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Artist
Patti Witten
12+ albums
Pop Folk
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"Patti's new record is beautiful, her voice is so radiant, and the writing is better than ever." (ROSANNE CASH) Singer and songwriter Patti Witten writes and sings with the poetry of folk icon Joni Mitchell, the polish of contemporary pop like Aimee Mann and a taste of Americana like Lucinda Williams. Award-winning songs and CDs. Official website: www.pattiwitten.com Patti Witten (b. March 10, 1957, New Haven, CT, USA) is a independent singer-songwriter, recording artist and graphic artist based in Ithaca, NY, USA. Her mother, Cora Witten (neé Williams), and father, Laurence Claiborne Witten II, an art collector and rare book dealer known for his connection to the controversial Vinland Map, met at Yale School of Music in the 1950s. Early Years The middle child of three daughters, Witten enjoyed a childhood surrounded by music, art and nature. She studied violin and violin through high school and taught herself to play guitar by careful listening to the early records of Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt and Leo Kottke. She entered Ithaca College as a flute major but failed most of her music courses and graduated in 1979 with a BA and a major in American History. Witten played in a handful of folk groups as a sideman on alto flute, backup vocals and rhythm guitar. In 1980 she studied guitar and flute with Oregon band members Ralph Towner and Paul McCandless, at Naropa in Boulder, CO. Witten married musician and outdoor writer Eric Seidler in 1984. In their
