North Carolina years
In North Carolina, Patricia and her husband Terry played in a circuit of small bars and concert halls, some not totally legal. She sang covers of late 70's rock songs, along with Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt tunes, with the occasional country song. (After her marriage, she adopted the professional name Patty Loveless, as not to draw any connection to porn actress Linda Lovelace .)
During this time of her life she also was distant from her family, as she had married without their consent. According to Loveless, "...I think my father thought I had lost my mind. This music is going to just ruin your life... it ruined your life... But it was a music that I learned from again... You wouldn't believe the people that would come to this club. They would get off from work, and they wouldn't go home. They'd come to this club and have a few beers, or whatever.. dance or.. whatever the case was. I learned a lot about people and life in those places. I mean there was all walks of life..
More about Patty Loveless (From Wikipedia)
Early Years
Patricia Lee Ramey was born the sixth of seven children to John and Naomi Ramey outside of Pikeville, Kentucky on 4 January 1957. Although born in Pikeville, the family lived in read more...
Teenager In Nashville
It was her brother Roger that initially took Patricia Ramey to Nashville, Tennessee in 1971. Having grown up listening to the music of the Grand Ole Opry both in Pikeville, and then read more...
North Carolina Years
In North Carolina, Patricia and her husband Terry played in a circuit of small bars and concert halls, some not totally legal. She sang covers of late 70's rock songs, along with read more...
Return To Nashville
In April 1985, Loveless felt her marriage to Terry Lovelace was ending (they eventually divorced amicably in 1986). She contacted her brother Roger to help her get back to Nashville. read more...
MCA Years (1985 – 1992)
Tony Brown brought in one of his top producers, Emory Gordy, Jr., to help develop Loveless for MCA. Together, they produced a series of songs for Loveless, and all of them were released read more...
Throat Surgery And A New Voice
With the new recording contract, Loveless headed into the recording studio to record new material for Epic. In the studio, her producer (Gordy) noticed that her voice was not as read more...
Epic Records Years (1993 – 2005)
Going back to work in the studio, Loveless and Gordy re-recorded all the material they had worked on the previous fall. The changed voice was stronger than what it was previously read more...
Current (2006 – Present)
In 2006, Loveless sang one song in duet with Bob Seger on his album Face the Promise; the same year she also collaborated with Solomon Burke on his Nashville album and Vince Gill read more...
Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey, January 4, 1957 in Pikeville, Kentucky, raised in Elkhorn City, Kentucky and Louisville, Kentucky) is an American country music singer.
Since read more...
Loveless' accolades have been many, including being awarded the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Top Female Vocalist (1996) and the Country Music Association (CMA) Female Vocalist read more...