Patrick Sweany ( USA )
Good whiskey doesn’t like to be rushed. It ages for years in the barrel, never grows dull, and only gains character with time. The same goes for Patrick Sweany. For well over a quarter century, the guitar veteran from northeast Ohio, now settled in Nashville, has been writing, playing and touring.
His blues sounds lived-in and gritty, steeped in soul, southern rock, Americana and swamp. With razor-sharp guitar licks and a voice that is warm and raspy at once, he moves from slow and sultry to venomous and driving. Fellow musicians don’t call him the favorite of their favorites for nothing.
