Patton & Brokus

Genre: Country/Americana, Folk
Hometown: Austin, TX

Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus are recording artists from Austin TX, who have been singing together for 40+ years. February 2020 they reached #12 on the Folk Alliance International Charts (#59 for the year). Micheles Kindh, Blaskans, Sweden: "The Tom Petty of Folk!" Has been epitomized about Jim Patton who, along with his wife Sherry Brokus, releases a record of songs made over a ten year period. An 18-song American record that really flows like a dream with stories, short stories to listen to instead of reading. Musical audiobook that I listen to that has rare luster in the tunes and lyrical lyrics. Shimmering country and folk rock.” Michael Freerix, Folker, Germany: “Patton describes Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and Neil Young as his role models, which is easy to understand. He is a songwriter who prefers to tell stories rather than wallowing in private. His strengths are social and psychological commentary on the state of American society...”

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Posted on 8/8/24