Patrick Green

Daddy B. Nice's #55 ranked Southern Soul Artist

"Understanding "

Patrick Green

Composed by Patrick Green

--Daddy B. Nice

About Patrick Green

Patrick Green hails from Houston, Texas, where he got his start in the music business in the early nineties with the release of a disc named All I Have to Give. His song "Understanding" has taken on near-cult status on the chitlin' circuit since its inclusion on Green's debut CD, The PG Man: Here Am I. (Waldoxy, 2000).

Both Willie Clayton and Mel Waiters contributed producing and arranging assistance on the P. G. Man CD, and "Rock The Boat"--the radio-featured single from Tears In My Heart, Green's second CD (Across The World, 2002)--features Green in a duet with the widely respected Clayton.

A third Patrick Green CD, Still A Thrill, emerged in the fall of 2004. Deejays greeted it with gusto, especially the tracks, "Let's Grow Old Together" and "Do You Feel Me".

Obscurity, marginalization and limited means--the challenges facing so many southern Black musicians--have continued to hamper Green's career, but his determination to continue making records has slowly but surely made him a "name" amongst Southern Soul deejays and R&B fans willing to beat the bushes to find his material.

Song's Transcendent Moment

"Things always happen to me.
I'm lucky in love.
That's my destiny.
What you need is understanding."

Tidbits

1.

Nov. 23, 2006. Southern Soul, published by Across The Board Records in August of this year, has already netted Patrick Green a new chitlin' circuit hit ("I Need A Do Right Woman"), with another track ("Bit Off More Than I Can Chew") gaining airplay across the Stations of the Deep South as the year winds down. "I Need A Do Right Woman" may have been inspired by Ms. Monique's popular "Mr. Do Right," also a chitlin' radio stalwart through 2006. Southern Soul luminaries Rue Davis and Harrison Calloway contributed to the CD.

2.

February 26, 2007. Southern Soul has spawned another chitlin' circuit hit, "Door Knob," currently making its presence felt on deejay charts, including your Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 Singles (#3) for March, 2007. Three solid singles--"I Need A Do Right Woman," "Bit Off More Than I Can Chew," and "Door Knob" ("Don't let the door knob hit ya/ Where the good Lord split-cha") is a pretty good indication a CD is worth buying: Patrick Green has a CD to be proud of. DBN.

3.

September 4, 2008:

Patrick Green's Popcorn Man is a lackluster effort from a usually solid, middle-of-the-pack Southern Soul performer. Green has all the tools (voice, arranging, material), but they're not much in evidence here, even on the album's first single, "Popcorn Man." I'd recommend sampling Green's back catalog, especially The P.G. Man: Here Am I, rather than risking disappointment with Popcorn Man.

(The above piece ran on Daddy B. Nice's Corner in July & August of 2008 under the title "Better Skipped This Time Around.")

DBN

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If You Liked. . . You'll Love

If you were a fan of Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops," you're bound to become a fan of Patrick Green's "Understanding."

Honorary "B" Side

"I Got A Woman Who Loves Me"