I studied classical upright bass since I was 9, then played in orchestras while spending my teens listening to the punk rock in high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts. I went to Manhattan School of Music for a jazz degree and have since enjoyed the country, alt-rock, bluegrass, klezmer and singer-songwriter scenes in NYC. I've written a big-band arrangement or two and a horn arrangement or two, but have also kept my music school background to myself to avoid being called a nerd. Pretty much I like to play the bass and laugh a lot.
I play the upright and electric bass. My upright is your basic 150 year old canoe and I play a 1966 P Bass and a 1967 Guild Starfire hollowbody. I've been in NYC for about 15 years and have had a blast playing/recording/touring with bucketfulls of folks including: Hem, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Duke Ellington Big Band, Willie Nelson, Victoria Williams, Michael Stipe, James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), Dr. John, Rachael Yamagata, Maxene Andrews (Andrews Sisters), Levon Helm, Norah Jones, Jennifer Glass, Rhett Miller, Rene Lopez, Jim Campilongo, Leona Naess, Tony Scherr, Garth Hudson, Joseph Arthur, Luke Doucet, and The Peter Rowan/Tony Rice Quartet
So glad to be friends, believe it or not! (I mean, we don't know each other outside of the World Wide Interweb... um... so I guess we're still not "friends" friends, but glad nonetheless)
Have I told you lately how awesome you are and how freakin proud I am of you for making all your dreams come true and then some? You rock,Cat Pop! Found Julie hill recently,my how times change!:)
My bass had a dream about your bass last night. Your bass was coming to Nashville. My bass was excited. My bass flipped it's wig and then played the line to "Bernadette." Then I never woke up.
NEW TRACK GROOVING SOMEONES EARS RIGHT NOW! RIGHT ON!
Catherine! You are an inspiration! Thanks for being our friend. You're the best bass player on the planet and I love your voice too! Anyone who gets to work with you is LUCKY! Hope we do one day. God speed. the Gang :)
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