True but.... I don't think those tonal centres fit as well as things Allan Holdsworth could come up with on the fly. Moving the same fast phrase around the fretboard shifts the tonal centre of the phrase by default, but it is tricky to argue that everything Ollie played made good harmonic sense. I do think Ollie was the first guitarist to try and play this fast, legato, in a rock setting.
Love these guys. Splendid performer's. Mike Patto died very young. He worked in a Coal Mine in early day's. I'm not sure the cause of Death, but when I heard it broke my heart knowing that he wasn't on the Planet any more. Terrific Gentleman!
Saw Patto many times in the early 70's and still have all their stuff on vinyl.Always been a huge,huge fan,Such a shame that they did not reach their full potential in their short career. Mike and Ollie sadley no longer with us and Clive in poor health.John Halsey has aways been one of my favourite drummers and I hope one day to get into his pub in Cambridge and shake his hand.
I saw them at The Pump Rooms, Cheltenham but, unfortunately don't remember much, bar no where near a sell out. I just didn't pay enough attention I guess. I bought Roll 'em when it appeared, but by then it was too late really. :(
We used to do lights at a club called 'Sisters' near Finsbury Park & Patto were sort of the house band. Ollie Halsall was an amazing guitarist....soo underrated, and a terrific vibes player too. Such a pity they never achieved the commercial success they deserved... so often the way with brilliant live bands.
j'aime Patto ! j'adore leur premier disque LP, vinyl que je posséde toujours, acheté à l'époque. Cette vidéo doit provenir de l'enregistrement du concert de Patto lors de l'émission POP 2 , en 1971 à Paris
Well without this "stupid cameraman" you wouldn't even be able to see this video and listen to the amazing music that is played here. It's all about the music man. I'm glad to even be able to listen to Ollie's stellar playing.
Mike died in the late 1970s (cancer). Ollie died of a heroin overdose in 1991. Clive Griffiths (bass) was in the band van with JOhn Halsey (drums) when it was hit by a car. He suffered memory loss and does not remember his time in Patto. His health is bad at this point. John Halsey lived out of his van for years and now owns a pub.
@@synthonaplinth5980 Ollie really is a tragic story - he was trying to help a guy get off heroin and somehow ended up on it himself. It's sad. He was a brilliant musician and not just on guitar.
Patto were special! Live, they were always up for it. Apparently, every time they played on the same bill as Ten Years After, Alvin Lee would always be standing in the wings watching Ollie! Trying to work out how he played so fast. Ollie didn't use all that 'play one note and hammer the next 8' stuff! Guess he never figured it out eh?
I was thirteen when I went to see Ten Years After in Rome, 1971. I was actually anticipating seeing Ollie, as Patto were supposed to support. For some reason they did not show up. Shame shame!
Hi Joshua - I was playing guitar for Jody Grind - with Tim Hinkley (organ) and Pete Gavin (drums) - I remember Ollie inviting me over to dinner with his South African wife Monica, they lived in Gibbs Green, Edgware - Ollie asked me "What do want for dinner Berns? - I replied "Sausages ". Back then we used to hang out a lot, Ollie was great fun to be with - he came over to my flat in Hendon and we did a painting together _ I gave a photo of it to Barry Monks who has archived a lot of information about Ollie - I never found out why he was called Ollie, his actual name was Peter Halsall and he came from Southport, as did Clive Griffiths, who I stood in on bass for on this European tour, as you can see I was using his Fender Mustang "short-scale". After Mike passed, John and Clive played with Joe Brown for a while - then John played with the Rutles, I played guitar on a few tracks on the album Archaeology - Mike, Ollie and Clive, are now elsewhere, John is still with us - and still bashing the tubs ! I am still at it, recording stuff at home for my own you tube channel - I do get out occasionally to play - next Tuesday I will be at the Oddfellows pub in Kings Langley jamming with some mates
@BernieHollandMusic amazing, you were there to see and be apart of some magical times unfortunately some are not with us but bless their souls and yours for being apart of amazing musical history
andy they didnt play on the same bill they were a support act as for alvin he is still voted in top100 polls so why would he be in awe of a jobbing guitarist who i rate but there a lot of talented musicians and only a select few break away from the pack to be imortalised and in football terms ollie would never be a premeiership player
If they were the opening band, (and they were) then they played on the same bill. The football analogy is pure stupidity too. Alvin was a fan of Ollie and knew full well that he was light years behind Halsall. Lee could never have cut it as Holdsworth's successor in a band like Tempest. Do yourself a favor and do a little homework before posting in the future.
