Pat Wictor

Pat Wictor
Background information
Origin	Caripito, Monagas, Venezuela
Genres	Blues, folk, Americana
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer/songwriter, recording artist, educator
Instruments	Acoustic guitar, vocals, dobro, lap slide guitar
Years active	1995-present
Labels	RiskyDisc Records, Brother Sun Music
Associated acts	Brother Sun, Freebo, Abbie Gardner, Red Molly, Cheryl Prashker, Tall Tales, Jim Ypsilantis
Website	PatWictor.com
Notable instruments
Lap slide guitar

Pat Wictor (born 1966, Caripito, Venezuela) is an American blues and folk musician, guitarist, singer/songwriter, and recording artist. Known for his ethereal style, he was nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year in 2006 by the Folk Alliance, and has released a number of solo albums. In 2010 Wictor co-founded the folk trio Brother Sun, with singer-songwriters Joe Jencks and Greg Greenway, and the band has since released two full albums and toured extensively. Wictor also has an extensive discography as a sideman, playing instruments such as lap slide guitar and dobro. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Pat Wictor was born in 1966 in Caripito, a city in the Monagas State of Venezuela. Both his parents were American, and early on his mother, Cecilia "Cee Cee" Lower Wictor, exposed Wictor to history, poetry and the arts. For several years Wictor and his four older siblings lived in oil camps owned by Creole Petroleum Corporation, and their father's career in the oil industry later led to them living in East Texas, the Netherlands, Norway, and England. Wictor returned to the United States as a teenager, living first in California.

Wictor began playing guitar while young, and focused on genres as diverse as rock, heavy metal, and jazz. After starting with guitar he also learned bass and saxophone. He quit music entirely in the late 1980s to become a community organizer, then a high school teacher.

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