Songs of Pat Ament, by Pat Ament

Songs of Pat Ament

by Pat Ament

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From our sister label, Grapefruit Records, we bring you a definitive remake of the original artwork from Pat Ament's collectible 1974 LP, complete with a Stoughton old style tip-on jacket to give you that 70's feel (Pat provides the 70's feelings).

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1.	Sometime When I'm Lucky 03:19	buy track
2.	A Gentle Day 01:39	buy track
3.	The Farewell 02:41	buy track
4.	Wrong Train Blues 03:38	buy track
5.	It Would Be You 03:26	buy track
6.	Wayward 03:44	buy track
7.	I'm a Lucky Soul 03:38	buy track
8.	Find Yourself 02:37	buy track
9.	There's No Hurry 02:47	buy track
10.	Right Kind of Lover 05:12	buy track
11.	Melody of Numbers 04:10	buy track
12.	Laurel and Hardy 02:41	buy track
13.	Concentrating 02:00	buy track

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Released by Grapefruit Records
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 ’60s and ’70s 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 February 23, 2018

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