Let’s face it. THAT VOICE is really something special. And no one knows that better than other musicians. As noted recently by the Houston Press: “Griffin has some otherworldly instinct for finding transcendent harmonies . . ..”  So it’s not surprising that today, July 5, 2009, in an article in The Ottawa Citizen, Canadian blues rocker Amanda Rheaume, when asked “If you could perform a duet with anyone living or dead, who would you choose and why?”, responded, “I would choose Patty Griffin. She has one of the most amazing voices I’ve ever heard — she just gives me chills.” See here.

Well, for your enjoyment, here are 50 songs of other musicians with THAT VOICE making the song special.  Note that, as usual, you get one full play of each song from lala.com at no cost.  If you would like, click on “Patty Griffin lends her voice” on the player to be taken to a web page where you can buy mp3′s of the song or, for a total of only 10 cents per song, get unlimited streaming of the songs.  That’s only $5.00 for unlimited plays of the entire collection!  Note that PattyCentral is a 100% non-commercial site and neither requests nor receives any monetary benefit from any purchase of any music – but the artists do!  Note also that the sequence of the songs in the playlist is random, with the exception that the first song, Ellis Paul’s “Conversation With A Ghost”, is first because it is the earliest released of such songs – it was released over 2 years before the release of Patty’s debut, Living With Ghosts!  Press the play button at the top of the player to listen to the entire playlist.

“‘Bloodline’ has that Ray LaMontagne sparseness that draws your ear to the lyric like a tongue to a chipped tooth. Patty Griffin, everyone’s favorite harmony vocalist, helps oodles.” – DuluthNewsTribune

Matt’s Official Website.

Here’s “Bloodline”:

And here’s the full album:

Schneider is at his best singing about heartbreak, so “Changing Your Mind” plays to his strength. Patty Griffin provides gorgeous harmony vocals, and the ballad reaches a climax with the most beautiful bridge this side of San Francisco.

The album was released on September 29, 2009. To learn more about Bob, check out his MySpace page by clicking here.

Here’s “Changing My Mind”:

And here’s the full album (note that one full stream of each song is free):

“The record’s gentle side is represented by the gorgeous ‘I’m Right Here, My Love,’ a ballad on which he’s joined by Patty Griffin. ‘The thing I like about working with Patty is that we got along great before we’d even heard each other’s music,’ Scott marvels. ‘We also grew up in the same home town, except mine was in Virginia and hers was in Maine.’” – AntiMusic.com

Scott’s Official Website.

Here’s “I’m Right Here, My Love”:

And here’s the full album:

Patty sings on four tracks on Ian McLagan’s “Never Say Never”, including the title track, “Loverman” (her vocal support her lends further credence to the thinking that she can do anything with her voice that the situation calls for) and “When the Crying is Over”. Be sure to visit Ian’s website here.

Never Say Never was nationally released on March 3, 2009.

One complete play of entire album provided by LaLa.com. Click here to purchase unlimited streaming, mp3′s and the CD from LaLa.com.

Patty appears on two tracks on Buddy and Julie Miller’s Written In Chalk. She supports Julie’s vocals on “Don’t Say Goodbye” and Buddy’s vocals on “Chalk”. Both songs were written by Julie. Be sure to visit Buddy and Julie’s website here.

Written in Chalk was released on March 3, 2009, and has been nominated for Album of the Year by the Americana Music Association.  “Chalk”, on which Patty appears with Buddy, has been nominated for song of the year by the AMA.

One complete play of entire album provided by LaLa.com. Click here to purchase unlimited streaming and the CD from LaLa.com.

Patty appears on “Desdemona”.  Be sure to visit the website for The Alternate Routes here.

A Sucker’s Dream was released on February 24, 2009.

One complete play of entire album provided by LaLa.com. Click here to purchase unlimited streaming, mp3′s and the CD from LaLa.com.

Patty provides supporting vocals on three songs on Gurf Morlix’s Last Exit To Happyland: “She’s A River”, “I’ve Got Nothing” and “Voice Of Midnight”. Be sure to visit Gurf’s website here.

Last Exit to Happyland was released on February 17, 2009.

One complete play of entire album provided by LaLa.com. Click here to purchase the CD through CDBaby. Click here to purchase unlimited streaming and mp3′s from LaLa.com.

Patty appears on “Beautiful World”. Here’s a nice little video provided by Dierks:

In addition, there’s this clip (see here) of a Dierks appearance on the Today Show – with a very funny mix-up beginning at about 0:52.

Here’s transcript of the pertinent part:

DB: There’s a song called “Beautiful World” that’s about trying to look at the world in a positive attitude which definitely comes from having a daughter. I did a duet with Patty Griffin on that which is a really good song . . .

NBC: I hear she’s already on tour with you. She’s on the tour bus.

DB: I wish. Gosh. [stammering] She’s … I’m a … she’s an icon to me. I’m a huge fan of Patty Griffin. So, if she wants to ride on our tour bus . . .

NBC: No, no, I mean your baby.

DB: Oh, the baby [whole band starts laughing]

I’m not sure if the woman from NBC had any idea who Patty Griffin might be, but Dierks, YOU know quite well who she is.

Feel the Fire was released on February 3, 2009.

Anyway, here’s the album (and be sure to visit Dierks’ website here):

One complete play of entire album provided by LaLa.com. Click here to purchase unlimited streaming, mp3′s and the CD from LaLa.com.

“Seeing Stars [is] a gorgeous acoustic song with Ingram playing the hopeless romantic astronomer. With touching and meaningful lyrics like ‘wishing on stars only when you see em’ is like asking God for help only when you need him,’ it’s a winner. The absolute highlight of the album, however, is Patty Griffin singing harmony behind Ingram on [Seeing Stars]. She’s heavenly.” – Click here for full review.

“The biggest surprise of the album is the poignant ‘Seeing Stars’ featuring the vocals of Patty Griffin on a track Ingram wrote with Chris Tompkins. The voices of Jack Ingram and Patty Griffin provide glorious harmony in an understated performance that has a quiet intensity that builds to a crescendo at the end of the cut.” – From CountryChart.com. Click here for full review.

“This album rocks from start to finish, with memorable moments, including the ingenious pairing of his gritty, raw vocals with those of the angelic-voiced Patty Griffin on the shimmering ballad ‘Seeing Stars.’” – From CaliforniaChronicle.com.  Click here for the full review.

Check out Jack’s newly-redone website by clicking here.

Here’s “Seeing Stars”:

And here’s the full album: