Kyle Patrick

Kyle Patrick (born Kyle Patrick Dickherber; May 20, 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer best known as the lead singer of Boston power pop band, The Click Five. Kyle is currently producing and songwriting out of his studio in Brooklyn, NY. Kyle was born and raised in Marietta, GA, where he graduated from Lassiter High School and later moved to Boston to attend college. Kyle attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. At Berklee, Kyle was a student of Professor of Guitar, Lauren Passarelli. In 2007, his third year at the college, he was chosen by The Click Five to be the lead singer of their band. He left in the middle of his studies to join The Click Five as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. He has been performing since the age of 11, citing Eric Clapton and his bands Derek & The Dominos, Cream, Stevie Ray Vaughan and James Taylor as his early influences. Kyle is also a Celebrity Ambassador with MTV EXIT, performing countries like Cambodia and Thailand to raise awareness about human trafficking. He visited shelters to interact with human trafficking victims, as well as to hear their life stories. He is also involved with the Human Trafficking Awareness Council and performed at the 2011 Freedom Walk and rally against human trafficking in New York City. In addition to his performances to raise awareness about human trafficking, Kyle is also an active participant in the annual New York City Marathon to raise funds for charity. In 2010, the funds he raised went to Team For Kids, and in 2011, to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Kyle plans to run in 2016 as well. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York City. Despite being from the United States, Kyle has had much more success in Asia, especially in the region of Southeast Asia, earning gold records in countries like Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines. After his time touring with The Click Five, Kyle has focused on producing and songwriting. Kyle formed a band with close friends from high school, Patrick McGraw and Billy Justineau, and later added friend Josh Dockins to the lineup. The band was called Hillside Manor. It was formed circa 2005. Kyle left Hillside Manor to pursue The Click Five, but the remaining band members continued to write and perform under the name for a few years following. Kyle still remains in close contact with his former bandmates. Before he officially joined The Click Five, Patrick had co-written the song Empty with CF's keyboardist Ben Romans. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.