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1) Patto was a progressive jazz-rock band formed in England in 1970 consisting of Mike Patto (born Michael Thomas Sean Patrick McCarthy, 22 September 1942, in Cirencester,Gloucestershire died 4 March 1979) on vocals, John Halsey (born 23 February 1945, in Highgate, North London) on drums, Ollie Halsall (born Peter John Halsall, 14 March 1949, in Southport Lancashire died 29 May 1992, in Madrid, Spain) on guitars and vibes, and Clive Griffiths (born 16 May 1945, in Middlewich, Cheshire) on bass.

Timebox was a ‘60’s outfit that developed from a complicaded ancestry that included The Bow Street Runners, Patto’s People, and the Chicago Blue Line. This soul/psych-pop combo made two singles for Pye’s Piccadilly, before signing to Decca’s Deram label in 1967. They also recorded five singles for Deram between ‘67 and ‘69 and appeared on BBC shows such as Noise at Nine, Stuart Henry on Sunday and Jimmy Young. After their last single failed in ‘69, keyboard player Chris Holmes (born Christopher Noel Holmes, 12 September 1945, in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) left and they decided that their future lay in the burgeoning progressive rock movement.
In 1970 Patto was formed out of the remaining ex-members of Timebox and was signed to the newly formed Vertigo label. With Muff Winwood as producer they recorded their first album live in studio. This was because Winwood felt this best way to capture the raw virtuosity of Halsall’s guitar playing and Mike Patto’s soulful voice. The album “Patto” sold poorly and is still considered an underrated classic today.
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  • ZosoGravity

    @m_ichae_l: Patto is good and all, but they got nothing on Zep.

    26 Apr 2012 Reply

  • Itsuki_

    Oh, i love this band!

    10 Apr 2012 Reply

  • m_ichae_l

    "who are patto" "there only the band led zeppelin could have been".

    4 Mar 2012 Reply

  • Mortadela91

    Observe and Report

    10 Feb 2011 Reply

  • benadlard

    Me too artsimoes - great band

    12 Jun 2010 Reply

  • artsimoes

    What a great band! I`ve just discovered about them and thrilled about it.

    9 Apr 2010 Reply

  • ivinhav

    trés bien.

    20 Mar 2010 Reply

  • reefhifi

    classic

    10 Oct 2009 Reply

  • Allomusic

    Fan de Patto, Allomusic vient de mettre en ligne sa biographie! http://www.allomusic.com/artiste/14846/is/Patto Viens la découvrir et envoie nous tes infos pour gagner des allocrédits! A tout de suite La Team

    14 Sep 2009 Reply

  • ppbocca

    Hold Your Fire is, for sure, one of the best albuns of the 70ies... The first one is damn good too!

    7 Jan 2009 Reply

  • fexnah

    Now ain't that an awesome band. Really good.

    18 Sep 2008 Reply

  • MrMuztard

    Didn`t Mike Patto end up in Spooky Tooth for a while?. Have got `The Mirror` and it sounds like him singing on some of the tracks. I recommend that album for anyone into Patto. Mike Patto had a good voice and his lyrics were good too.And fine geetar work as previously mentioned,too.

    27 Aug 2008 Reply

  • kearns

    If anyone is interested, Fatso are touring this year, see Neil Innes' website for details.

    10 May 2008 Reply

  • Lorentzo

    Just Fantastic! I love so much Patto... Ollie Halsall one of the best guitarist of the seventies an Mike Patto a great singer! Pray for them..

    9 Feb 2007 Reply

  • Foghat

    I love Patto, Ollie Halsall is god! :-)

    3 Jul 2006 Reply

  • kearns

    I uploaded the image. I love this band so much, Who else does? Love to have a chat one day. PATTO CREW give us some love ;)

    3 May 2006 Reply

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