Acuff’s Rose - Alt Country: 1989 -1996 (Piano, Organ, Backing Vocals, Flute). The band Released three records on the Torn and Frayed label through Shock Records and were also on Last Call (Formerly New Rose) (France). One of Kaye's songs “The Spell“ charted independently in France. This was produced by Conway Savage (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) who was an early supporter of hers. The band recorded this at the ABC studios at Southbank and had a string quartet consisting of Robin Casinader, Jen Anderson, Biddy Connor and Philip McCloud. The arrangement was written by Robin Casinader who has played in seminal St Kilda bands such as The Wreckery and Plays with Marionettes. “Never Coming Down” won the Rhythm’s readers poll 1993. The band played a number of shows and some supports including Paul Kelly, Chris Wilson, The Coral Snakes and Robert Forster across a number of venues. They played at St Kilda venues including the The Espy, The Gershwin Room, Prince of Wales Hotel and The Palace. Special guests on their recordings included Spencer P Jones, Rob McComb, Dave McComb, and Graham Lee.
Lurex Deleterious: 1993 - This was a vocal Acapella group consisting of four women. Members of this group were sisters Catherine and Veronica Gleeson, Genevieve Hassall, and Kaye Louise Patterson. They did mostly covers of well known songs arranged for four voices and played quite a few shows and parties. Genevieve would be best known for being the bass player in The Wet Ones. Kelly Brimacombe was the lead singer of The Wet Ones and would later marry our guitarist from Acuff’s Rose (Martin Lewis).
The Dames: 2007- 2014 - A three piece (originally) With Clare Moore (Drums and Vocals), Rosie Westbrook (Bass) and Kaye Louise on Keyboards and Vocals. Clare and Kaye formed The Dames as a way of showcasing their songwriting. Half the songs were Clare's and half were Kaye Louise's and they both sang lead vocals on their own songs. The band played a number of gigs at venues including The Gershwin Room (supporting Models 2010), Greyhound Hotel (Goddess festival 2011), The Flying Saucer Club (supporting Models 2012), The band released one self-titled record produced by Barry Adamson (UK).
Solo work: Kaye Louise's background is as a classically trained piano player but loves the freedom of writing songs. She is a piano-based singer/songwriter and writes and performs songs in a melodic 1970s style. Kaye Louise released a solo CD titled International Travel in 2007 (FUSE), and did two launches with her band and a few other shows. Kaye Louise released a digital single last year (2023) called "Fate or Fortune" which received some airplay and she is currently looking to release new material in the future.
Kaye Louise played flute on the original song “A Matter of Time” sung by Carol Lloyd from Brisbane in the 'Rock Chicks' concert that took place in The Arts Centre forecourt (November 2010). This took place alongside an exhibition celebrating women in music.
JJ McCann Transmission: Kaye Louise is currently playing organ in this band. She joined for the launch last November and ended up staying! Members of this band are James McCann, Rick Studentt and Scott Bennett. They all have a long history in music including bands such as The Drones, Harpoon, X and Jo Meare’s Silver Bullets.
