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Artist
Pat Dailey
12+ albums
Alt-countryfolksinger-songwriterdrinkin songsDrunken Sailor
about
Patrick Huston Dailey was born in Omaha Nebraska March 4, 1941. The second son of Tom and Bobbie Dailey, brothers Michael (eldest) Dennis and Terry made up the Dailey family. He was raised in Kirkwood Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Pat formed a band in high school, "Pat and the K-Tones." They played all the sock-hops and Teen Town's in the area. Fresh in music, playing cover tunes while accompanying himself on a six string acoustic guitar. While stationed in Hawaii in 1960 he was fortunate enough to open for the "Legendary Don Ho." After completing his tour of duty he mustered out and began a wanderlust lifestyle that is still in his blood today. Pat Dailey traveled all over the USA, singing and loving every moment of it. In 1969 Patrick Huston Dailey was making quite a life; he was a full time entertainer, using Chicago's Shipwreck Kelly's as a base between road gigs. Sun Valley was a regular stop, as was Steamboat Springs, Las Vegas, Seattle, Phoenix, and Tucson, he would eventually settle down in Marin County, north of San Francisco, living on a sail boat and using the Tar and Feathers Saloon in San Francisco as a base, still playing the ski resorts and living on the road. He made his way to Cleveland, Ohio in 1977. The seasonal road musician had heard the Great Lakes area was teeming with people who enjoyed a good time. A pal of his set him up at the Hairy Buffalo, a popular west side club, and Pat packed the place. Soon a larger venue, Bobby McGee's came calling, Pat
