig page and the new dates will be posted just as soon as everything is 100% confirmed.

European Tour

A European Tour between 10th and 20th of March is currently being booked.
Keep posted to the gigs page and the dates will be uploaded as soon as everything is 100% confirmed.

Reading Rock Book

Ian Carroll, the author of a new book on the Reading Rock Festival called :- "The Reading Festival: Music, Mud and Mayhem" was recently in contact with Pat, asking him about his memories of when Mamas Boys played the Festival in 1983.
The book is now published and can be purchased from all good book and music stores or alternatively from :-
www.amazon.co.uk/reading-festival

New Album Update

Pat's highly anticipated new album "In My Own Time" will at last be released on Friday 3rd August. To Celebrate, Pat will be having a special Album Launch Party at The Diamond Bar - Ahoghill (4 miles outside Ballymena). Pat always gets a full house at the intimate Co. Antrim venue and this will be the first time anywhere in the world that the album will be available for purchase.

The CD will then be available to buy on line about 2 weeks after the show.

New Album

Pat's new album "In My Own Time" is at last finished and due for release in late June. The album will be available to purchase here in the next couple of weeks.

Barry McCabe Shows

As previously mentioned on this page, the new CD from Barry McCabe -'Beyond The Tears' was released in September of this year, with Pat playing on the majority of the album. Well, Barry and Pat are teaming up to play two very special shows this Christmas. The first gig is on Thursday 21st of December at The Riverfront Hotel in Virginia - Co Cavan and The Lower Deck in Dublin is the venue on Friday 22nd December.
Most of the material for these two shows will be taken from Beyond The Tears and Barry's other solo albums with a few Blues standards and special treats added in.
The band for these two shows will also feature Hi-Voltage's drummer Sean O'Reilley.

Competition Time

In November and December this year, Pat returns to The Ulster Hall in Belfast, scene of some fantastic nights for Mamas Boys during the eighties. On Saturday the 18th of November Pat & Hi-Voltage are the overall closing headline act for the annual three day beer festival and on Friday the 29th of December, the band are back again to play with Sinnerboy at a Rory Gallagher tribute concert. We have ten pairs of tickets to give away for the show on Friday 29th December. All you have to do is answer a very simple question and post your answer, along with you name and address on the guest book form. These entries WILL NOT become live but will sit on our data base. When the closing date has passed (1st December) we will feed the correct entries into our computer (The Professor) and the ten lucky winners will be picked. Please do not enter unless you are definitely going to use the tickets and remember, due to the fact that Pat had already agreed to play at a charity event in Enniskillen that night, the band are onstage at 7.30pm.

Question:- During Hi-Voltage's two and a half hour live set they regulary play two Rory Gallagher numbers. What are they ??

Many thanks to Mr Pat Falls, overall manager of The Ulster Hall for donating this prize.

Nice 'N' Sleezy single.

The new single from Fermanagh Glam Rockers Nice 'N' Sleezy called 'Hot On The Heels' is released today. Pat wrote the third song on the single called 'Glam Boyz'. For more information log onto www.nicensleezy.co.uk.

Barry McCabe's new album

On Saturday 9th September, the new album from Barry McCabe - Beyond The Tears is released. Pat hooked up with Barry in February of this year to work on the album and plays guitar on most of the tracks. For more information check out www.barrymccabe.com.

First solo album

Pat is currently in the process of writing and recording material for what will become his first solo album which will be released later this year.