A man who sits in the 'occasionally seen at gigs' list, Patrick is a harmonica whizz who drops into the live set from time to time.

In a strange kinda way, Patrick and I have a musical history. There was a time when I would see Bradford, his home town, as my home gig, as I not only played my first 'away' show there, but went on to play a number of different venues, each time finding a community of musicians and poets with whom I have shared good friendships.

Pat will be the first to tell you he has a life of surreal ups and downs - he is a man of great faith and hope, shadowed by clouds of life's despair, and yet his life is a light that catches fire in the strangest of ways.

Someone should write a play or a film about Patrick Blues ...