PAT " MOTHER BLUES " COHEN

Since the age of six, Pat was surrounded by music. Her blues classroom was on the porch of her uncle’s house where one played the guitar and the other played the harmonica.

How We Helped:

Music Maker assisted Pat through the New Orleans Musicians Fund, and she toured with the Music Maker Blues Revue in Australia, Europe, and the U.S. In 2014 Music Maker helped Pat Cohen get a vehicle so she could make it to her gigs. In the winter of 2015 Music Maker got a new heating system for her home.

Her first professional engagement came in the early 1980’s when she was asked to perform at a local club where she was attending college. “I had three days to find three musicians and put together 30 songs,” she said.

 “They loved me—the rest is history because I’ve been singing the Blues ever since.”

 For years, Pat sang in New Orleans six nights a week, performing at a wide array of venues including the House of Blues, until Katrina destroyed her home. She relocated to North Carolina and has recently started touring with the Music Maker Blues Revue. During her performances, “Mother Blues” unfurls the tapestry of her life experiences to her audience in soulful words and music. She shares the mettle , pathos and ocean-deep compassion of the famous female blues singers she idolizes—women like Billie Holiday, Koko Taylor and Etta James.

 Pat Cohen is a dramatic and exotic performer whose talent should not be overlooked.

                                                                                    

 

Pat "Mother Blues" Cohen - Jazz Week Burghausen 2011

Pat "Mother Blues" Cohen (nacida el 29 de abril de 1957 en Monroe , Carolina del Norte ) es una cantante de blues estadounidense .

Ella creció en una familia musical en la que el blues jugó un papel importante. En las sesiones improvisadas en la terraza de su tío, escuchó y cantó esta música cuando era niña. Su carrera musical comenzó a principios de la década de 1980 cuando se le preguntó si quería actuar en un club local en el lugar donde fue a la universidad .

" Tuve tres días para encontrar tres músicos y juntar 30 canciones. Me amaron, el resto es historia porque he estado cantando blues desde entonces".

Durante años, actuó en Nueva Orleans seis días a la semana en varios clubes y lugares, incluida la House of Blues . Cuando el huracán Katrina destruyó Nueva Orleans , se mudó a Greensboro, donde ha vivido desde entonces. En ese momento, se unió a la revista Music Maker Blues Revue, con la que actúa regularmente.

Su estilo de canto y actuaciones recuerdan a sus grandes ídolos Billie Holiday , Koko Taylor y Etta James . Además del blues, también canta jazz y rhythm and blues .