Idol Chatter & Voice Views

His audition: Patrick Thompson, 35, of Festus, Missouri, sang the Marshall Tucker Band’s “Can’t You See” for his audition on The Voice. He immediately displayed his gruff voice. Midway through the song, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine turned around in rapid succession. Adam called his performance “real grit.” And Patrick joined Team Adam.

His background: He says he first got into music because his mother was one of 10 children and her family had a band called “The Sounds of Peace.” It was a folk band, “almost like a campfire band,” Patrick says. His mom would take him and his brother to rehearsals, and Patrick decided he wanted to play guitar. Today, Patrick says he performs everything from the 1950s up and plays in a pair of bands. Over the years, Patrick says, he’s held lots of jobs, some of which were chosen because of how they would affect his schedule playing music. “You can take any material thing away from me,” he told The Voice, “but you can’t take music.”

On choosing Adam: “When you go out there, everybody thinks who they’re leaning toward. But when you’re out there, everything changes. You go with your gut. Adam really fought for me. He sold himself to me.”

What the show didn’t show: Those two bands are The Black Tie Affair and Tricky-N-M.E., and they play around the St. Louis area. Black Tie Affair is billed as “10 pounds of talent in a 5-pound” bag. Tricky N.M.E. is an acoustic duo. Patrick is lead vocalist for both. Still, he says in his Voice video “I’ve never had vocal lessons or anything like that, so I’m a blank canvas and (Adam’s) the artist. He can mold me into something so much better than what I am already.” At 35, he’s looking at The Voice as a possible break into the music business and an opportunity “that I’ve got to do something with. Music has been there for me my whole life. It’s never given up on me, and I’m not going to give up on it.”

On iTunes: Just his audition song.

Update: He lost to Kat Perkins in the first battle round; they sang “Whenever I Call You Friend. Patrick was then stolen by Shakira. In the second round of battles, he defeated Josh Murley. They sang “Run to You.”

Keeping up with Patrick:
Twitter: @pktmusic
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