Patrick Lewandowski

Primarily known as a blues guitarist, and also a singer, songwriter, land surveyor, and fisherman, Patrick has been playing clubs and concerts in the midwest since 1969. One of the storied bands he was part was the Snooz Blues Band which played in Detroit during the 1980 Republican Convention in Detroit, and Patrick personally had nothing to do with the civil unrest outside of Cobo Hall. Other bands and duos followed including gigs with his old friend Mac McKenna; a few years with the legendary Blue Front Persuaders (called Ann Arbor’s most adventurously un-housebroken band); the T-Bone Blues Band; The Blackhawks with Stan Mizerny and Darrell Slaybaugh; 2 Big Guitars with Bobby May (recently celebrating the 19th anniversary of their only rehearsal); and with numerous jazz and blues legends. He did play once with Greg Allman at a club in Columbus, but would not let Allman borrow his 1962 Gibson.

To find where Patrick is playing now, send him a note.

Pat is a four-time winner of the Black Swamp Blues Society battle of the bands to represent Toledo at the International Blues Talent Competition in Memphis, TN. He was the winner of the Little Walter Mitchell award in 2000, for keeping the Blues alive in northwest Ohio and surrounding areas, as well as for community service. He is also a lifetime member and former president of Black Swamp Blues Society. (bsbs.net)

Over the years, Patrick has performed at longitudes as diverse as Antigonish, Nova Scotia; Brumson, the Netherlands; and of course,Toledo, Ohio. But his favorite gig is performing with his many great musician friends for Tent City, an awareness project sponsored by the Toledo Area Alliance to End Homelessness. (taaeh.com) Pat hopes you will support the many organizations who do their best to ameliorate this problem, notably, the Mildred Bayer Clinic for the Homeless, or the organization of your choice.

When not working or gigging, you can usually find Pat fishing, in the company of Stuart the Stunt Dog, or with Mary Pat McCarthy,the somewhat anonymous lovely wife of whom he always speaks so fondly.