1. Patrick Anthony Sansone is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, musician, and music producer.
22 Facts About Pat Sansone
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Pat Sansone is a member of Wilco, The Autumn Defense, and Mellotron Variations and has worked with Jonathan Wilson, Andrew Bird, Jamie Lidell, and others.
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Pat Sansone grew up in a musical family and began working in a recording studio at the age of 14.
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Pat Sansone's father ran a concert venue in Meridian, MS.
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In 2004, Pat Sansone joined Wilco before a tour in support of their album A Ghost Is Born, following the departure of multi-instrumentalist Leroy Bach.
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On tour, Pat Sansone plays guitar, keyboard, maracas, and several other instruments, as well as singing backup vocals.
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Pat Sansone was involved in the writing and recording of Wilco's 2007 release Sky Blue Sky, 2009's Wilco, and The Whole Love in 2011.
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Pat Sansone received a co-production credit for his work on The Whole Love.
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Pat Sansone received credit for arranging strings for the track "Black Moon".
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Pat Sansone has lived in New Orleans, Nashville, New York, and Chicago working as a producer and studio musician.
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Pat Sansone has contributed to albums by Joseph Arthur, Andrew Bird, Josh Rouse, Mavis Staples, Swan Dive, Jenifer Jackson, Ryan Adams, The Clientele, The Milk Carton Kids, Karen Elson, Jonathan Wilson and others.
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In 2009, Pat Sansone made a guest appearance on Dawes's album North Hills.
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In 2010, Pat Sansone released a book of photography called 100 Polaroids.
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Pat Sansone began photographing with the SX-70 in 2006, and shot extensively over the next several years while traveling with Wilco and The Autumn Defense.
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In 2011, Pat Sansone produced the album "Korp Sole Roller" by Chicago-based artist Liam Hayes.
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In 2013, Pat Sansone contributed string arrangements for the album Fanfare by Jonathan Wilson.
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In 2016, Pat Sansone contributed acoustic guitar to the album "Rainbow Ends" by Emitt Rhodes.
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Also in 2018, Pat Sansone produced the album "Primetime Illusion" for Wisconsin-based songwriter Trapper Schoepp.
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Also in 2018, Pat Sansone was the featured vocalist on the single "California Moon" by Fernando Perdomo featured on his album "Fernando Perdomo Has Lost His Voice".
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Pat Sansone co-produced the 2020 released album "Dixie Blur" by Jonathan Wilson and contributed on bass, acoustic guitar, Mellotron, synth, vibes and background vocals.
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Since 2020, Pat Sansone has hosted the 'Baroque Down Palace' show on Memphis' WYXR radio station.
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Pat Sansone produced and played multiple instruments on Emma Swift's album of Bob Dylan covers, Blonde on the Tracks, recorded between 2017 and 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee and featuring Robyn Hitchcock.