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Will Not Let You Down

Album: Mystery Ride

Released: Jan 1, 2000

Label: Edge City

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Will Not Let You Down
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Million Miles Away
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No Reason
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Aliceanna St.
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27 Voices
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Genre: Americana / Folk Rock / Roots Music
Location AUSTIN, Texas, US
Profile Views: 28726
Last Login: 4/29/2013
Member Since 6/10/2006
Website www.edgecitytx.com
Record Label self released
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.. ..EDGE CITY is JIM PATTON and SHERRY BROKUS ...... Their music combines the singer/songwriter tradition of their home in AUSTIN, TEXAS, with the East Coast rock and roll of their former home in BALTIMORE..... Based on the songs of singer/guitarist JIM PATTON and the wall of sound vocal interplay between Patton and singer/partner SHERRY BROKUS, Edge City blends Pattons lyrics about the friends he grew up with in suburban Maryland with Byrds/Band/Petty style Americana rock..... On Edge City's KEEPERS OF THE FLAME CD, a man discovers alternate definitions of success; a daughter waits in a bar for the father who walked out on her years ago; a father tells his child not to make the same mistakes he did; a brave woman breaks free of an abusive past; people fall in love; relationships end; relationships endure..... KEEPERS OF THE FLAME was produced by BRADLEY KOPP and features some of Austin's finest players: LLOYD MAINES, Glenn Fukunaga, Freddie Krc, David Webb, Darcie Deaville, Jon Sanchez, and Lorrie Singer....... .. .... .. Photo by Winker www.winkerwithaneye.com .... FROM FLANFIRE BLOG .. Flanfire (Duggan Flanakin) is bringing LIFE to Austin music -- and telling the world how sweet it is! Tuesday, October 16, 2007 .... ..Edge City's Jim and Sherry:Folk Music's Favorite Couple?.. .... If you like good acoustic music, just show up at Austin Java at 12th and Lamar (north) at 8 pm on Thursday, October 18th for the THIRD COAST MUSIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASE -- which is of course the revival in small portions of what used to happen every night at the old Chicago House music venue. .... This week's featured performers include Miss Shelley King, the fabulous Darcie Deaville, and Tim Henderson -- but the backbone of this music series since its inception is the dynamic duo who moved here in 1994 from the streets of Baltimore -- Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus, also known as Edge City (when playing in full band mode). .... Now THIS is a couple from whom many of us could learn a lot about the grace of living, both through Jim's songs and their warm harmonies together and through the way they encourage each other and those around them. Wherever Jim and Sherry go, there always seems to be a campfire burning, guitars playing, and love all around (even when they are playing indoors). .... Jim and Sherry are about to release their very first (Austin-made, that is) recording after two Edge City records that feature the whole band sound. But before we get to that, let's review a little history ... .... ..Read More About Edge City's Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus Here At Duggan Flanakin's FLANFIRE Blog.. .. .. .. .... ....Signup for our Mailing List.... ....