Some artists dream...some artists work. From singing for more than 15 years almost nightly in bars and coffee houses to shaking the rafters of main stages on the east and west coast, Patty has sustained a career doing what she loves best... writing and performing the music she loves.

With an undying passion for creating and delivering soulful music, Patty Reese’s style has been compared to Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge and Janis Joplin. Inspired by the vocals of Etta James and Aretha Franklin, Reese’s own standout vocal style encompasses pop, blues, folk and rock.
"a female Dylan" —Music Monthly

THE BAND
Whether performing solo acoustic, duo, or with a full band, her whirlwind performance schedule keeps her in the spotlight. Patty considers herself fortunate to be sharing the stage on any given night with some of the most celebrated talent on the east coast including guitarists Dave Chappell, Dan Hovey or Robert Fiester, saxophonist Ron Holloway, bassists Mark Foster, Dennis Michaels and Sonny Petrosky and drummers Brian Edwards, John Tracey and Robbie Magruder.

MUSIC & SONGWRITING AWARDS
Along with years of accruing stacks of nominations for her vocals and her band, Reese was named Best Rock Pop Vocalist in 2004 & 2007 and 2004 Best Pop/Rock Album from the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA).

• Voted Best Acoustic Act of 2007 by the Music Monthly   Magazine Readers Poll
• Received two awards in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest
• Top 10 Winner TrueValue Hardware National Songwriting Contest
• Northern CA Songwriter’s Association honors
• Mid Atlantic Song Contest honors
• WAMA nomination for 2004 Song of the Year

WASHINGTON AREA VENUES
Strathmore Music Center
The Birchmere
Rams Head Tavern
9:30 Club
Recher Theater
Blues Alley
Avalon Theater
IOTA Club & Cafe
...and more

CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Rehoboth Jazz Festival
Sunfest
East Coast Jazz Fest
Camden Yards - performing the National Anthem
City of Rockville Festival
California Expo and State Fair
Montgomery County Fair, MD
Mt. Shasta, CA Concert Series
Maryland Wine Festival
Baltimore's Artscape
plus concert venues in Key West, Myrtle Beach,
Sacramento, NYC and more.

PATTY STARS IN ROCK OPERA
Patty Reese played the leading role in the Science Fiction Rock Opera “When ET Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest” by composer James Levy. The show debuted at the Takoma Theater in Washington DC in October of 2004 and plans are in the works for an off-Broadway run.

RECORDINGS
“Here and Now” - Patty Reese (WAMA Best Rock Pop Album)
“The Broad Highway” - Patty Reese Band
“A Night to Remember” - One Night Stand

Reese is often summoned to add guitar, vocals and backing harmonies to live productions and studio recordings for bands such as Crack the Sky, The Bobby Hird Band and Kyf Brewer. Reese also contributed her talents to albums for Ruthie and the Wranglers, Kyf Brewer, Naked Blue, Cary Zeigler, Crack the Sky, Junior Watts, Junior Cline, Tony Denikos and Kevin Klein on "Raven Maniac" the theme song recorded for the Baltimore
Ravens.

After releasing her latest award winning CD, "Here and Now," Reese will be back in the studio in 2006 recording her next project where she promises to deliver more incredible original music.