About

Pat Axe - Guitar player, singer and songwriter. 

Blues Rock, Reggae, and Latin-infused Rock.

Pat started playing guitar at 14 and took music lessons at a neighbourhood music store, He also took bass, and piano lessons. But, by the age of 17, he knew the guitar was the instrument for him and his voice.

He then took lessons with Eugene Martnec at Ring Music, studying the Segovia approach. Practicing endlessly and studying with some other teachers through the years, focusing mainly on roots music and becoming as proficient and as diverse as possible

Pat's Influences:
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers, Santana, Bob Marley, Ska Music, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams.

Pat started busking with a friend and musical partner on Toronto’s legendary Yonge Street in the summers of 1979 and 1980. He then joined the reggae band Burning Desire in 1981. This band propelled him from the familiar stomping grounds and local scene into the surrounding areas around southern Ontario.

From Burning Desire sprung 2 Pulse 3, a reggae/rock/ska band leaning toward writing and performing original songs.

The blues took over his playing more and  more and Pat continued to play around the southern Ontario circuit and Toronto’s club scene in rooms such as; The Horseshoe Tavern, Isabella Hotel, Black Swan Tavern, The El Mocambo, The Black Bull Tavern, The Rivoli, and The Cameron House.

Joined SingSing with Crash Morgan and played around Toronto and showcased at the Black Music Association where they were inducted as honorary members at the Rivoli on Queen Street by RZee Jackson.

Other bands Pat has played in include:

  • Gas Money & Cigarettes
  • Elbow Room
  • Pat Axe Band

He then moved to BC in October 1993 and played all over BC with assorted projects. Played and recorded an album with Ernest Lee and Cotton Traffic, produced by Doug Johnson of Loverboy.  He was also a founding member of Vancouver band Rhythm Street, playing with Ray Myers as well.
 

Pat Axe recorded a six song EP in 2013 Available on  Apple Music,  Spotify,  & YouTube

Pat Axe Band is a Blues Rock band with some Classic Rock , Reggae and Latin .
Pat is also licensed Busker in SkyTrain Station in Vancouver, if you take transit you might see and hear him playing in one of stations in your travels.