The Laurel Canyon scene lives! Troubadour Pat McGee was influenced by the classic albums of the 1970s that were spun in his childhood home. “I was inspired to write a record that was not based on a ‘single’ but on the wholeness of the complete album,” Pat says of his new self-titled double album. “I was at a friend’s house, listening to what I thought was someone’s playlist on an iPod. When I realized they were spinning full albums on vinyl, I was blown away. The very next day, I decided to buy a record player and picked up the ten records that lit the fire in me to start playing music, including seminal records by James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Crosby, Stills, and Nash.” Channeling the vintage warmth of those recordings, Pat, who recently appeared on a double bill at The Ark with Brian Vander Ark, has created new music that brings the spirit of folk-rock alive.