Pat  Guadagno

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The New York Times called Pat Guadagno “A well-traveled troubadour with a remarkable repertoire that spans decades of Country, Blues, Rock and Soul music....the musical journey is always an unpredictable ride.

Pat has appeared in concert with Blues Legends B.B. King, Keb Mo’, and Stevie Ray Vaughn , Country Stars Tanya Tucker, Delbert McClinton , and The Mavericks as well as Folk Legends Roger McGuinn, Peter, Paul and Mary and America, (none of whom were unaware of his presence ).

A Saloon singer who , according to Guitar World Magazine “Would sooner re-tool a forgotten song than bring a new one into the world, Pat Guadagno combines robust vocals and rapid-fire picking with effortless intuitiveness to give new meanings to old songs”. His unique adaptations have been featured on Film and TV soundtracks and are showcased in his highly acclaimed debut album Live at the City Lights Saloon

He has entertained, Rockefellers in New York, Kennedy’s in Massachusetts, sung our National Anthem at Jacobs Field in Cleveland Comerica Park in Detroit and Camden Yards in Baltimore. He has performed for Navy Troops on board the USS America in the Persian Gulf and is one of 16 guitarists chosen from around the world to headline the International Guitar Festival in Zihuatanejo Mexico two years in a row

Pat’s version of Warren Zevon’s Don’t Let us Get Sick is featured on the hit Showtime series Californication, Starring David Ducovney …who was also unaware of his presence.

Pat is the bandleader and plays guitar and banjo in Mark Twains Murder Mystery and a Marriage currently running at the Two River Theater in Red Bank NJ

Guadagno is a tireless participant in charitable and humanitarian efforts including       

• Annual Twilight Concert helping raise over $300,000 for the AIDS Resource Foundation

• BobFest , Bob Dylan’s annual Birthday celebration that has been called Red Banks “hippest event” . Pats
  performance was described as ".. a Mind-Boggling, Herculean effort"

• Casa De La Cultura a cultural education center for the children of Guerro Mexico

• The Rock and Roll Music Fund a 501C3 charity organization that has raised over $1million dollars
  through music with events like the HOPE concert (Bruce Springsteen , Gary US Bonds ,Bon Jovi) and
  New Jersey’s Big Caravan for Kids, collecting and delivering over 80,000 Christmas Toys to the victims
  of the Hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast.

• Holiday Express an all volunteer group of professional musicians who perform Christmas shows for the
  homeless and disadvantaged across the country. The group traveled to Littleton Colorado to perform for
  the families at Columbine High School

• Kate’s Foundation for Melanoma awareness and research

• Light of Day Concert for ALS the Star Ledger reported that Pat “…threatened to steal the show"

          Brilliance doesn't come this way often and neither does a Pat Guadagno

                                                                                                                                                                   –Two River Times