Pat Girondi and the Orphan’s Dream
He has received honors and awards including
Giffoni Film Festival
Award from Giffoni Film Festival for his music video, It’s Your Time
Featured in an Award Winning Italian film
Girondi’s music has been featured in the Award-winning Italian film Focaccia Blues
International Indie Artist of The Year
International Indie Artist of The Year Award for Orphan’s Journey as voted by the Indie Music Writer’s Association
Induction into the Accademia di Sicilia
Induction into the Accademia di Sicilia, Palermo, recognized for artistic and scientific contributions to humanity
Video of the Year
Award for Video of the Year, Italy for his song, Living Without You
Discography
Credits
Patrick Girondi - Vocals
Enzo Matera - Guitar
Marco Abbattista - Bass
Nanni Teot - Trumpet
Michele Ciccimarra - Drums
Giuliano Scavetta - Keyboard
Giuseppe Lapiscopia - Sax
Mino Lionetti - Harmonica
Producer: Farelive
Flight of the Rondone
RELEASED MAY 24, 2022
Flight of the Rondone is a true rags to riches tale the New York Times stated is “meant for television.” The protagonist, a high school dropout, is nicknamed in Italian U Carneveil (Walking Circus) for his entertaining and eccentric nature. Patrick Girondi starts his career shining shoes, stealing car parts, and escaping life-threatening situations while outwitting the Chicago police. He claws up to being a famous success story on the Oprah Show. His fortunes quickly change when his eldest son, Santino, is diagnosed with a fatal blood disease. Girondi hunts for a cure in a drama that has boundless implications in the world of gene therapy. As Girondi writes, “I’d been strangled, shot at, skated more than twenty arrests, made it through 3 FBI witch-hunts and went from the docks to trading and big money. I would see my son cured. How hard could it be?” After decades of struggle, he delivered the world’s first commercial batch of vector with the potential to cure Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia. But again, the success of the cure—and the fate of his son—is imperiled, in a world of lab jackets, mysterious deaths, and cut-throat Wall Street banksters.
This is a story of love, beating the odds, or as Girondi calls it, pure luck. It is a gritty and realistic tale told with little regard for empire or etiquette.
Featured Media
Flight of the Rondone Book Trailer
Music Press
“As you ride the bluesy waves of the music, Girondi’s vocals slide into your ears. With murmurs and calling out, he draws you into the story of someone suffering from an orphan disease. There is a wonderful storytelling vibe to the lyrics that paint a clear picture that is so easy to connect with.” —The Other Side Reviews
Photography by: Antonio Sansone
Writings
Check out some of Patrick’s writings – from novels, to quips and phrases.
Earrings on a pig
Giving money to an ignoramus is like putting earrings on a pig. The ignoramus understands the value of money about as much as the pig knows about earrings and in time the money will make the ignoramus look as ridiculous as
the earrings made the pig appear.
Isn’t money to be used for necessities and to help others in need?
Soul
When two souls meet and are one distance and time are non consequential. When my soul is that of Napoleon or yours what can separate them? Aren’t they really the same.
Bird in the hand
A bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush and two bushes are better than 1 any day.
Deity
We are part of a fantastic thing which I don’t pretend to understand. This does not deny religion or the existence of God, but in fact is affirmation of a magical whole, of which we all, no matter how great, famous or indifferent, play part in its majesty.