The Peoples Room:An Evening with Patrick Cooper and Ron Thamert

Join us for an evening with Patrick Cooper and Ron Thamert!!

Patrick Cooper is a singer/songwriter from New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of a North Louisiana Hillbilly and a South Louisiana Cajun, he has been playing guitar and singing in public since he was 12. He started performing in his home town of Shreveport, Louisiana and then later moved to Baton Rouge where he began writing his own songs. In 1988 he moved to Santa Cruz, California (where old hippies go to die). He played in coffeehouses, bars, restaurants, wineries and at private parties as a solo performer or in duos at numerous venues throughout the West Coast.
Feeling the emotional tug of his home state, Cooper moved back to Louisiana in 2011 and resides in New Orleans.

Cooper performs original material in the blues, rock, country and folk vein (Americana Music) as well as interpretations of songs by John Prine, Bob Dylan, Bobby Charles, Van Morrison, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Allen Toussaint and Otis Redding, among others. Humor is an essential part of his stage presence. He enjoys bantering with his audiences.

He has toured the Pacific Northwest, Northern California, Louisiana and Texas with Singer/Songwriter John Craigie.

In the New Orleans area Cooper plays solo regularly at Kerry Irish Pub (French Quarter). On the road he tours in Pensacola, Florida and Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He opened for David Egan at the legendary Maple Leaf Bar in Uptown New Orleans (2011) and played at the equally legendary Tipitina’s in New Orleans (with Crossing Canal) in 2016.

Other notable shows include:
Opened for Darrell Scott (with Bob Worth on lead guitar) and David Bromberg (with Crossing Canal) and Paul Thorn at The Manship Theatre in Baton Rouge

Opened for John Craigie in 2016 and Sugarcane Jane (with Percussionist Ron Thamert) in 2019 at Shreveport House Concerts in Shreveport, Louisiana

Opened for John Craigie in 2019 at Chickie Wah Wah in New Orleans

Opened for Webb Wilder, Chuck Brodsky, Malcolm Holcombe, Beausoleil, Steve Conn, Roy Book Binder (All Solo) and Will Kimbrough (with Crossing Canal) at The Red Dragon Listening Room in Baton Rouge

Opened for John Craigie, Mia Borders, Fort Defiance and Lynn Drury at the Dyson House in Baton Rouge

Opened for The Mulligan Brothers (with Crossing Canal) at the Hartley-Vey Theatre in Baton Rouge

Opened for Mipso, C. W. Stoneking (Both Solo) and The War and Treaty (with Crossing Canal) at Gasa Gasa in New Orleans

Performed numerous times at the Natasha Sanchez Songwriter Circle at Buffa’s in New Orleans beginning in 2014

Performed at The House of Blues Foundation Room Songwriter Sessions in New Orleans in 2018

Performed at the Bee Nice Music Series with Mark Carroll in Baton Rouge in 2019

In 2020 he was selected as one of 14 Finalists in the Songwriting Contest for Great River Folk Festival in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

His album “Gris Gris In Your Face” was released in 2013 and his EP “Somewhat Live” was released in 2020.