Patty Griffin - Archangel Of Folk Music” By Don Aters
Photos by: C Michael Stewart
Patty is and will remain a muse within the fleeting moments of her career, similar to the sands in the hourglass.
Her plethora of tunes are recognized by those who search for music of grandeur rather than the mediocrity of today’s vast touring bands.
Patty has the unique approach to “live performances”, songs written for herself and others who mirror the “folk Music” genre.
Her brilliance is a constant effort to showcase the words that illuminate any venue and capture a crowd from east coast to west coast, a lyricist that makes the hearts smile.
Cherubic, riveting and compelling, there are a few with equal stage charisma but none will exceed any of these impending performances.
I last saw Patty In Golden Gate Park, circa, 2009 and within the rolling tundra of the park, her four octave range seemed to permeate the air as the crowd began to expand.
The collection of band stalwarts of Nashville, augmented with legendary songwriter and subsequent musician “Buddy Miller” and his wife and singer, is the impetus to help keep this train on the tracks.
The music is also a noted ethereal, magical evening, Patty travels with emotional power, a catalyst of contemporary “folk” and "canticle" church music. She is congenial, charming and charismatic. To paraphrase an Eleanor Roosevelt axiom, “The giving of love is an education within itself”
Patty seems to travel with those traits constantly, “The chanteuse of her chosen genre and Nashville when she abruptly allocates the time to record or write with Buddy Miller and other assorted icons of Nashville. These tours will become tomes of the genre at some point as we travel down our chosen roads.
