Background
The son of a United States Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, Patrick Hammond lived in several locations in Oklahoma and spent four years in Bermuda where he attended Saint George Grammar School.
The son of a United States Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, Patrick Hammond lived in several locations in Oklahoma and spent four years in Bermuda where he attended Saint George Grammar School.
In 1961 his family moved to Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois where he graduated from high school in 1964. He began playing guitar at age 16 and switched to electric bass while attending the University of Illinois from which he graduated in 1973.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He has recorded on several labels, worked with a wide range of recording artists. Early life and career
Hammond toured the Midwest relentlessly from 1968-1983 with several bands, the best known of which was Duke Tumatoe & The All Star Frogs, a legendary bar band.
“We were the kind of band that made the walls sweat.”
Later years
Exhausted and burned out from touring Patrick entered psychotherapy in 1981 to deal with his personal demons as well as a severe cocaine habit.
“When I finally realized I wasn’t in the music business, I was in the liquor business, I said to myself, “lieutenant is time to learn to write.” Patrick wrote and recorded song demos in Los Angeles and Nashville. I learned a great deal from him.” In 1983 he began twenty years of practicing Aikido under the direction of Akira Tohei Shihan.
In 1988 he began private practice as a psychotherapist. Between 1998 - 2006 he worked for Tibetan Master Tsoknyi Rinpoche and the Pundarika Foundation, moving to Crestone, Colorado 2005.
His latest Album is "One Taste" and today he teaches and collaborates with a wide range of singers and musicians, toured with Krishna Das from 2006 till 2010 and is working on new material to be released in 2014.