Patti
Russo
What can I say about this amazing lady that hasn't been been said already......
I think the best way of describing it is in the words of my son Lee, who was 13yrs old when he turned to me in Cardiff in 1999, while standing right in front of Patti while she was singing Paradise with Meat Loaf and said.....
"She's perfect!!
She's beautiful (Lee thinks she should be a model & rightly so, and enviably gets better with age if that's possible!.....), She can sing amazingly, She has an great sense of humour the list just goes on.......
Patti joined Meat Loaf in '93 after singing "Oh Darling" at an audition in New York. Meat told the story of Patti's audition before Patti sang Oh Darling at the European shows in 1999. The story goes that after Patti left the audition they were all looking out of the window & John noticed Patti kicking a city bus because she thought she hadn't made it into the band..........
Patti was born in New Jersey, but was raised in New York. She started her career as a hairdresser but had dreams of being a star...
Apart from being part of The Neverland Express, Patti also has a lot of other claims to her name. She can sing in many different languages and has sang jingles all around the world. She's worked with people such as Niles Rogers, Dick Clark productions, Bryan Ferry, Brian May & Roger Taylor. James Michael, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ellis Hooks, Jon Tiven, Betty Harris, Sir Mack Rice, Jeff Scott Soto, Spike Edney, Spencer Davis, Neil Berg.....
Patti sang on Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Rock Opera, Beethoven’s Last Night and The Grinch.
Performed at "The Bitter end" as have a few of her fellow band members ~ Kasim & Tom.
Patti also writes her own material & was part of a band called Yazmin.
She starred in the West End Musical - Notre Dame De Paris as Esmeralda
Patti Russo played the part of Killer Queen In The Las Vegas Production Of "We Will Rock You" for the duration of the show along side Meat Loaf drummer John Miceli and lead guitarist Paul Crook
In 2006 Patti worked with Meat Loaf on his new album Bat Out Of Hell III. Soon after she left the band. Since then Patti has gone from strength to strength.. Performing at three 'Rock N Roll Fantasy Camps', Toured with Ellis Hook's and Jon Tivern in Italy at The Umbria Jazz festival and 'The Porretta Soul Festival', Performed with Spike Edneys SAS Band, Appeared in a brand new play for Broadway called 'The Twelve'.... Patti is now back at Meat's side where she belongs.