Jigsaw is:
Cathy Stewart-songwriter (BMI), vocals, rhythm guitar
Greg Stewart- percussion
Dave Busch- bass
Jeff Kenders-lead and rhythm guitar and vocals
with frequent guests
Dave Rudovsky-pedal steel
Bob "Crafty" Crafton-Bass and guitar
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It is always an honor when someone else wants to sing one of your songs. Emily Eutsey singing "Here I Am" at the memorial field trial for her Brother Chris Jr., who lost his life last year when a deer came through the windshield of his car ironically on his way to go hunting. The trial was a huge success, and raised a lot of money for the Chris Eutsey Jr Memorial Scholorship Fund, that will provide college funding for young men and women involved in the sport of beagling. It truly warmed my heart to be able to be a part of it in some small way. and warmed my heart to hear this little girl sing this song...
Influences
"Intelligence is by far the best weapon in this world of mediocrity." CJS
"Don't hail me and don't idolize the ink...." Axl Rose-"Don't Damn Me"
"Ya can't write if you can't relate...get crazy with the Cheez Whiz..." Beck "Loser"
From "That Thing You Do"-"Dell Paxton: It ain't no way to keep a band together. Bands come and go. You gotta keep playin', no matter with who."
"... you know what they say: You lie down with the devil, you wake up in hell."
-- Horatio Caine "CSI Miami"
"One minute, you're running the world and, the next, you're in a six-by-six."
-- Tim Speedle "CSI Miami"
"So what do you get when a six-foot-tall man lays down with a three-foot-long rifle?"
"Hot flashes. But that's just me."
-- Horatio Caine and Calleigh Duquesne CSI Miami (ME TOO CAL!)
"Naked Eye" written by Pete Townshend.
"You can cover up your guts, but when you cover up your nuts
You're admitting that there must be something wrong
Press any button, and milk and honey flows
The world begins behind your neighbor's wall
It all looks fine to the naked eye, But it don't really happen that way at all...........
Don't happen that way at all...."
"Summer, Highland Falls" William M. Joel
"For we are always what our situations hand us, its either sadness or euphoria."
"Slit Skirts"-Pete Townshend
"No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned, for a moment you'd imagine that there must be something learned..."
Cathy Stewart-general ramblings....
"Luck and fate walk hand in hand,
How can their bond be broken?
By only simple disregard
Of things one leaves unspoken."
BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN MY MUSIC AND LIFE: God and Family
as to musical influences.......
Let's see, there are so many, starting from my early years listening to and playing music by Clifford Brown, Miles, Bird, Maynard, Dixie Dregs, Matrix, and my rock influences of The Who, Skynnyrd, Zeppelin, CCR, Guns N' Roses, Creed, to country influences from Toby, Faith Hill, Wayne Warner, Josh Turner, Corbin Hanner, Sarah Evans, John Michael Montgomery, Johnny Cash, and the list goes on, to my education in classical music with Haydn being my favorite with Bach a close second, to my Christian favorites like Steven Curtis Chapman, Avalon, Point of Grace, plus a lot of old Country Gospel songs.
Going a little more into detail.....
Homer and Jethro and Wierd Al and Dr Demento taught me humor, Donny Osmond taught me how to match pitch, Billy Joel taught me to grow up and use the craft of words(we are talking Streetlife Seranade, Turnstiles, Cold Spring Harbor and The Stranger), John Denver taught me to find a little yee haw in my life and sparked me to learn guitar, Maynard Ferguson taught me to achieve the seemingly impossible, Bird, Trane, Prez, Clifford B, Jaco, Max R, Oscar P, Joe P, Chick, Joe Zawlinul, Stanley T, Woody, Satchmo, Brubeck etc, taught me passion for the way a tune "feels" to become a part of the creation as it happens through improvisation, and gave me a musical soul, The Dregs and Matrix taught me different is cool, Zeppelin, Skynnyrd, AC/DC, Aerosmith, and Guns n Roses taught me to rock, HARD....Pete, Rodger, Moonie and The Ox gave me a release for my angst, Dan Fogelburg and Mark Murphy showed me how powerfully music can effect one's desires and emotions, David Bowie showed me how to look past the wierdness and enjoy the musical ride, and Gordon Sumner the lesson of versatility. There are a hundred more, but this gives you an idea........and if you don't know who Gordon Sumner is....look it up!
Sounds Like
You should come out of your cave and see me and Jigsaw play some of the best original music (and even some covers too) that you will hear for a long time.....