*.. required .. .... .. .. ....First name:.... ...... .. .. ....Last name:.... ...... .. .. ....Email ..*..:.... ...... .. .. ....Country:.... .... ..Please select an option..... ..UNITED STATES.. ..CANADA.. ..UNITED KINGDOM.. ..AFGHANISTAN.. ..ALBANIA.. ..ALGERIA.. ..AMERICAN SAMOA.. ..ANDORRA.. ..ANGOLA.. ..ANGUILLA.. ..ANTARCTICA.. ..ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA.. ..ARGENTINA.. ..ARMENIA.. ..ARUBA.. ..AUSTRALIA.. ..AUSTRIA.. ..AZERBAIJAN.. ..BAHAMAS.. ..BAHRAIN.. ..BANGLADESH.. ..BARBADOS.. ..BELARUS.. ..BELGIUM.. ..BELIZE.. ..BENIN.. ..BERMUDA.. ..BHUTAN.. ..BOLIVIA.. ..BOTSWANA.. ..BOUVET ISLAND.. ..BRAZIL.. ..BRUNEI DARUSSALAM.. ..BULGARIA.. ..BURKINA FASO.. ..BURUNDI.. ..CAMBODIA.. ..CAMEROON.. ..CAPE VERDE.. ..CAYMAN ISLANDS.. ..CHAD.. ..CHILE.. ..CHINA.. ..CHRISTMAS ISLAND.. ..COLOMBIA.. ..COMOROS.. ..CONGO.. ..COOK ISLANDS.. ..COSTA RICA.. ..COTE D'IVOIRE.. ..CROATIA.. ..CUBA.. ..CYPRUS.. ..CZECH REPUBLIC.. ..DENMARK.. ..DJIBOUTI.. ..DOMINICA.. ..DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.. ..EAST TIMOR.. ..ECUADOR.. ..EGYPT.. ..EL SALVADOR.. ..EQUATORIAL GUINEA.. ..ERITREA.. ..ESTONIA.. ..ETHIOPIA.. ..FALKLAND ISLANDS.. ..FAROE ISLANDS.. ..FIJI.. ..FINLAND.. ..FRANCE.. ..FRENCH GUIANA.. ..FRENCH POLYNESIA.. ..GABON.. ..GAMBIA.. ..GEORGIA.. ..GERMANY.. ..GHANA.. ..GIBRALTAR.. ..GREECE.. ..GREENLAND.. ..GRENADA.. ..GUADELOUPE.. ..GUAM.. ..GUATEMALA.. ..GUINEA.. ..GUINEA-BISSAU.. ..GUYANA.. ..HAITI.. ..HONDURAS.. ..HONG KONG.. ..HUNGARY.. ..ICELAND.. ..INDIA.. ..INDONESIA.. ..IRAN.. ..IRAQ.. ..IRELAND.. ..ISRAEL.. ..ITALY.. ..JAMAICA.. ..JAPAN.. ..JORDAN.. ..KAZAKSTAN.. ..KENYA.. ..KIRIBATI.. ..KUWAIT.. ..KYRGYZSTAN.. ..LATVIA.. ..LEBANON.. ..LESOTHO.. ..LIBERIA.. ..LIECHTENSTEIN.. ..LITHUANIA.. ..LUXEMBOURG.. ..MACAU.. ..MACEDONIA.. ..MADAGASCAR.. ..MALAWI.. ..MALAYSIA.. ..MALDIVES.. ..MALI.. ..MALTA.. ..MARSHALL ISLANDS.. ..MARTINIQUE.. ..MAURITANIA.. ..MAURITIUS.. ..MAYOTTE.. ..MEXICO.. ..MICRONESIA.. ..MOLDOVA.. ..MONACO.. ..MONGOLIA.. ..MONTSERRAT.. ..MOROCCO.. ..MOZAMBIQUE.. ..MYANMAR.. ..NAMIBIA.. ..NAURU.. ..NEPAL.. ..NETHERLANDS.. ..NETHERLANDS ANTILLES.. ..NEW CALEDONIA.. ..NEW ZEALAND.. ..NICARAGUA.. ..NIGER.. ..NIGERIA.. ..NIUE.. ..NORFOLK ISLAND.. ..NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.. ..NORWAY.. ..OMAN.. ..PAKISTAN.. ..PALAU.. ..PANAMA.. ..PAPUA NEW GUINEA.. ..PARAGUAY.. ..PERU.. ..PHILIPPINES.. ..PITCAIRN.. ..POLAND.. ..PORTUGAL.. ..PUERTO RICO.. ..QATAR.. ..REUNION.. ..ROMANIA.. ..RUSSIAN FEDERATION.. ..RWANDA.. ..SAINT HELENA.. ..SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS.. ..SAINT LUCIA.. ..SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON.. ..SAINT VINCENT.. ..SAMOA.. ..SAN