Sarah Patrick
She plays guitar and is most comfortable in a t-shirt and jeans. She loves the music of Loretta Lynn and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sarah Patrick doesn’t just act country … she is country.
A Kentucky girl with a passion for traditional music, the singer/songwriter embodies the spirit of real country music: hope and heartbreak, working hard, playing hard, focusing on family and appreciating the simple things.
And now, this simple girl has her sights set on a big dream with the impending release of a new album, and a debut single, “The Woman I Am,” produced by country music’s living legend, the multi-award-winning David Frizzell.
Raised in a tightknit family with loving parents and one older brother, Sarah discovered the music of artists like Loretta Lynn, Miranda Lambert, Ashton Shepherd, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, and Tammy Wynette. These women’s songs became the soundtrack of her life; the place to which Sarah would turn in times of joy, celebration, through new love and breakups, finding jobs and leaving jobs, becoming a mother and more. Eventually, she began to write songs of her own, and ultimately began performing at local venues, sharing both covers and original songs.
“Everything I write is inspired by something or someone real in my life,” Sarah says. “I may change the tone or concept a little, but everything is based on true feelings and experiences that I build the song around.”
Sarah began posting YouTube videos and recorded an album of cover songs. A relative shared a video link with the owner of a local Opry who was impressed with Sarah’s pure voice and traditional sensibility that he immediately invited her to perform. Although she’d never been onstage, Sarah felt immediately at home and was welcomed by avid audiences who appreciated her sincere interpretations of classic songs like "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" and "Your Cheatin' Heart." Over time, she began to share her own original songs, and according to Sarah, once she took the stage, she never wanted to leave.
“I love the feeling I have when on stage,” she says, “especially when people are dancing, smiling, or singing along.”
When she’s not writing, performing, or searching for a quiet corner of the house to record a song to share on social media, Sarah loves to fish, play basketball, read (autobiographies are her favorite), and most of all, simply hang out and play with her two beautiful daughters.
Sarah has performed with, or opened shows for Bill Anderson, Steve Wariner, and David Frizzell. It was Frizzell who signed the young artist to his Nashville America Records, and now, plans are underway for Sarah’s first album of original music.
“A friend invited me to hear Sarah at a little club one night when we were traveling back from a show,” Frizzell says. “First, I was just knocked out by that voice, and then I realized how much she reminds me of a young Loretta Lynn. Sarah’s got that same sweet vulnerability, mixed with creativity and determination.”
Her work ethic is solid, her sound is genuine, and her outlook is simple and honest. “If I can brighten someone's day with just a song,” Sarah says, “I've done my job.”