ORIGINALS-EP 1 is done and available at shows or downloadable on my Snocap store....THIS BEGGAR'S READY TO RIDE-EP 2 is back in production,thanks Al Snyder for getting the EP off to a beautiful start with "You're My Home"...Birchtree Studio and Joey and David Granati are taking over the reins on this horse now...2009 will be the year the Beggar RIDES! 45 or so (I've begun to lose count) are copyrighted and registered with BMI, publishing arrangements will be handled by Warner Publishing BMI of Nashville, with my good friend Wayne Warner.
Special thanks to the following people and studios...... Play On Studios/Dave Hanner for recording/arranging Teardrops, Alliteration, and Here I Am, and recording Dreams Do and Come Down; DJW Audio/Doug Wilkin for recording "Walkin' Shoes"; and Albey Road Studio/Al Snyder for final production work on Come Down and Dreams Do, and You're My Home, It's All About God's Son and your friendship and expertise, and Birchtree Studio, David and Joey Granati, for your belief in the music and the great things we will accomplish. Special thanks to all my "boys in the band", Dave Rudovsky, Greg Stewart, Bob "Crafty" Crafton, Dave Hanner, Ryan Langley, and Al Snyder. Without all of this wonderful talent, the music would not have the life it has. I'm awed and humbled by the talent I've been surrounded by. More recently, I must give my thanks to the Church of Rock at Charlie Murdoch's, Joey Granati, David Granati, Ron Soltis, Danny McElroy, Sean Roberts and Ben Tryc...the musical embrace you have given me is a welcome breath of fresh air in this often dog eat dog world of music...I feel like the little sister of a great brotherhood of artists.
What everyone needs to know is that I am first and foremost a songwriter. I'd rather hear the voice I heard sing the song when I wrote it do it than mine. Ok, so I hear "voices", call the guys in the white coats and haul me off. I just sing for fun, and as long as its good enough not to make your ears bleed, I've done ok.
Cathy is a 1986 graduate of Duquesne University's School of Music, a trumpet major with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education. Finding teaching jobs was difficult, so she pursued her other love and has had her own pet grooming business and raises champion beagles.
Music finally had time to come back and make a new impact on her life, with support from her biggest fan, daughter Brianne and her husband, Brian.
"Every song the good Lord blesses me with, whether Christian, country, blues or rock, has a story or a message. God's been good to me. If I reach one person with one song,
all the struggles have been worth it."
She also performs her new material regularly at the Bloomfield Bridge Tavern's songwriter's Tuesday open mic nights, as well as being a regular at the Rex and Acoustic Cafe's Open Stage at Club Cafe'. She often sits in with the Church of Rock at Charlie Murdoch's, The Granati Brothers, Gil Snyder and the Mystic Knights, Dallas Marks Band and has, is or will be gigging with Warren King, Dallas Marks, Sasha Eleyce, SBC, Steeltown, and The Fabulous Gunslingers (who have the kickinest salsa I've ever tasted).
May 2010 be a better year for all of us! The very best of Holidays to you and yours from Nashville! Jimmy Roberts - Songwriter / Pedal Steel Guitarist :)
Hey Cathy! I miss you too! I'll be coming back to the 'burgh for Thanksgiving & staying for the weekend. Hopefully, we can meet up then! If not, I'll be home for a while at Christmas too! Hope you're well!!
Welcome Cathy!! Thanks for the request!! You are now a member of the BOONE & GAMBLE FAMILY OF ROCKERS!! I hope we are able to do a few gigs together in the coming weeks/months here in Pittsburgh, PA! Let's ROCK THIS TOWN & TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN!! You Totally ROCK!!
WOW THANK YOU. that really means alot its not everyday i read some thing like that. I had so much fun playing with last thursday. I will send you the lyrics to the song that i wrote
Ciao Cathv, Ciao sempre dall'ITALIA, da Varese, da Lucera, da Peschici (Gargano: sole, mare, sabbia e "trabucco") Ascolto sempre la Tua Musica. Mi piace molto. Hai con Te un bravissimo traduttore, quindi sono felice di poterTi esprimere, tranquillamente, i miei pensieri. Ti auguro sempre tanto successo! (Anche a me e a tutti i MUSICISTI BRAVI del mondo!) Ciao, un bacio affettuoso, a tender Kiss Ninì
gotta say, i am definitely impressed with "another drop of rain" and "bed of thorns"... sounding better than ever!! good to see that things are going well for you!
