Just a few weeks ago, Pat Garrett was happily running his business, a firm that sells sheepskin coats and western wear and performing country music in his native Pennsylvania ... that is until things with Saddam became more than he could deal with. After hearing Colin Powell's speech, where he said, "Saddam, the clock is ticking," Pat decided to make his opinions known, and chose to do it through his music.

Hoping to have hit a nerve, he put his feelings into a song, and placed the finished project on his website. Pat began byÝ offering downloads to radio stations... to his surprise he received more that 500 station inquires who were all eager to add 'The Saddam Stomp' to their stations play lists. Long time Nashville friend, Gene Kennedy, heard the song & felt it to be exactly what many American's are feeling.

They pressed the CD and the rest was history. Stations coast to coast started adding 'The Saddam Stomp' to their playlists.Ý 'The Saddam Stomp' took on a life of it's own as radio listener's began calling in to request the up-tempo anthem that supports our troops.

Billboard's country singles chart has placed the tune at #66 in just three weeks; a statement that record promoters would love to see on any new single. "I think 'The Saddam Stomp' helps people who are very concerned about our sons and daughters to hear a song that discusses a very serious subject, yet in a way that releases a little 'steam,'" stated Pat. Nashville's Music Row Chart has it in the 'Top 100' and New Music Weekly, out of Los Angeles listed it in their 'bubbling under category.

Radio isn't the only media source to acknowledge the attention that 'The Saddam Stomp' is receiving. Local ABC affiliate, (WHTM, Harrisburg), sent a crew to Pat's place of business to speak directly to him about the success. Pat casually spoke with the crew, thinking it to be of local interest, only to receive a call this morning from a friend in Daytona, Florida who had viewed the interview on his ABC station. "It's hard for me to believe that through this song, somehow I've become a spokesperson for the common man. I know that many singers who earn their living as recording artists have similar songs out, but this, I'm just a manufacture of sheepskin jackets who enjoys playing music on the weekends. I guess people relate to me because I'm just one of them; someone who wants our troop's home fast."

Resource Pat Garrett online at: www.patgarrett.com