Pat Green Biography

Pat Green Basic Facts:

Name: Patrick Craven Green
Birth date: April 5, 1972
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas; raised in Waco, Texas

Country Style: Texas Country

Pat Green Quote:

"To me, the only way songwriting works is if you write the truth. It's the only way it works, period. Where I'm going as a writer, what I'm looking for is an expansion of the truth, finding out more truth - especially about me. It's easier to write about me, because I know where I am. As a younger man, it was easy to get to my truth: I was a simple man, having fun. As you get older it gets more complicated - but it's also about opening up a lot more places. After all, that's where the deeper truth resides."

Pat Green Songwriting:

Pat Green writes a good majority of the songs he records. He's had his hand in writing or co-writing hits like "Carry On," "Don't Break My Heart Again," "Feels Just Like It Should" and "Wave on Wave."

Musical Influences:

Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Waylon Jennings, Joe Ely, Robert Earl Keen; "If there is any musician I want to emulate, it's Willie."

Suggested Pat Green Songs:

• Download/Purchase "Carry On"
• Download/Purchase "Three Days"
• Download/Purchase "Don't Break My Heart Again"
• Download/Purchase "Wave On Wave"
• Download/Purchase "Feels Just Like It Should"

Similar Artists:

Some other artists with music similar to Pat Green

• Jack Ingram
• Randy Rogers Band
• Cory Morrow

Recommended Albums:

• What I'm For (2009)
• Wave on Wave (2003)
• Three Days (2001)

Pat Green Biography:

Pat Green was born on April 5, 1972 in San Antonio, TX, the eighth of nine children. His father was in the Air Force, and also a stage actor, who had starred in musicals, which influenced Pat's love of music.

Pat learned to play guitar, and started playing in small clubs and bars around Lubbock, while attending Texas Tech. In 1995, he released his first independent record.

It All Started At Willie Nelson's Picnic

While playing at Willie Nelson's annual July 4th picnic in 1998, Pat garnered a lot of attention, which lead to radio support for his music. Things all starting moving well for him from then on. By 2001, he had a major label contract with Republic/Universal, and he put out his first release for the label with Three Days.

In 2003, he released Wave on Wave, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard country album charts, and earned him his first Top 5 single, with the title cut.

Green released Lucky Ones in 2004, before moving to BNA Nashville, where he released Cannonball in 2006.

In January 2008, he released What I'm For, which was preceeded by the Top 20 and still rising single "Let Me."