Pat Thrall
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Pat Thrall is an American rock guitarist. Thrall is a native of the San Francisco area, and began his recording career in 1972. He played guiatar,vocals and percussion with the group Cookin Mama album: new day (1972), that also had this brother Preston Thrall on percussion.

Thrall has worked with former Deep Purple
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

 bassist Glenn Hughes on the Hughes/Thrall
Hughes/Thrall
Hughes/ Thrall was musical project formed in 1982 by former Deep Purple and Trapeze bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes and guitarist journeyman Pat Thrall.-History:...

 project, and was a member of the Pat Travers Band
Pat Travers
Patrick Henry "Pat" Travers is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s...

 during the peak of their success. He co-wrote one of Pat Travers
Pat Travers
Patrick Henry "Pat" Travers is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s...

' biggest hits, a hard-driving tune entitled Snortin' Whiskey
Snortin' Whiskey
Snortin' Whiskey is a blues-rock song written by Pat Travers and Pat Thrall. It was originally recorded by the Pat Travers Band, and released on the album Crash And Burn in 1980 on the Polydor label and also as US single the same year...

, which became one of the most requested songs on American radio in 1980.

Thrall later joined Asia
Asia (band)
Asia are an English rock group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup as it included former members of several veteran progressive rock bands, namely John Wetton , Geoff Downes , Steve Howe and Carl Palmer Asia are an English rock group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a...

, and played lead guitar for Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...

 during that artist's major comeback in the 1990s. He has also toured or recorded with Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce
John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...

, Beyoncé
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...

, Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

, Tina Turner
Tina Turner
Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

, and Dave Stewart
David A. Stewart
David Allan Stewart , often known as Dave Stewart, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics. He is usually credited as David A. Stewart, to avoid confusion with other musicians named "Dave Stewart".-Early life:Stewart was born in Sunderland,...

, to name a few.

Pat Travers Band
Pat Travers
Patrick Henry "Pat" Travers is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s...

  • Heat in the Street
    Heat In The Street
    Heat In The Street is a rock album by the Pat Travers Band. It was released in 1978 on Polydor Records.-LP Sequence:Side One#"Heat In The Street" - 4:29 #"Killer's Instinct" - 5:09...

    (guitar; 1978)
  • Live! Go For What You Know (guitar; 1979)
  • Crash and Burn (guitar; 1980)
  • Radio Active
    Radio Active (Pat Travers album)
    Radio Active is a music album released by the Pat Travers on Polygram Records in 1981.Radio Active was Pat Travers' first release after the highly successful Crash and Burn. But Pat Thrall and Tommy Aldridge had already left the band. Travers and Cowling forged on with former Blackjack drummer...

    (guitar; 1981)
  • Live in Concert (guitar; 1980)

Hughes/Thrall
Hughes/Thrall
Hughes/ Thrall was musical project formed in 1982 by former Deep Purple and Trapeze bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes and guitarist journeyman Pat Thrall.-History:...

  • Hughes/Thrall
    Hughes/Thrall (album)
    Hughes/Thrall is the self-titled, debut album by musical collaborators Glenn Hughes and Pat Thrall . It was released in 1982 on Boulevard Records and is, to date, their only album....

    (guitar, guitar synthesizer; 1982)

Asia
Asia (band)
Asia are an English rock group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup as it included former members of several veteran progressive rock bands, namely John Wetton , Geoff Downes , Steve Howe and Carl Palmer Asia are an English rock group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a...

  • Live in Moscow (guitar; 1990)
  • Now Nottingham Live (guitar; 1997)
  • Aura
    Aura (Asia album)
    Aura is an album by the progressive rock band Asia, recorded in 2000 and first released in 2001. Roger Dean created the cover art for this album...

    (guitar; 2001)

Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...

  • Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell
    Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell
    Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell is a 1993 studio album by Meat Loaf and was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released sixteen years after Meat Loaf's second solo album Bat Out of Hell. It reached #1 in the US, the UK and Australia...

    (guitar, percussion; 1992)
  • Welcome to the Neighborhood
    Welcome to the Neighborhood
    Welcome to the Neighbourhood is Meat Loaf's seventh studio album, released in 1995 as follow-up to the popular album Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell. The album went platinum in the US and UK....

    (guitar; 1995)
  • Live Around the World (guitar; 1996)

External links

  • Biography on the official homepage of Pat Thrall and Glenn Hughes
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