Facts: - instrument: guitar , keyboards , vocals - website: -lsb- http://www.pattravers.com/ pat travers official web site -rsb- - years active: 1976 -- present - caption: travers group azmyth -lrb- 3rd from left -rrb- , with the - birth name: patrick henry travers - origin: toronto , ontario , canada - label: polydor records , lemon recordings - genre: hard rock , blues rock , heavy metal - notable instruments: 1957 gibson les paul jr. , double cutaway - birth date: 12 april 1954 - name: pat travers - background: solo_singer - image: 9b.jpg - occupation: songwriter , musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pat travers .
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patrick henry '' pat '' travers -lrb- born april 12 , 1954 -rrb- is a canadian rock guitarist , keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with polydor records in the mid-1970s .pat thrall , nicko mcbrain , mick dyche , tommy aldridge , peter '' mars '' cowling , barry dunaway , jerry riggs , gunter nezhoda , carmine appice and michael shrieve are some of the noted musicians who have been members of the pat travers band through the years .kirk hammett of metallica has cited him as one of his favorite guitar players .