Patrick Lee Hammond

Patrick Lee Hammond (born April 11, 1947) is an American bassist, songwriter, and producer. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He has recorded on several labels, worked with a wide range of recording artists. His work on "Live Ananda" with Krishna Das received a Grammy Award Nomination in 2013.

History

Early life and career

The child of an US Air Force Sergeant, Patrick Hammond lived in several locations in Oklahoma and spent four years in Bermuda where he attended English grammar school. In 1961 his family moved to Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois where he graduated from high school in 1964. He began playing guitar at age 16 and switched to electric bass while attending the University of Illinois from which he graduated in 1968.

Hammond toured the Midwest relentlessly from 1968-1983 with several bands, the best known of which was Duke Tumatoe & The All Star Frogs, a legendary bar band. “We were the kind of band that made the walls sweat.”

Patrick wrote and recorded song demos in Los Angeles and Nashville. “Working in Nashville was like attending a college for songwriters.” From mid-eighties to late nineties “I was very fortunate that my first writing partner, Dana Walden, was talented, successful, and generous. I learned a great deal from him.”

Burn Out

Exhausted and burned out from touring Patrick entered psychotherapy in 1981 to deal with his personal demons as well as a severe cocaine habit. “When I finally realized I wasn’t in the music business, I was in the liquor business, I said to myself, “It is time to learn to write.” In 1983 he began twenty years of practicing Aikdo under the direction of Aikira Tohei Shihan.

Later years

In 1988 he began private practice as a psychotherapist whilst between 1998 - 2006 he worked for Tibetan Master Tsoknyi Rinpoche and the Pundarika Foundation, moving to Crestone, Colorado 2005.

His latest Album is "One Taste" and today he teaches and collaborates with a wide range of singers and musicians, toured with Krishna Das in 2012 and is working on new material to be released in 2014.

Discography

• "Red Pepper Hot" - Duke Tumatoe and the All-Star Frogs 1976
• "Naughty Child" - Duke Tumatoe and the All-Star Frogs 1980
• "Back to Chicago" - Duke Tumatoe and the All-Star Frogs 1982
• "Stone Grey Day" (First CD in a planned trilogy about the American Civil War)^[1]
• "Live Ananda" with Krishna Das (2013)
• "One Taste" (2013)^[2]

Songs written and recorded by other artists

• "Tie You Up" – Duke Tumatoe and the Power Trio Warner Brothers Records
• "You Impress Me" Sony Records
• "Close to the Bone" Sony Records
• "Somewhere In Chicago"
• "Exception to the Rule"
• "Chamatkari Babaji"

References