MARINO.. ..SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE.. ..SAUDI ARABIA.. ..SENEGAL.. ..SEYCHELLES.. ..SIERRA LEONE.. ..SINGAPORE.. ..SLOVAKIA.. ..SLOVENIA.. ..SOLOMON ISLANDS.. ..SOMALIA.. ..SOUTH AFRICA.. ..SPAIN.. ..SRI LANKA.. ..SUDAN.. ..SURINAME.. ..SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN.. ..SWAZILAND.. ..SWEDEN.. ..SWITZERLAND.. ..SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC.. ..TAIWAN.. ..TAJIKISTAN.. ..TANZANIA.. ..THAILAND.. ..TOGO.. ..TOKELAU.. ..TONGA.. ..TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.. ..TUNISIA.. ..TURKEY.. ..TURKMENISTAN.. ..TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.. ..TUVALU.. ..UGANDA.. ..UKRAINE.. ..UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.. ..URUGUAY.. ..UZBEKISTAN.. ..VANUATU.. ..VENEZUELA.. ..VIETNAM.. ..VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH.. ..VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S... ..WALLIS AND FUTUNA.. ..WESTERN SAHARA.. ..YEMEN.. ..YUGOSLAVIA.. ..ZAMBIA.. ..ZIMBABWE.. .. .. .. .. ....Mailing Address:.... ...... .. .. ....Mailing Address 2:.... ...... .. .. ......Zip:...... .... .. .... .. .. ....City:.... ...... .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. ......Fan list management by FanBridge.com.. .... .. .. .. .... ..EDGE CITY DISCOGRAPHY .. .... KEEPERS OF THE FLAME, produced by Bradley Kopp, released 2006 .. MYSTERY RIDE, produced by Lloyd Maines .... EDGE CITY CDS Available Online at .. EDGECITYTX - www.edgecitytx.com .. CDBABY - www.cdbaby.com .. TEXAS MUSIC ROUNDUP - www.texasmusicroundup.com.... EDGE CITY RADIO AIRPLAY .... KUT - AUSTIN, TX ** KANZ - GARDEN CITY, KS ** KASU - STATE UNIVERSITY AR ** KAXE - GRAND RAPIDS, MN ** KBBI - HOMER, AK ** KBOO - PORTLAND OR ** KBSU - BOISE ID ** KCIE - DULCE NM ** KCSS - TURLOCK, CA ** KDHX - ST LOUIS, MO ** KDNK - CARBONDALE, CO ** KEOS - COLLEGE STATION TX ** KGLP - GALLUP NM ** KGLT - BOZEMAN, MT ** KGSR AUSTIN TX ** KPFT - HOUSTON TX ** KRCL - SALT LAKE CITY UT ** KRFC - FT COLLINS CO ** KRVM - EUGENE OR ** KSJD - CORTEZ, CO ** KSMF - ASHLAND, OR ** KSUT - IGNACIO, CO ** KTEP - EL PASO TX ** KTOO - JUNEAU, AK ** KTRU - HOUSTON TX ** KUMD - DULUTH MN ** KUT - AUSTIN, TX ** KUTE - DURANGO, CO ** KVNF - PAONIA CO ** KWMR - PT REYES CA ** KZYX - PHILO, CA ** Rock Garden - OCALA FL ** WBCG - PORT CHARLOTTE FL ** WDVR - SERGEANTSVILLE, NJ ** WEFT - CHAMPAIGN IL ** WERU - E. ORLAND ME ** WFCS - NEW BRITAN CT ** WFDU - TEANECK, NJ ** WFHB - BLOOMINGTON IN ** WHAY - WHITLEY CITY KY ** WIVK - KNOXVILLE, TN ** WJJC - COMMERCE GA ** WMFO - FORD, MA ** WMKY - MOREHEAD, KY ** WMMT - WHITESBURG KY ** WMNF - TAMPA, FL ** WOJB - HAYWARD, WI ** WRFL - LEXINGTON KY ** WRIU - WAKEFIELD, RI ** WRNR - ANNAPOLIS MD ** WRUW - CLEVELAND OH ** WSYC - SHIPPENSBURG, PA ** WTIP - GRAND MARAIS MN ** WWHP - FARMER CITY, IL ** .... EDGE CITY INTERNET RADIO AIRPLAY .... www.insurgentcountry.net/playlist-alt-country-august-17-2006.htm .. www.kpft.org/studio/playlistbuild.php?week=16&shownumber=27.. www.getapodcast.com/podcast584.aspx www.austinconnection.net/MP3/31_AC_Edge_City.MP3
Members
