Pat Donaldson
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Pat Donaldson is a bass guitarist.
The 2i's Coffee Bar in Old Compton Street
, Soho was a legendary hang-out for early rock artists of Britain. It was here that Tommy Steele
, Cliff Richard
and Terry Dean played. Albert Lee
and Pat Donaldson played here while they were members of Bob Xavier and the Jury. They recorded one single
, "All of Me" / "I'd Steal" in 1962. They met once more, as members of Head Hands and Feet in 1971.
Donaldson joined Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
and played on the album It Should've Been Me
(1965), also appearing with the reformed Dantalian's Chariot
.
In 1970 Donaldson became a member of Sandy Denny
and her husband Trevor Lucas
's short-lived Fotheringay
. On many occasions in the 1970s he was paired with the band's other two members, drummer Gerry Conway
and lead guitarist Jerry Donahue
and described as "the Fotheringay rhythm section". Of the group's five members he is the only one never to have been a member of Fairport Convention
.
Donaldson moved to Canada in the 1980s, where he recorded with Kate
and Anna McGarrigle
and Canadian hard-rockers Mindstorm. He returned to Europe in about 2000. He currently lives in France as a neighbour to record producer Glyn Johns
. Donaldson and Johns had met while recording Nanci Griffith
's Storms (2000), and worked together again on This Time Around by Green and Red. Most recently Donaldson has recorded with Joel Zifkin
(electric violin) on the album Zifkin and with The Bliminals. They had met while they were recording with Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
Movie soundtrack (with Murray Head
)
The 2i's Coffee Bar in Old Compton Street
Old Compton Street
Old Compton Street runs east-west through Soho, London, England.- History :The street was named after Henry Compton. who raised funds for a local parish church, eventually dedicated as St Anne's Church in 1686...
, Soho was a legendary hang-out for early rock artists of Britain. It was here that Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele OBE , is an English entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star.-Singer:...
, Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....
and Terry Dean played. Albert Lee
Albert Lee
Albert William Lee, born 21 December 1943 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked both in the studio and on tour with some of the most famous musicians which stretch through a very wide of genres...
and Pat Donaldson played here while they were members of Bob Xavier and the Jury. They recorded one single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, "All of Me" / "I'd Steal" in 1962. They met once more, as members of Head Hands and Feet in 1971.
Donaldson joined Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
Zoot Money's Big Roll Band was a British rhythm and blues, soul and jazz group formed in England in early autumn 1961.-History:An early line-up had Zoot Money as vocalist and Al Kirtley on piano but in the band's best-known form Money himself played Hammond organ. Bassist/vocalist Paul Williams...
and played on the album It Should've Been Me
It Should've Been Me
It Should've Been Me is the debut album of Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, released in 1965.-Track listing:Side 1#"I'll Go Crazy"#"Jump Back"#"Along Came John"#"Back Door Blues"#"It Should've Been Me"#"Sweet Little Rock and Roller"Side 2...
(1965), also appearing with the reformed Dantalian's Chariot
Dantalian's Chariot
Dantalian's Chariot were a British psychedelic rock band that formed in 1967. Led by keyboardist and bandleader Zoot Money, and also featuring Andy Summers , they are best remembered for their single "Madman Running Through the Fields", and for their live performances, which featured early...
.
In 1970 Donaldson became a member of Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...
and her husband Trevor Lucas
Trevor Lucas
Trevor George Lucas was an influential folk artist, a member of Fairport Convention and one of the founders of Fotheringay...
's short-lived Fotheringay
Fotheringay
Fotheringay was a short-lived British folk rock group, formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny on her departure from Fairport Convention. The band drew its name from her 1968 composition "Fotheringay" about Fotheringhay Castle, in which Mary, Queen of Scots had been imprisoned...
. On many occasions in the 1970s he was paired with the band's other two members, drummer Gerry Conway
Gerry Conway (musician)
Gerald Conway is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and currently a member of Fairport Convention as well as his side projects...
and lead guitarist Jerry Donahue
Jerry Donahue
Jerry Donahue is an American guitarist and producer primarily known for his work in the British folk rock scene as a member of Fotheringay and Fairport Convention as well as being a member of the rock guitar trio The Hellecasters.-Biography:Donahue was born in New York, the son of big band...
and described as "the Fotheringay rhythm section". Of the group's five members he is the only one never to have been a member of Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...
.
Donaldson moved to Canada in the 1980s, where he recorded with Kate
Kate McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle, CM was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....
and Anna McGarrigle
Anna McGarrigle
Anna McGarrigle, CM is a Canadian folk music singer/songwriter who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister, Kate McGarrigle, until Kate's death in 2010.-Musical career:...
and Canadian hard-rockers Mindstorm. He returned to Europe in about 2000. He currently lives in France as a neighbour to record producer Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns is a musician, recording engineer and record producer.-Career:He has worked with such artists as Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Easybeats, The Band, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Clash, The Steve Miller Band, Small Faces, Spooky Tooth, The Ozark...
. Donaldson and Johns had met while recording Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas.-Biography:...
