Pat's solo career has garnered him acclaim as a fingerstyle guitarist and smooth vocalist in the jazz, R&B, and country fields, as well as the gospel and contemporary Christian genres. He maintains a steady concert and workshop/seminar schedule. As a session artist and producer, he records virtually daily. His work is heard locally and around the world in both radio and television theme material. 

Pat eventually became the Director of Praise and Worship for The Hendersonville Chapel, in Hendersonville, TN a 1200 member fellowship in the Nashville area, where he served for ten years,  while continuing to be heavily involved in the Nashville music and recording scene. His worship seminar, "Whom The Father Seeks" became instrumental in the growth of the worship atmosphere for many churches and groups across the country. He has reached out even as far as Nova Scotia in the development of praise and worship dynamics. He is uniquely qualified to work with church musicians and has developed "true worship" leaders. His experience has uniquely qualified him to aide the hurting and wounded churches that have been divided over "worship stylistics".

Sensing a call back to the mountains in 1994, Pat, wife Monica, and daughters Amber and Ashley, moved to the Sevierville, TN area in the Great Smoky Mountains to “retire” from the music business. Not a chance for retirement, as their involvement in their local church music ministry brought many requests for Pat to teach and share his musical expertise. Pat opened his studio and became more and more involved in the musical performance and production needs of the East Tennessee area. Fast and reliable aptly describes his ability to produce just the right material for any application through his music company Maizeone.

Pat can be found regularly each Sunday morning at the Country Tonite Theater in Pigeon Forge, TN where he is the host and musical director for the Smoky Mountain Cowboy Church (SMCC). The SMCC live musical outreach broadcast reaches over 250 million listeners around the world each week through it's combined radio partners which includes WSM AM-650 Online (The Grand Ole Opry station) clear channel broadcasting from Nashville, XM Satellite Radio, and WWCR (Worldwide Country Radio) broadcasting around the world. The SMCC broadcast has catapulted Pat to one of the most listened to guitarists and vocalists in the world.

Pat appeared nightly in 2006 at Elwood Smooch's Old Smoky Hoedown musical theater in Pigeon Forge, TN as their lead guitarist and as a featured vocalist. Comedian and former Hee-Haw regular Billy Baker will keep you breathless with his characterization of "Elwood Smooch". Elwood is hillbilly to the bone.

The 2007 theatre season found Pat at The Country Tonite Theatre in Pigeon Forge, TN for 368 performances as a featured vocalist and lead guitarist for this #1 rated show in the Smokies.

Ever interested in music education, Pat is also a regular workshop host and performer at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society convention held in Nashville, TN. in July of each year. His workshops are well received and have proven beneficial for all performance level players. He also co-hosts the "Gospel Guitar" segment with ace guitarist Richard Kiser and does a personal solo concert segment as well.

Pat's "and that's.... The Gospel Truth!" is also a regularly featured article in the Tennessee Star Journal newspaper. His article is deemed, "a brief message of encouragement to make your day a little bit brighter". A very popular ninety second radio version is available as well, with more of a comedic sense, and was one of five featured radio programs at the Country Radio Seminar (CRS) in Nashville in 2006. It is available to all market sizes and plays well on both sacred and secular stations, reaching a broad audience with uplifting and humorous stories without being "preachy".

Pat also works with several songwriters and publishes their work through his publishing arm, Maizeone Music. 2006 brought an exciting dynamic to the Maizeone organization when and independent record label was launched exclusively for instrumental artists . Standing Stone Instrumental Records (SSIR) is dedicated to establishing instrumentalists a "voice" in the music marketplace. Utilizing the latest in music/web technology, SSIR artist material will be available for download from the major internet music sources while concurrently developing the artist a professional and product identity through website development and promotion.

Pat is available for secular and sacred concert situations, production, theme composition, as well as seminars instructing in Praise and Worship Dynamics and Development and Church Music Applications for church musicians and staff. These programs will unite and enhance the musical worship experience for any church setting. His instruction in the area of true worship have been deemed "life changing".

Artist and Theatre Involvement

Jerry Butler
Al Wilson
Carla Thomas
Ben E King
Clarence Carter
The Vogues
The Temptations
The Platters
The Coasters
The Drifters
Jack Jones
Vicki Carr
Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme'
George Benson
Ron Carter
Steve Gadd
Ice Capades
Holiday On Ice
Ringling Brothers Circus
Alex Houston
Bobby Bear
Ronnie Milsap
TG Sheppard
Razzy Bailey
Wayne Oldham's Jazz Cowboy Band
Ben "Cooter" Jones
George Hamilton IV
John Hartford
Boots Randolph
Nat Stuckey
Sonny James
Vassar Clements
Squire Parsons

The Hillbilly Hoedown, Pigeon Forge
The Lamplight Theatre, Falls Branch, TN
The Country Tonite Theatre, Pigeon Forge, TN

 

Equipment

As a Maton Guitars endorsee:

Maton "Australian" Acoustic
Maton "Messiah" Acoustic

Gretsch Synchromatic Archtops
Godin Multiac Nylon w/midi
Fender American Telecaster HS
Fender Lonestar Strat
Gretsch Duo-Sonic Baritone
Morgan Monroe Resophonic
Fender Basses
Fender F-Style Mandolin

Epiphone and Fender Amps and Cabs
Roland G-33 Guitar Synth
Digi-Tech Guitar Processing
Dig-Tech Midi Pedals
Zoom RFX-2200 Digital Processors
BBE Sonic Maximizers
Furman Power Conditioners
Samson and AKG Wireless Units
Sabine Rack Mount Tuners
Ernie Ball Pedals

Yamaha Sound
Yamaha Digital Recording
Cubase/Steinberg Studio Software
Yamaha Keyboards

Elixir Acoustic and Electric Strings
D'Addario Nylon and Flatwound Strings