Pat McGee Band

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Pat McGee Band
Country	Richmond, Virginia
Years active	1996–present
Genres	Rock, Folk
Labels	Giant (1999-2001), Warner Bros. Records (2001-2004), Kirtland (2004-)
Members	Pat McGee Brian Fechino Chris "Crix" Reardon Chardy McEwan Chris Williams Jonathan Williams
Past members	Al Walsh John Small Todd Wright

The Pat McGee Band is a rock band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed by frontman Pat McGee on the heels of his solo release From the Wood in 1995, the Pat McGee Band signed with Warner Bros. Records subsidiary Giant Records in 1999. Shine, the band's major-label debut was released in 2000 with the national singles "Runaway" and "Rebecca". After two years of delays, the band released their second album with Warner, Save Me, in 2004. The band was dropped from the label that year and picked up by Kirtland Records. An enhanced Save Me is now being distributed through Kirtland with the radio single "Must Have Been Love".

The band's current lineup consists of:

Pat McGee - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Brian Fechino - Lead Guitar
Chris "Crix" Reardon - Bass, Vocals
Chardy McEwan - Percussion
Chris Williams (d. 28 October 2006) - Drums
Jonathan Williams - Keyboard, Vocals

Former guitarist and vocalist Al Walsh left the band in an amicable split at the end of 2001. Keyboardist and vocalist Jonathan Williams left in 2003 but rejoined the band in late 2005. Both were significant contributors to the band's sound, particularly in the form of backing vocals. The band didn't see another background vocalist until the 2003 addition of keyboardist/guitarist Todd Wright.

Longtime bassist John Small left the band in 2004. With Jonathan's return, Todd Wright has left the band. Todd is now finding success as the frontman of his own band, Getaway Car, where he's backed by guitarist Matt Miceli and Crix Reardon - while still a part of Pat McGee Band - on bass.

Drummer Chris Williams passed away peacefully in his home October 28th 2006.

[edit] Discography

1995 - From the Wood (Pat McGee solo release)
1997 - Revel (independent release)
1999 - General Admission (independent release)
2000 - Shine
2004 - Save Me
2004 - Drive By Romance iTunes and Napster-only EP of mostly live tracks to promote Save Me
2005 - Save Me (Kirtland re-release)
2006 - Vintage Stages Live live concert CD/DVD set