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PATTY TUITE – SOMEONE TO CONSIDER

By Lawrence Lebo

Patty Tuite began playing guitar and singing at open mic sessions in
Springfield, MA during the early 1990’s. This led to her first live
recording in 1996 titled “Live At The Tic Toc”. Patty’s first blues-
based band, The Patty Tuite Band, formed in 1999, playing
throughout the Southern New England region, and gaining fans
at clubs, functions, and summer concert festivals. Patty
released her second recording “Girls Night Out” in 2001,
followed by “Blond and Blue” in 2007.

Due to their showing at the Connecticut Blues Society (CTBS) 2001 and 2005

statewide competitions, The Patty Tuite band competed in the finals of the Connecticut Blues
Society “Blues Challenge”. Two of Patty’s originals were chosen to be included on the CTBS
compilation CDs, “Local Flavor” (2003) and
“Blue State Blues” (2007). Patty was also
invited to judge for the CTBS “Blues
Challenge” on two occasions.

From 2007-2017 Patty played with two more
blues bands, the Boilermakers and the

Percolators, and branched out into jazz,
playing with an Eastern Connecticut band
called Blue Steam. It was a creative and
expansive collaboration, not only playing
standards, but reinterpreting popular songs
with a jazz bent. Then in 2016, Patty created
The Patty Tuite Group. The group played a

mix of originals, blues, jazz, and rock
favourites. The band became very active
playing local clubs throughout Southern New
England.

Patty Tuite in the groove or the grove When pandemic lockdown requirements
began, Patty continued writing new songs,
performing online and sharing videos with
her fan base. On May 3, 2021, Patty released her fourth album titled “Consider This.” The recording

features a fantastic array of new material all written and composed by Patty, and produced by
Grammy award winner Paul Nelson, who also plays electric, slide and acoustic guitar on the album.
“Consider This” reflects strong influences of such notable artists as Bonnie Raitt, Ella Fitzgerald,
Etta James and Susan Tedeschi coming through in Patty’s vocal style …. with a slight jazz bent!

I asked Patty Tuite to tell us about herself and her new release “Consider This”.

This is what she told me ……

LL: So, where did you grow and what was your family like?

PT: I grew up in a university town in New England, where we had exposure to cultural events,
student concerts, sports, and student activities. My mother was a teacher, and my father was a