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neil fraser @ 11:25am 02-10-2012
I grew up in southport but never got to see R and B inc . Can you put a link to an MP3 of Peter Abraham by Patto . It mentions some of the Southport characters from that era.

Great site , thanks.
mark willis @ 11:25am 02-10-2012
The guy was a bone fide genius. His playing just blows me away. What a terribly sad loss to a music world that in some ways really let him down.
God Bless Ollie!
Lelorain patrice @ 11:24am 02-10-2012
Absolutely Ollie's fan. Hold Your Fire is one of the best records of all the time.
Alejandro %22Sandy%2@ 11:22am 02-10-2012
Ollie, era mi amigo, estuvimos de gira con Kevin en Japón, se empeño en que fuese manager de Corcovado, pero no funciono. Me trajo a Toni a casa en la sierra para intentar desngancharle, antes de la gira de Radio Futura, yo no pude, pero el creyó que si podría, y cayó.
Me faltan nuestras discusiones sobre música y motos, nunca estábamos de acuerdo, porque su Guzzi era muy fea.

BabelFish translation:
Ollie, was my friend, we were of tour with Kevin in Japan, persistence in which was to manager of Bent, but I do not work. It brought to me to Toni to house in the mountain range to try to desnganchar to him, before the tour of Future Radio, I I could not, but it thought that if could, and it fell. I need to our discussions on music and motorcycles, never we agreed, because its Guzzi was very ugly.
john graham @ 11:22am 02-10-2012
hi-i have a tape of a lp-wot is it pls? year 1970/tracks{in order}= hangin rope,money bag,hold me back,time to die,red glow,san antone,your man,sittin back easy, also on the tape is=magic door,beat the drum + bad news = was this a comp lp u did?it is GREAT-i got the tape in the 90s but i know u from the 70s..see my space at = www.myspace.com/butlincat = 4 the latest on UFOs + their OCCUPANTS!!!...peace+thanx=john
Skip Klauber @ 11:21am 02-10-2012
1st heard in Atlanta, 1977 on the June 1, 1974 album. "who the hell is that playing the guitar?"
Marco Faustinelli @ 11:21am 02-10-2012
After a few years of reading about Ollie, last month I could eventually lay down my hands on a copy of "Hold your Fire". MY GOD, what I have missed so far! Gonna catch up, though.
Regretting this interesting human being is no longer with us...
Frank Moran @ 11:18am 02-10-2012
I see someone on Ebay UK is selling a copy of the Guitar mag is the Terry Theise article on Ollie.
Phil Mangham @ 11:17am 02-10-2012
It was the same reaction I felt on hearing of the death of John Lennon when I first heard of Ollie's demise;absolute shock and total body numbness !!
I followed the exploits of Patto whenever they appeared at the Black Swan in Sheffield (or tried to). The then compere Terry Steeples(?) always introduced the band as THE Patto.
Why oh why hasn't a TV documentary ever encountered their contribution to the 1970's ?
Stefan @ 11:17am 02-10-2012
Many thanx for keeping Ollies memory alive!
Juan Javier M. Donce@ 11:16am 02-10-2012
I was lucky enough to do professional work with him in the summer of 1991. We did the Callejones' «Al pié del Cañón» album, and I learned a lot from him. He produced the album and played some guitars, piano, keyboards and backing vocals. I did drums for the whole album.

In a few days I will send to the archive some pictures of that sessions, together with a tiny diary, something really short that tells the best moments we had.

Cheers,
Juan Javier Martínez.
Drums.
Mike Shefrin @ 11:15am 02-10-2012
Ollie and I did a bunch of gigs in a jazz band we formed together in Mallorca. I still have a photo of us playing at a club in Palma. He was an immensely gifted person, and also great fun to hang out with. I sure miss him. He was my friend
René M Finkler @ 11:15am 02-10-2012
Just listening to Monkey's Bum right now. Ollie is immortal !!
Danny Chang @ 11:14am 02-10-2012
My band was booked to open at the legendary Paget Rooms in Penarth, South Wales. The band we were
to support was the little known act Patto.

“We shared the dressing room with the band, they let us use their pa. Clive Griffiths the bass player watched our set from the side of the stage giving us great encouragement. I had never heard of Patto before. They were touring with the album Hold your Fire and we went out front to catch the band.”
“From the very first opening bars I realised that as a sixteen year old guitarist I was either going to lay the guitar down and never play again or be inspired, fortunately for me it was the latter. It’s funny how these four guys would never know how much they influenced my musical outlook”.
I am currently doing a documentary on the venue The Paget Rooms and would like hear from anyone who remembers Patto at the venue.
Phil McCarthy @ 11:09am 02-10-2012
"Admiral" Halsey has some great stories about their band. Regard's Phil McCarthy

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