Pat Burke
![Pat Burke - Fort Smith [Photo taken by Tessa Macintosh] NWT Archives, Northwest Territories. Department of Public Works and Services fonds, accession number G-1995-001, item number 4766.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab11125beef10b5bb88da8/1604435581475-PAP98HPPJ32VJIQUZRUW/Pat+Burke%2C+Fort+Smith%2C+1986.+NWT+Archives+G-1995-001-4766.jpg)
Pat Burke - Fort Smith [Photo taken by Tessa Macintosh] NWT Archives, Northwest Territories. Department of Public Works and Services fonds, accession number G-1995-001, item number 4766.
Metis Singer/Songwriter Pat Burke was born and raised in Fort Smith, NT.
He spent his early years listening to pop music on his crystal rocket radio and to local bands.
In 1966, Pat went to Akaitcho Hall in Yellowknife.
There he met other young musicians and formed the band “The Mystic Monks”.
After high school, Pat toured with bands in the south through the mid 1970s.
Along with George Kurzewski and Dennis Bevington, he was instrumental in organizing “The South Slave Friendship Festival”.
Pat’s powerful voice can be heard on festival stages across the north and on the 1992 CBC Northern Service recording “Mackenzie Music”.
David Evalik, Pat Burke, Bill Lobb. Sir John Frankiln High School,, Yellowknife, NT 1968, (photo credit unknown)
Pat Burke photo and bio, 1982. (photo © 'Folk on the Rocks')
Pat Burke, CBC True North Concert, Fort Smith, 1988 (photo credit unknown)
Pat Burke, 2017, Fort Smith. (photo courtesy Richard Van Camp)
