surfpup Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Premier Guitar did a feature on an early 70s British band I'd never heard of... Patto. Amazing stuff The guitar player Ollie Halsall was insanely good. Way ahead of his time. Maybe some of you older Limeys remember these guys? Requisite Gibson content... he played an SG. Whole album linked below. The solo that starts at 6:11 is just sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Yes. He was definitely a genius. And I don't say that lightly. The Patto story is very sad unfortunately; Mike Patto died, Halsall died, the other two had a car smash which left the drummer severely injured and the bassplayer with no memory....but they were a great band, 3 albums I think and they had a zany side. They started as The Timebox and ended as D**k and the Firemen (without Halsall) supporting Clapton at Crystal Palace. Halsall was also briefly in the Rutles. Very highly rated. Thankyou for this, it brought back a lot of memories. These links are worth following if you are interested - http://www.terrascope.co.uk/mybackpages/patto%20-%20john%20halsey%20pt12.pdf http://www.pattofan.com/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Cool links. Thanks! Interestingly I've had the Boxer album for years but never known about this earlier Halsall band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Limey? you...you...damn yankee! (to be read in a southern female accent)lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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