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Scenes from Patrick Byrne’s Musical Life

We practiced in garages and basements three times a week
We practiced in garages and basements three times a week

Picture from Psyche Pscene Magazine, December, 1967. The International Kaleidescope In Sound
Picture from Psyche Pscene Magazine, December, 1967. The International Kaleidescope In Sound

At the Kilgen pipe organ at St. Bartholomew Church in Chicago about 1970.
At the Kilgen pipe organ at St. Bartholomew Church in Chicago about 1970.

Here's how I paid for college. The Front Row trio played innumerable weddings and parties during the 1970s. It's too bad that this type of music making has died out. We had a lot of fun.
Here's how I paid for college. The Front Row trio played innumerable weddings and parties during the 1970s. It's too bad that this type of music making has died out. We had a lot of fun.

This is me in 1983 playing our Baldwin baby grand in my Chicago home. This is where I gave many piano lessons during my years at St. Ignatius. The piano was a wedding gift to my wife's grandmother from her grandfather in 1927. It's still one of my most cherished instruments.
This is me in 1983 playing our Baldwin baby grand in my Chicago home. This is where I gave many piano lessons during my years at St. Ignatius. The piano was a wedding gift to my wife's grandmother from her grandfather in 1927. It's still one of my most cherished instruments.

From 2009, I'm surrounded by young singers performing Christmas Carols for the folks at Shorehaven Tower in Oconomowoc.
From 2009, I'm surrounded by young singers performing Christmas Carols for the folks at Shorehaven Tower in Oconomowoc.


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