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Songs by Pat Ament

by Pat Ament

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    Reissue of obscure 1971 Pat Ament LP in deluxe, Stoughton tip-on old style jacket!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Songs by Pat Ament via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Sometime When I'm Lucky 03:19
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2.
A Gentle Day 01:39
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3.
The Farewell 02:41
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4.
Wrong Train Blues 03:38
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It Would Be You 03:26
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Wayward 03:44
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I'm a Lucky Soul 03:38
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Find Yourself 02:37
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There's No Hurry 02:47
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Right Kind of Lover 05:12
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Melody of Numbers 04:10
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Laurel and Hardy 02:41
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Concentrating 02:00
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14.
He Belongs with You 02:12
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Release Date: February 23, 2018

In 1971, at the age of 25, Pat Ament self-released his debut album, Songs By Pat Ament, in a very limited run for friends and local shops. The album is sparse and moody, conjuring a space not unlike the one that Songs of Leonard Cohen occupies, featuring Ament on Wurlitzer with a jazz drummer and a guitarist alternating between acoustic and electric. It’s dark and at times forlorn, with meditations on yearning and loss and love. It’s ideal long-night-of-the-soul music. The lyricism evokes Dylan, Cohen, Tim Hardin and Bill Fay.

When he released Songs, Ament was already a world renowned mountain climber, and he became famous for pioneering 60’s and 70’s ascents in Colorado and Yosemite. He wrote poetic books and essays on climbing, including biographies of legendary climbers Royal Robbins and John Gill. Through the years he’s balanced multiple simultaneous careers as artist, photographer, filmmaker, chess master, karate black belt, lecturer, teacher, and, yes, singer-songwriter.

Pat Ament’s musical mastery was clear right out of the gate but it was only one of his many interests. Perhaps if he hadn’t been moved to pursue life’s other tempting summits and focused solely on music, he’d be as well known for his songs as for his climbing. Grapefruit is extremely proud to reissue this rare and virtually unknown singer-songwriter masterpiece, sourced from original sources and under Ament's supervision, with original artwork and deluxe Stoughton tip-on jacket. The record also comes with a bonus career retrospective CD entitled Time Moved On of additional songs hand-picked by the artist.

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released September 4, 2020

2018 Reissue.

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Grapefruit is a record label founded by Simon Joyner & Ben Goldberg in 2011 to release underground and experimental music (mostly). In 2015, Grapefruit began stocking records from other indie labels in our store as well so we now offer a curated selection from kindred independent labels in addition to our own releases on Grapefruit and sister label, Ba Da Bing Records. ... more

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