Album Notes

Lynn Patrick’s instrumental CD, Winnie’s Guitar, includes ten songs, featuring Lynn on guitar. Joe Scott, guitarist from Wind Machine and Eidolen, joins her on three tracks. E-Town’s Chris Engleman plays bass on eight songs, and violinist Lila Sklar adds melodic dimension to track one, "California Zephyr." Fiddle player Gordon Burt, adds the finishing touches with a mandolin part on "Rosewood" and some tuneful fiddling on "Pickin´A." Original cover art is by nationally acclaimed artist Laura Marshall (Ursula LeGuin´s book illustrator of choice.)

Dirty Linen Magazine called, Winnie's Guitar "an absolutely lovely recording." The Denver Post reported, "There’s burnished gold in her guitar playing." And Victory Music Review describes Lynn as "a pretty fine contemporary acoustic guitar player....Patrick shows why she has earned accolades for her guitar work.

Winnie's Guitar won the Independent Music Awards in 2002. Judges included Tom Waites, Ricky Skaggs, Meshell Ndegeocello and Wilson Pickett. The competition was sponsored by The Musician's Atlas and Border Bookstores. Winnie's Guitar was voted best instrumental album by Just Plain Folks Awards 2001 Awards. Of the 35,000 pieces submitted, her song "California Zephyr" was judged best instrumental song. Winnie's Guitar has been on Echoes, an internationally syndicated show from Public Radio International made KGNU's Top 100 Albums the year it was released; and is currently being used for transitional breaks on NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and Living on Earth.