Play it again, Patti

Amwell Township resident Patti Spadaro is opening some eyes around the Pittsburgh area with her guitar playing. And a sampling of her show at P.D.'s Pub last month shows why.


She ended her set with a highly energetic version of "Turn On Your Lovelight," a song made popular by Bobby Blue Bland, Them and the Grateful Dead, among others. Her fluid guitar playing meshes exceptionally with the upbeat tempo, causing at least one member of the audience to get up and dance to the music.

Patti also welcomed a musical guest, longtime area keyboardist/guitarist Bill Maruca, to join the proceedings, and Bill lent some impressive slide playing on his Stratocaster to Sonny Thompson's blues workout "Tore Down."

Patti and her band - featuring a new drummer, Janelle Burdell, who's worked with former Dead percussionist Mickey Hart, among many others - return to P.D.'s in Squirrel Hill this Friday, April 18. And look for her to return to play the Main Street Farmers' Market in Washington once it starts up again (she's scheduled for May 29).

Click to watch the P.D.'s Pub videos:

• "Turn On Your Lovelight"


• "Tore Down"