Brian,
Hello again. (I'm the guy who started this inquiry thread a few years ago.) I liked Pat a lot. He was a fine fellow -- and there was nothing for anyone to dislike about him I don't think. When he drank a bit much, he sort of went inside himself and became more laid back. To my recollection, Pat didn't get angry or loud. We just knew he wasn't exactly "there" for us to communicate with on a musical plane---if you know what I mean. But when he picked up his banjo, you knew you were about to hear a graphic ballad sung so you heard the tale of it along with a wondrous cascade of frailing sounds with a ton of drop-thumb notes of the melody added in. Other old timey pickers do that well now---Cathy Fink for one--Mac Benford--Art Rosenbaum and many others that you'll find in the pages of the magazine called OLD TIME HERALD. I highly recommend it---(but it seems they've been hit hard by the economic realities we all struggle with today.)

Them are a few of the personal insights that come to mind. I do hope they might help your remembrances of your brother. I'm just sorry that he went so young and tragically. He was one we wanted to stay here hanging out and swapping jokelore with at festivals.

Art Thieme