What's more: Allan and Ollie were friends - they both had things they offered as guitar players that, for a brief time you had two of the best players on the planet in the same band at the same time. Timing wasn't right. There's a bootleg of Ollie and Allan playing solos on a slow tune and those guys were built for speed.
Ollie ,THE only guitarist playing shifting tonal centre mixed phrasing within a rock context.Never equalled.
Prat.
why?
Totally agre.
True but.... I don't think those tonal centres fit as well as things Allan Holdsworth could come up with on the fly. Moving the same fast phrase around the fretboard shifts the tonal centre of the phrase by default, but it is tricky to argue that everything Ollie played made good harmonic sense. I do think Ollie was the first guitarist to try and play this fast, legato, in a rock setting.
Love these guys. Splendid performer's. Mike Patto died very young. He worked in a Coal Mine in early day's. I'm not sure the cause of Death, but when I heard it broke my heart knowing that he wasn't on the Planet any more. Terrific Gentleman!
He died from lymphatic cancer in 1979. Aged 35
So many good people so many good vibes
Woow!!! Grandi Patto! Ho visto Ollie suonare con John Hiseman's Tempest qui a Napoli negli anni 70. Ciao a tutti ! PEACE PEACE PEACE & LOVE !!!
Peter "Ollie' Halsall è stato uno dei talenti più puri delle sei corde
Ollie Halsall was fuckin' outrageous !!!!
Saw Patto many times in the early 70's and still have all their stuff on vinyl.Always been a huge,huge fan,Such a shame that they did not reach their full potential in their short career.
Mike and Ollie sadley no longer with us and Clive in poor health.John Halsey has aways been one of my favourite drummers and I hope one day to get into his pub in Cambridge and shake his hand.
+Gary Harper Got to that pub yet?
Ha,Chris.no bleedin chance unfortunately.Its a fair trek from where I live.Deffo on my wish list tho..!!
I saw them at The Pump Rooms, Cheltenham but, unfortunately don't remember much, bar no where near a sell out. I just didn't pay enough attention I guess. I bought Roll 'em when it appeared, but by then it was too late really. :(
The best blues-jazz-rock band, still today, in my opinion. And the band with the worst sound-technique at all - a shame.
+Gary Harper Got to that pub yet (2023)?
Ollie is superhuman. This guy and Holdsworth in Tempest at THE SAME TIME? Not even fair.
I heard guitarists went home to toss their guitars in a trash can after witnessing that.
Nice one! too right.
They both played in Tempest......tell Rick Beato about that...he really needs to know !!!!!!!!!!
We used to do lights at a club called 'Sisters' near Finsbury Park & Patto were sort of the house band. Ollie Halsall was an amazing guitarist....soo underrated, and a terrific vibes player too. Such a pity they never achieved the commercial success they deserved... so often the way with brilliant live bands.
How great is Ollie! So in his zone...
Wonderful clip,wonderful people, wonderful band.
Wow, phenomenal guitar playing. Very advanced technique. I somehow found my way here from a comment on the ‘Make Weird Music’ channel.
I remember Patto playing in Paris ...one of the best bands i ever heard ....
j'aime Patto !
j'adore leur premier disque LP, vinyl que je posséde toujours, acheté à l'époque. Cette vidéo doit provenir de l'enregistrement du concert de Patto lors de l'émission POP 2 , en 1971 à Paris
Ollie was funny! And what a guitarplayer!
Ollie was a monster-guitarplayer.He had style,technique and integrity.For me he was even above Jimi.This was long before Beck's "Blow by blow".
Those Bebop Lines! Straight out of the Charlie Parker and John Coltrane playbook.
SUPER !!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, the bass player from The Jody Grind stepping in to help out!
And Ollie had allegedly only been playing guitar for four years here. Superfreak.
Well without this "stupid cameraman" you wouldn't even be able to see this video and listen to the amazing music that is played here. It's all about the music man. I'm glad to even be able to listen to Ollie's stellar playing.
Thanks!
Fortunately, the french television was there to film them...!
