Patti Maxine is a musician who plays the lap steel guitar. She began her lifelong love affair with lap steel guitar and Hawaiian music as a young girl in Roanoke, Virginia and then moved to Santa Cruz in 1970. She played and sang at the first Santa Cruz Pride in 1975 and has continued as a solo artist and as part of many collaborations around Santa Cruz County. She continues to play music around Santa Cruz County most every weekend. She celebrated her 75th birthday in 2013 by inviting her closest friends to Kuumbwa Jazz Center and performed to a sold out crowd.
Patti lives with her wife, Marilyn, in Felton where she continues to create and record music. Patti was interviewed by Levi, a recent graduate of UC Davis.