's Storms (2000), and worked together again on This Time Around by Green and Red. Most recently Donaldson has recorded with Joel Zifkin
Joel Zifkin
Joel Zifkin is a Canadian musician and songwriter born in Montreal on April 14, 1954. He is best known as a session and live musician for artists such as Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Richard Thompson...
(electric violin) on the album Zifkin and with The Bliminals. They had met while they were recording with Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
Discography
- It Should've Been Me (Zoot Money's Big Roll Band) (1965)
- Chariot Rising (Dantalian's ChariotDantalian's ChariotDantalian's Chariot were a British psychedelic rock band that formed in 1967. Led by keyboardist and bandleader Zoot Money, and also featuring Andy Summers , they are best remembered for their single "Madman Running Through the Fields", and for their live performances, which featured early...
) (1967, not released until 1996) - Anthems in Eden (Shirley & Dolly Collins) (1969)
- Fable of the Wings (Keith ChristmasKeith ChristmasKeith Christmas is an English singer and songwriter. In 1969 his first album Stimulus was released...
) (1970) - D'Abo (Mike d'AboMike d'AboMichael David "Mike" d'Abo is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the former lead vocalist of Manfred Mann.-Biography:...
) (1970) - Shelagh McDonald (Shelagh McDonaldShelagh McDonaldShelagh McDonald is a Scottish folk singer, song-writer and guitarist who released two albums before her abrupt and mysterious disappearance in 1971...
) (1970) - "Rains / Reins of Change" (Marc Ellington) (1970)
- Ragtime Cowboy Jew (Stefan GrossmanStefan GrossmanStefan Grossman is an American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and singer, music producer and educator, and co-founder of Kicking Mule records.-Early life and influences:Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Herbert and Ruth Grossman...
) (1970) - Sunrise (Mick SoftleyMick SoftleyMichael 'Mick' Softley is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist. A figurehead during the British folk scene, Softley set up his own folk club, released three albums and has been known to work with Mac MacLeod , Donovan Leitch and Maddy Prior...
) (1970) - Living Game (Mick Greenwood) (1971)
- Short Stories (Steve GibbonsSteve GibbonsStephen William Gibbons , Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Bendigo, Victoria...
) (1971) - Summer Solstice (Tim Hart & Maddy Prior) (1971)
- If You Saw Through My Eyes (Ian Matthews) (1971)
- The North Star Grassman and the RavensThe North Star Grassman and the RavensThe North Star Grassman and the Ravens is a 1971 album by English folk rock singer-songwriter Sandy Denny. Built mostly around her own compositions, The North Star Grassman and the Ravens is distinguished by its elusive lyrics and unexpected harmonies.-Chronology:Denny became a solo artist because...
(Sandy DennySandy DennySandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...
) (1971) - Smiling Men with Bad ReputationsSmiling Men with Bad ReputationsSmiling Men with Bad Reputations is the 1971 solo debut release by Mike Heron of the Incredible String Band.Here Heron was prone to generate odd, atmospheric melodies, some of which were drawn from Celtic and Eastern sources. "Spirit Beautiful" is a fine example in which Heron creates an Indian...
(Mike HeronMike HeronMike Heron is a Scottish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work in the Incredible String Band in the 1960s and 1970s.-Career:...
) (1971) - Street Singer (Mick Softley) (1971)
- Paul Kent (Paul Kent) (1971)
- Stargazer (Shelagh McDonald) (1971)
- Head Hands and Feet (Head Hands and Feet) (1971)
- Henry the Human FlyHenry the Human FlyHenry the Human Fly was the first solo album by British singer/songwriter/guitarist Richard Thompson. It was originally released in Britain in April 1972 on the Island label and in the US on the Reprise label....
(Richard Thompson) (1972) - Journeys from Gospel Oak (Ian MatthewsIain MatthewsIain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, then as the 1960s progressed, as Ian Matthews...
) (1972) - SandySandy (Sandy Denny album)Sandy is the second solo album by Sandy Denny, and is generally considered to be her best. The album was released in 1972 and begun just a fortnight after her UK tour promoting her debut solo album The North Star Grassman and the Ravens ended in early November 1971.The first song recorded for the...
(Sandy DennySandy DennySandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...
) (1972) - Rock OnRock On (The Bunch album)Rock On is a 1972 one-off album of oldies covers by the Bunch, a group of English folk rock singers and musicians. The Bunch got together in late 1971 to record their one and only album, Rock On...
(The Bunch) (1972) - Lifeboat (Sutherland BrothersSutherland BrothersThe Sutherland Brothers originally performed as a folk / rock duo in the field of British music in the early 1970s, and then from 1973 to 1978 joined with rock band Quiver to record and tour as Sutherland Brothers & Quiver...
) (1972) - Wednesday's Child (Thomas F. Browne) (1972)
- Any Mother Doesn't Grumble (Mick Softley) (1972)
- A Question of Roads (Marc Ellington) (1972)
- Lark (Linda LewisLinda LewisLinda Lewis is an English vocalist, songwriter and Guitarist. Lewis is the oldest of six children two of whom also had singing careers...
