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Dan Patlansky

Blues from South Africa

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dan Patlansky bought at age 14 his first guitar. Dan Patlansky soon began to play the blues inspired by his father's record collection. B.B. King, Albert Collins, Albert King, and Stevie Ray Vaughan were his idols. Dan Patlansky was 17 when he took to the road with a band called Trigger, a cover rock band with a host of older players. Dan Patlansky left soon after to start a three-piece that became The Mississippi Muthers, comprising Mike Van Tonder (who added bass on three tracks of his major label debut album True Blues) and initially Stephan Lawrence on drums. He has subsequently been replaced by Gordon Legg. With a tight band, an eclectic mix of originals and standards, The Mississippi Mothers grew a fan base and a booking schedule that demanded full-time participation, to which Dan Patlansky happily committed after having spent the latter part of his high school career at The National School of Arts. From Sun City to Julian's and The Blues Room in Johannesburg, each performance made the next even more worthy of the anticipated confirmation. In 2004 at age 22, Dan Patlansky recorded his debut album True Blues.

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