"The Liston Experience"

"An acoustic collision of impassioned songwriting and stimulating music.....with a voice that is sultry, stirring, and soulful all at once."

What is the "Liston Experience?" One man, one guitar, equals the sound of an entire symphony.
"How does he do that?" That's the question being asked by those who watched Pat perform at Brothers Bar in Wildwood, MO. One couldn't help to be carried away, completely captivated by Pat's ability to get so much sound out of a solo performance. In reality, there's no great mystery, quite simply Pat is a master craftsmen in lyric, melody, a rhythmic powerhouse that pulls at the soul and touches the heart of the listener.  Pat  brings everything to the table, he holds nothing back, a complete entertainer! Music lovers in the bi-state area are so very fortunate to be blessed by this gifted artist. For any aspiring musicians, this level of talent does not come easy or quickly.

Although Pat is a solo artist, behind the scene is his beautiful wife Dawn who does the "grunt work!" She's responsible for keeping Pat busy with booking, promotion, CD sales, and Web Design. She's very much a part of the "Liston Experience" and their continued success.


"Pat Liston first gained widespread recognition as one of the founding members of Mama’s Pride...... a band known, with great affection, as the "Pride of St. Louis”.Pat is a versatile singer / songwriter / musician, and spearheaded the band as a key writer and lead vocalist, as well as playing keyboard and slide guitar. Mama’s Pride had two successful albums in the 1970’s: “Mama’s Pride” (1975) and “Uptown & Lowdown” (1976). Produced by such notables as the Legendary Arif Mardin, who garnered over 14 Grammys and 40 gold and platinum albums in his lifetime and Jim Mason, who has won gold and platinum albums with Firefall, Poco and others. In 1992, Mama’s Pride also released a third album on CD, “Guard your Heart”, produced by Grammy winner, Jim Gaines. The music on all three albums has sustained in popularity, and is still played on many radio stations in the U.S. and Europe. In 2006 they released a long awaited “live” CD. Recorded at the Pageant in St. Louis! It’s simply called, Mama’s Pride “A Live and Well”. Pat toured coast to coast with Mama’s Pride along side top recording artists such as: The Charlie DanielsBand, The Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Bob Seger, Heart, Kansas, Alice Cooper, The Outlaws Todd Rundgren, Joe Walsh, Reo Speedwagon, Ringo Starr, Stephen Stills, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Loggins & Messina and many more.

In 2003, Pat released his first solo CD “Blue Mist” with 11 self-penned songs on it. In December 2008 he released his 2nd solo effort “Dreamer”with 12 new songs.
In addition to, creating his next project, Pat not only travels to play, but also plays locally in the metro St. Louis area, doing solo acoustic performances." http://www.patliston.com/Pat_Liston_Music/Home.html