.. EDGE CITY is: .... JIM PATTON.. (guitar, main songwriter, vocals) admits he learned acoustic guitar playing Bob Dylan songs,and electric guitar playing the Rolling Stones, and "that was the last time I learned anybody else’s songs but my own." .... Patton cites 20th century American fiction and the various lives of the friends he grew up with in Maryland ("I knew doctors and lawyers and waitresses and teachers and water rats and gravediggers and the guy who drove the truck that emptied the port-o-pots all over the state") as the main source of his lyrical inspiration. .... ..and .... SHERRY BROKUS ..(vocals, percussion) helped start the first folk masses at St. Johns Church in Severna Park, MD, but her musical talents lay dormant until she came upon Patton and his brother playing at the Oxbow Inn in Arnold, MD and asked if she could sit in. She sang Cowgirl In The Sand and has played in bands with Patton ever since. .... .. ...... .. MUSICIANS ON KEEPERS OF THE FLAME CD: Lloyd Maines, Bradley Kopp, David Webb, Glenn Fukunaga, Freddie Krc, Darcie Deaville, Jon Sanchez, Lorrie Singer. .... MUSICIANS ON MYSTERY RIDE CD: Lloyd Maines, David Grissom, Paul Pearcy, Glenn Fukunaga, Darcie Deaville, Chip Dolan. .... MUSICIANS IN AUSTIN BAND INCLUDE:Jon Sanchez, Jeff Tveraas, Kenny Felton, Rick Connell, Darcie Deaville, Karen Mal, David Newbould, Bradley Kopp, Richard Bowden, David Webb, Charlie Irwin
Influences
EDGE CITY CDS AVAILABLE ONLINE at EDGECITYTX.COM, CDBABY.COM and TEXAS MUSIC ROUNDUP.COM .... .. ...... .. KEEPERS OF THE FLAME, produced by Bradley Kopp, released 2006 .. Available Online at - .. EDGECITYTX - www.edgecitytx.com/store.html .. CDBABY - www.cdbaby.com/cd/edgecitytx2 .. TEXAS MUSIC ROUNDUP - www.texasmusicroundup.com .. AMAZON - www.amazon.com/Keepers-Flame-Edge-City/dp/B000E10ESI .... .. ...... .. MYSTERY RIDE, produced by Lloyd Maines, released 2000 .. Available Online at - .. EDGECITYTX - www.edgecitytx.com/store.html .. CDBABY - http://cdbaby.com/cd/edgecitytx .. TEXAS MUSIC ROUNDUP - http://www.texasmusicroundup.com
Sounds Like
"PATTON's ragged edge brings an essential intensity to his intelligent urban poetry .. If you like musicians to sound like they mean it, check out EDGE CITY" - John Conquest, Third Coast Music. .... "SHERRY BROKUS ... reminds at times of Nanci Griffith and Mary Chapin Carpenter" - Marquetta Herring, Marqs Texas Music Kitchen. .... "JIM PATTON's voice is unique and as honest as they get. There isn't a trace of artifice - when he sings I believe every word he says. His songs are tender without being sentimental, strong without overpowering and thoughtful without being too cerebral. SHERRY BROKUS rides along with him with a natural sweetness that makes their partnership beautifully balanced and hard to resist." - Christine Albert. .... "Charles Dickens for the 21st Century" - Bob Mackenzie, Sound Bytes. .... "... Music for those of us who never joined up ... reflects a middle class landscape where fear of hard times and losing what you have looms just beneath the surface of the American Dream ... " - Karen Sykes-Blades, Annapolis Capital. .. ...... ..