If you know another way to find PATTO movies, please tell us !
just bought their album...need that proggy sound
Think this can be seen on the INA site still. In mint quality
Cheers for this!
wonder what happened to them...
off to poke around the internet.
Check out the new issue of "Shindig", which features has a very splendid article on Patto.
Mike died in the late 1970s (cancer).
Ollie died of a heroin overdose in 1991.
Clive Griffiths (bass) was in the band van with JOhn Halsey (drums) when it was hit by a car. He suffered memory loss and does not remember his time in Patto. His health is bad at this point.
John Halsey lived out of his van for years and now owns a pub.
@@synthonaplinth5980 Ollie really is a tragic story - he was trying to help a guy get off heroin and somehow ended up on it himself. It's sad. He was a brilliant musician and not just on guitar.
@@aliensporebomb Agreed. When Allan Holdsworth cites you as an influence, you know you have something.
patto jammed! for some reason i can hear a bulldozer in the backround?!! ...oh well ..patto!!!
patto 大好きです。そして、初めて映像を見ましたが、凄い！！変な曲に変なギター。
Exactly....?
For sure.
Barry Wom on drums!!
Nice.........mmmmm
Patto were special! Live, they were always up for it. Apparently, every time they played on the same bill as Ten Years After, Alvin Lee would always be standing in the wings watching Ollie! Trying to work out how he played so fast. Ollie didn't use all that 'play one note and hammer the next 8' stuff! Guess he never figured it out eh?
I was thirteen when I went to see Ten Years After in Rome, 1971. I was actually anticipating seeing Ollie, as Patto were supposed to support. For some reason they did not show up. Shame shame!
Mike Patto is cool enough to wear a skyblue shirt and green trousers!!! Not a bad si ger either.
Every hand is pointing at me... and my money bag.
I hated in high school listening to this and trying to show my friends; useless.
ベースがバーニーホランドですね!彼もギタリストとして素晴らしい腕前ですがオリーの個性的なプレイの前には霞んでしまうでしょう!
Ollie
what band does the bassist play for?
Hi Joshua - I was playing guitar for Jody Grind - with Tim Hinkley (organ) and Pete Gavin (drums) - I remember Ollie inviting me over to dinner with his South African wife Monica, they lived in Gibbs Green, Edgware - Ollie asked me "What do want for dinner Berns? - I replied "Sausages ". Back then we used to hang out a lot, Ollie was great fun to be with - he came over to my flat in Hendon and we did a painting together _ I gave a photo of it to Barry Monks who has archived a lot of information about Ollie - I never found out why he was called Ollie, his actual name was Peter Halsall and he came from Southport, as did Clive Griffiths, who I stood in on bass for on this European tour, as you can see I was using his Fender Mustang "short-scale". After Mike passed, John and Clive played with Joe Brown for a while - then John played with the Rutles, I played guitar on a few tracks on the album Archaeology - Mike, Ollie and Clive, are now elsewhere, John is still with us - and still bashing the tubs ! I am still at it, recording stuff at home for my own you tube channel - I do get out occasionally to play - next Tuesday I will be at the Oddfellows pub in Kings Langley jamming with some mates
@BernieHollandMusic amazing, you were there to see and be apart of some magical times unfortunately some are not with us but bless their souls and yours for being apart of amazing musical history
The material is tuneless, pained and painful - but oh, that guitar playing.
Bernie Holland!! Temporary bassist
And also on you tube !
andy they didnt play on the same bill they were a support act as for alvin he is still voted in top100 polls so why would he be in awe of a jobbing guitarist who i rate but there a lot of talented musicians and only a select few break away from the pack to be imortalised and in football terms ollie would never be a premeiership player
If they were the opening band, (and they were) then they played on the same bill. The football analogy is pure stupidity too. Alvin was a fan of Ollie and knew full well that he was light years behind Halsall. Lee could never have cut it as Holdsworth's successor in a band like Tempest. Do yourself a favor and do a little homework before posting in the future.
Yeah Jenny 😝
What's more: Allan and Ollie were friends - they both had things they offered as guitar players that, for a brief time you had two of the best players on the planet in the same band at the same time. Timing wasn't right. There's a bootleg of Ollie and Allan playing solos on a slow tune and those guys were built for speed.
@@Daionzrip Nice one!!
Bollocks!!