Entertainment Weekly (11/02/01, p.79) - "...Green proves to be an ingratiating singer-songwriter in the dusty-boots, country-folk, tradition..."
DFW Star-Telegram "...if the Nashville machine ever falls to its knees, Pat Green will probably be singing the eulogy."
Blake Powers (Brought Up Texan) When they played Pat Green on the radio, you thought you could relate.
"Take me to a Texas Bar play me some Pat Green, on an old guitar" ~Blake Powers Song
TEXAS STATE FAIR
He had no problem graduating to the big stage Saturday, hamming it up and milking the festive crowd with aw-shucks stage banter: “If you don’t have a good time tonight, your good time thing is broke .’’
He briefly ventured into non-P.C. territory, donning a neon pink cowboy hat and a lisp and proclaiming himself “the buccaneer named Bruce.” But musically, there was nothing remotely challenging about his set, which included spirited fiddle-fired spins through “Born to Be Wild’’ and Tom Petty’s “Runnin’ Down a Dream.”
Mr. Green is a meat-and-potatoes country rocker, a guy who sings simple, well-crafted tunes that sound an awful lot like beer commercials. It came as no great surprise then that between songs, he was more than happy to give a blatant plug to a beer company that sponsored the concert.
During the last song Pat Green returned to help sing the song. He even did a somersault across the stage. Or, I should say, he tried to, but fell on his butt. But, that didn't bother him. He just got up and kept on singing. He's not afraid to have fun.~Shelly Fabian/About.com
If his last performance here is any gauge, he'll have them screaming for more~THE TENNESSEAN
Texas Phenom Green rocks nicely here and unlike most overly processed music now discs, it acutally sounds like real human beings singing and playing~MUSIC ROW MAGAZINE
This is the best country singer you've ever heard of, Green, coming out of Waco, Texas is another subtly sardonic, wry, southwesterner along the lines of Waylon Jennings, he is thoughtful without making an issue out of it.~PEOPLE
He is one heck of an entertainer....A great change of pace~USA TODAY
If "Texas Music" is a genre all its own, then Pat Green is its latest ambassador.....the upbeat Green seems determined to offer a song for every mood, except despair.~ROLLINGSTONE.COM
His Republic debut is a sturdy collection of goodtime, guitar fueled country rock, that kicks of with the rowdy likable survivor's tribute, "Carry On." Stylistically and lyrically, Green recalls a harder edged Jerry Jeff Walker.....its alot of fun and shows a wealth of promise~BILLBOARD
Pat Green is a lighting rod. He is the most successful country artist in Central Texas in a long long time.~Austin Chronicle
Pure and wide-open.~Dallas Morning News
"With a major label behind him, Green should not only become the biggest thing in country since a certain Oklahoma boy with initial GB, but he might just awaken the poetry and subtlety of a music form that has drifted so quickly towards banal clichés in recent times."~American Music Channel
"Critics will say he is a 200 pound beer salesman, but there's no denying this ball-capped Texan's marketability.
It says his latest record Wave on Wave.....is just that---- a genuine threat to make Green a household name outside of Texas........." ~Esquire Magazine, June 2003, Page 72
On a June 2003 apperance on Nickelodean, Billy Gillman was quoted for saying he likes Pat Green.
"I love Pat's c.d.! I have it in my car radio!"~Texas Legislative made this remark in early 2002 to a fan
"With his second major-label album and 13 new songs, Green establishes himself as a force to be reckoned with, showing a depth and maturity in his writing and music while staying true to his fusion of solid heartland rock and Texas country. All together, it's a great package that's more than an album -- it's a milestone." San Antonio Express-News 7/18/03
"Wave On Wave could be the record, the one that makes him a bona fide mainstream country sensation." - Dallas Morning News 6/15/03
"With his second major-label album this amiable Texas singer-songwriter audaciously positions himself in the pantheon of such populist musicians as Woody Guthrie, John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen. He quickly establishes his worthiness to be among that number with unapologetically artful yet straightforward songwriting." - Los Angeles Times 7/13/03
In his home state, San Antonio-born, Waco-raised Pat Green fills arenas and has the status of musical legend. Judging from Wave on Wave, his second major label release, he'll soon be making waves elsewhere, too. Green has an edgy, scuffed-up voice with passing similarity to Robert Earl Keen. Yet Green's originals like "Wrapped" and the haunting title tune are more often tinged with tender issues of the heart and soul rather than dark irony. Even on chugging, world-weary Texas-flavored heartland rockers like "I'm Tired" and "All the Good Things Fade Away," the tow-headed singer's winning affability and optimism glimmer faintly through the despairing lyrics. -Bob Allen/Amazon.com
Texan Pat Green sings country music without the hats. With a grass-roots sound that owes more to John Mellencamp than Johnny Cash, Green is drawing a new stratum of listeners to country music. B -SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER MUSIC CRITIC
"But rest assured even if Green is not the next wave of country, he is likely to go back to his Texas Greenheads fans with head held high." - Jeffrey B. Remz, Country Standard Time
"Musically the CD is an accomplished amalgam of country and blues-rock,
demonstrating that Green is more than your average Texas troubadour. Bottom Line:
Tasty Wave," People Magazine 9/1/03
"Pat
Green is preaching the gospel of Willie, Waylon and the boys, bucking the
establishment..." Associated Press 10/1/03
"Green's latest record, Wave On Wave,
is - a genuine threat to make Green a household name outside of Texas. It
sounds like a young John Mellencamp playing a Delta-house kegger." Esquire
Magazine - June 2003
"I don't care what you think about Pat Green. I think he's great and he's
putting this song on his new CD. If you don't like his music, well go buy
his CD anyhow... because I get a cut of that money!"~Jack Ingram
"PAT GREEN’S OPENING SPOT FOR CHESNEY reinforces his reputation as one of America’s finest live performers, (a Texas treasure becoming a national treasure). His set wasn’t nearly long enough as he rocked with his brand of country and charmed the pants off everybody in the joint. There was a group of fans that said they came to the show just to be sure they saw him perform again."
"Pat has an amazing ability to include people in the process. His heart is as big as any room he walks into; which makes him a special writer, entertainer, and human being."-Don Gehman, Pat's producer
"What Springsteen is to New Jersey and Mellencamp is to Indiana, Green could become to Texas."-Don McLeese
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