About Patti B

Patti B is a hell of a singer, lyricist and one smart lady. Some performers are given a key to the city. Patti earned a Phi Beta Kappa key at UCLA with a degree in Theoretical Mathematics.

The throaty Patti B delivers a song with a voice as sexy as velvet and as gentle as silk with a professionalism shared by Garland, London and Gorme.

Patti B lived the old lyric on the road again for over ten years. She sang her way across the country with The Girlfriends, was half of Berman and Buscher, and delivered song and sensuality with three brothers in The Closer Thais. Patti B moved from city to town, hotel to hotel, garnering wide welcomes from local club owners, audiences and critics.

When not on stage, Patti is deeply involved in writing lyrics. As evidenced in her current CD, her writing style evokes haunting visual images and universal emotional memories. Working with Robert Waldman on the stage show "Who's Got What It Takes" has been both great fun and great frustration for the lyricist. This production required hard hitting edgy lyrics as opposed to her personal style of softly romantic.

As if this wasn't enough to keep her busy, Patti is also a professional scuba instructor. It sometimes surprises divers on a Caribbean cruise that their dive instructor is also the voice on the CD the crew plays.

On an issue close to her personal core, Patti reaches out to her community in the Old Bank District of downtown Los Angeles. Patti is involved in the local grassroots development of the downtown area and is also producing musical performances at a new downtown venue called "The Exchange".

With all her community work and scuba diving, Patti B mostly does what she loves doing best; she's a saloon singer who reaches the contemporary audience in club dates backed by musicians that other musicians drop by to hear. Her CD title reflects her feelings about her music, its FOREVER.