) (1972) - Marc Time (Marc Ellington) (1972)
- Restoration (Marc Ellington) (1972)
- Weren't Born a Man (Dana GillespieDana GillespieDana Gillespie is an English actress and singer.-Career:Gillespie was born to the Baron De Winterstein Gillespie, an Austrian radiologist, and his wife. She grew up in England and her family's villa in Maccagno, a village on Lake Maggiore, Italy...
) (1973) - "Let The Days Go By/Sunny Side Of The Street" (Bryn HaworthBryn HaworthBryn Haworth is a British Christian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pioneer of Jesus music in mainstream rock. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, UK, he has released some twenty-two albums and several singles since the 1970s as well as guesting as guitarist on many other albums by rock and folk...
) (1973) - Andy Roberts and the Great Stampede (Andy Roberts) (1973)
- In Memory of Robert Johnson (Paul Williams) (1973)
- Like an Old Fashioned WaltzLike an Old Fashioned WaltzLike an Old Fashioned Waltz is the third solo album by English folk rock singer Sandy Denny, released in June 1974. The album featured a more pop and jazz influenced production style, a marked change from Denny's previous folk rock albums as lead vocalist for Fairport Convention, Fotheringay, The...
(Sandy Denny) (1974) - This is the Day (Susha) (1974)
- Hokey PokeyHokey PokeyThe hokey cokey or hokey pokey , also known as the okey cokey, hokey tokey, or cokey cokey, is a participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It is well known in English-speaking countries...
(Richard and Linda ThompsonLinda Thompson (singer)Linda Thompson is a British singer. Born Linda Pettifer in Hackney, Thompson became one of the most recognised names—and voices—in the British folk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s, in collaboration with her former husband and fellow British folk rock musician, guitarist Richard...
) (1974) - I Want to See the Bright Lights TonightI Want to See the Bright Lights TonightQ : "After his 1971 departure from Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson found his ideal foil in recent bride Linda. A hugely inventive guitarist, he gives full vent to his talent on this dark, brooding album...
(Richard & Linda Thompson) (1974) - Pour Down Like Silver (Richard & Linda Thompson) (1975)
- Slow Dazzle (John CaleJohn CaleJohn Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....
) (1975) - Helen of TroyHelen of Troy (album)Helen of Troy is an album by John Cale, the last of three albums for Island Records.This album came out without the consent of Cale, who considered that the tapes were not finished...
(John Cale) (1975) - Prospect Before Us (The Albion Band) (1976)
- Rise Up Like The Sun (Albion Band) (1978)
- Summer with Monika (Roger McGoughRoger McGoughRoger Joseph McGough CBE is a well-known English performance poet. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please and records voice-overs for commercials, as well as performing his own poetry regularly...
) (1978) - Hiding (Albert Lee) (1979)
- Voices (Murray HeadMurray HeadMurray Seafield Saint-George Head is a British actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" and "One Night in Bangkok" and his album Say It Ain't So...
) (1980) - French Record-Entre La Jeunesse Et La Sagesse (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) (1981)
- Love Over and Over (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) (1983)
- Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, Volume 1 (Richard Thompson) (1985)
- Storms (Nanci GriffithNanci GriffithNanci Griffith, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas.-Biography:...
) (1987) - More Guitar (Richard Thompson) (1988, not released until 2003)
- This Time Around (Green on RedGreen on RedGreen on Red was an American rock band, formed in the Tucson, Arizona punk scene, but based for most of its career in Los Angeles, California, where it was loosely associated with the Paisley Underground...
) (1989) - Stolen Moments (John HiattJohn HiattJohn Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards - although he has never won- and has been awarded a variety of other...
) (1990) - Beverley Craven (Beverley Craven) (1990)
- Heartbeats Accelerating (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) (1990)
- Street Angel (Stevie NicksStevie NicksStephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums...
) (1994) - Island Years (John Cale) (1996)
- Matapedia (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) (1996)
- Mindstorm III (Mindstorm) (1996)
- Solid Ground (Ray Bonneville) (1996)
- Industrial Lullaby (Stephen Fearing) (1998)
- Greatest Hits: The A&M Years '87-'94 (John Hiatt) (1998)
- Best Of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Records Years (Richard & Linda Thompson) (2000)
- Midnight Dreamer (Mick Greenwood) (2001)
- Lake Songs From Red Waters-The Best of Gay and Terry Woods (Gay & Terry Woods) (2004)
- Zifkin (Joel ZifkinJoel ZifkinJoel Zifkin is a Canadian musician and songwriter born in Montreal on April 14, 1954. He is best known as a session and live musician for artists such as Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Richard Thompson...
) (2004) - Chronicles: Bring The Family/Slow Turning/Stolen Moments (John Hiatt) (2005)
- McGarrigle Christmas Hour (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) (2005)
- Raw But Tender (Jaki Whitren) (2006)
- The Bliminals (bLIMINALS) (2006)
Movie soundtrack (with Murray Head
Murray Head
Murray Seafield Saint-George Head is a British actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" and "One Night in Bangkok" and his album Say It Ain't So...
)
- Un Été D'Orages (1989)