Patrick Lee "Pat" MacDonald (born August 6, 1952) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the singer, guitarist, and main songwriter for

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, nominated for a

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in 1987. He formed the duo with his wife, Barbara K. MacDonald, in

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in 1984 before moving to

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, that same year. Their breakup in 1995 spurred a solo career that has steadily produced releases in both Europe and the US. "MacDonald is long known for his playful, edgy songs," says ''

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'' magazine (May 2007, p. 38).

Recording career

Songwriting credits include collaborations with Cher,

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, Peter Frampton, and Japanese composer

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. Songs he has written, or co-written, have been recorded by Aerosmith,

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, Cher, Jools Holland,

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and others, and have appeared in movies from the controversial horror classic ''

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'' (1986) with Dennis Hopper, to ''

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'' (1995) starring

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. MacDonald and his friend and collaborator,

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, record and perform as the gothic-country duo, The Legendary Sons of Crack Daniels. He performed and toured as Purgatory Hill with Milwaukee singer and songwriter Melaniejane. In 2005, he co-founded

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, an annual not-for-profit

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and songwriting

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held in his current hometown of

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Solo album discography

* ''Pat MacDonald Sleeps With His Guitar'' (Ark 21), (1997) * ''Begging Her Graces'' (Ulftone), (1999) * ''Degrees of Gone'' (Ulftone), (2001) * ''Strange Love: PM Does DM'' (Ulftone), (2003) * ''In the Red Room'' (DarkPresents), (2004) * ''Troubadour of Stomp'' (Broken Halo), (2007) * ''In the Red Room'' re-release (SB United) (2008) * ''Purgatory Hill'' self-release (2009) * ''The Ragged, Jagged Way Back Home'' self-release (2019) * ''Strange Love: pm does dm'' (Chronological Records) (2021)

References

* Ferber, Lawrence 2000
'Unbelievable: Catching up with Cher as she releases one album online and prepares for the follow-up to "Believe"'
''Frontiers Magazine'' * Huyck, Ed 2007

''Door County Magazine Online'' * ''Isthmus'' 2007
'Sons of Crack Daniels, Jane Wiedlin with Whore du Jour, Chris Aaron, Screamin' Cyn Cyn & the Pons, Skintones'
* Moore, Andy 2007, 'Stomping The Chords of Fame', ''No Depression'', no. 67, 20–21. * Prasad, Anil 2004

Innerviews.org * Prasad, Anil 2007
'Pat MacDonald'
''Guitar Player Magazine'' * O'Reilly, Ned 2005
'Pat MacDonald live review'
''Lumino Magazine'' * The Night Eagle Cafe

Binghamton, NY.

External links

*

MySpace

(Sons of) Crack Daniels MySpace page

Steel Bridge Songfest official page
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