Gene Glasco's Brown Bag Lunch Talk

Songwriter, Producer, Musician, and Artist at Arcadia Museum "Brown Bag Lunch Talk" October 15.

ARCADIA, CA.- Pat Robinson, former Arcadian-- accomplished musician, songwriter, recording artist, film producer, and sketch artist, – is Gene Glasco's featured guest at his Brown Bag Lunch Talk- "The Beat Goes On: Arcadia's Back Yard Bands of the Sixties", Thursday, October 15, 12:00 pm at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum. Samples of Robinson's music and some of his exceptional artwork will be on display. Hors d’ oeuvres and refreshments will be provided.

The multi-talented Robinson created a band in the Sixties named "Fenwyck", "that played not only in Arcadia, but all over California", says Glasco. Fenwyck’s style and four part harmony sound was known for their incredible similarity to "The Byrds", a group that invented a whole genre of folk rock who topped the 60’s music charts with their recordings of “Mr. Tamborine Man” and “Turn, Turn, Turn” and many more. After high school, Robinson formed a new band called "Back Pocket", and performed in the U.S. and Europe. Later, Robinson wrote and produced songs for fifteen years with Gene Clark (Byrds) eventually forming yet another group, "CRY" (Clark, Robinson, York). John York on 12-string, Nicky Hopkins (Stones, Beatles) on keys, Rick Danko (The Band) on bass, Michael Clarke (Byrds) on drums with Gene Clark and Robinson up front on guitars. In the 80's, Pat enjoyed a successful affiliation with Joe Cocker, writing songs that Cocker would perform both in the U.S. and abroad. Robinson's New Orleans production company, JBond Records has recorded and produced CDs for Hall of Fame blues artists Leon Russel, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, and the Benjy Davis Project. With Timothea, aptly named the "Siren of Soul", he fashioned the captivating music video, “It's Time for a Change", filmed at the historic Columns Hotel on St. Charles Place. Some of Fenwyck's early recordings will be played at the Brown Bag talk, along with some newer cuts from Robinson’s CRY and Mystery Brothers CD’s. An accomplished sketch artist in his own right, some of Robinson’s work will also be on display; which according to Eric Finzi, appraiser for the J. Paul Getty museum, is rising in value.