https://runwayestates.bandcamp.com/album/no-good-horse-theives
Rest in Peace Patrick Porter. You were the purest personification of art I ever did see. I marveled at you as we sipped Limonatas in the studio and I’m thankful I got to bask in your unfiltered commitment to painting, music, and writing. We played some weird “bootgazing” shows in the dives of Denver and I will never forget one show at the Lion’s Lair in 2008.
Nathaniel Rateliff, Julie Davis, and Patrick and I played. Everyone was utterly gorgeous that night and it felt monumental. I was riding on Patrick’s emotive shoulders, like the giant he was, as he crooned away beneath his fuzzy topped beanie. I’m way late to find out about his passing but time was never an issue with Patrick, ever. I will never forget driving away from Amy and I’s wedding in pure newlywed bliss down an empty road when all the sudden I see this flowy tweed thrift store suit walking along the side of the road. We both screamed, “Patrick!” We pulled over and Patrick said with a wry smile, “Did I miss it? Ah damn, I did , didn’t I.” Amy and I laughed so hard. He walked, took buses, or trains everywhere. I never understood it then, but now in hindsight I realize it was because those modes of transportation never interrupted his flow of creativity. I often picked him up from a Colfax bus stop and he would cheerfully announce he came up with a new idea or song while riding along. That was the level Patrick operated on; driving was too much of a distraction from the vision.
I’m reposting our album together in his honor. Runway Estates “No Good Horse Thieves.” I will always remember hand decorating CDs with Patrick and even adding a stem of tumbleweed to the clear spine of every jewel case. Please listen to “Avoca Six.” Patrick loved that song and even after he moved from Denver, he always emailed me about doing another version or remastering it. I think it is one of his best. He was one of Denver’s best.
www.westword.com/music/runway-estates-5100842/
www.albanyproper.com/patrick-porter-remembered-as-a-creative-force/