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Pat Metheny Group
Band United States Formed 1978
Pat Metheny Group formed in 1978 in the United States. Pat Metheny Group has 5 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2010. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Last Train Home”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #336. The station that charted Pat Metheny Group most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 3 appearances.
The Pat Metheny Group was guitarist and composer Pat Metheny's jazz fusion band, and from the start its other half was pianist, keyboardist and fellow composer Lyle Mays. Together they built a sound that's warm, wide open and melodic, closer to a landscape painting than a blowing session.
Their self-titled 1978 album, with Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb in the band, featured the rushing, glittering "Phase Dance". By First Circle in 1984, the group had grown: bassist and producer Steve Rodby had arrived in 1981, Paul Wertico was on drums from 1983 to 2001, and singer and multi-instrumentalist Pedro Aznar was aboard from 1984 until 1993. "Tell It All" is from that record, and Still Life (Talking), in 1987, brought "Last Train Home", Metheny's guitar gliding over a brushed, chugging rhythm like a train rolling out through the plains at dusk.
Around that core quartet the lineup often swelled to anywhere from five to eight players, with players like Naná Vasconcelos and Armando Marçal. Antonio Sánchez took the drum stool from 2002, and the band's records came out on ECM and Warner Bros.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Pat Metheny Group on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Last Train Home | 1 | #336 | – | – | |
| 2 | Phase Dance | 2 | #599 | – | – | |
| 3 | Tell It All | 1 | #517 | – | – | |
| 4 | First Circle | 1 | #1238 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Pat Metheny Group as a guest.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 336 | Last Train Home | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) |
| 2010 | 517 | Tell It All | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) |
| 2010 | 764 | Phase Dance | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) |
| 2007 | 599 | Phase Dance | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time |
| 2001 | 1238 | First Circle | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
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