A four piece exciting band who play from country to rock ‘n’ roll.
However, Dave was determined to carry on with his passion and so for a while used stand-in musicians. One day, being let down at the last minute, by ringing around he finally found Mandy Stroud. She proved to be a great success and has joined as a permanent Double bass player. Through the bands web-site Dave had advertised for a guitarist and he eventually found Johnny Vagianos who's enthusiasm impressed Dave before even meeting him, The three did a gig together and got on like a house on fire, Johnny was just what the band was looking for and a little bit more. His playing ability doing Merle Travis / Chet Atkins / Scotty Moore is breathtaking. So with the trio on full steam again they practiced and arranged a recording session at the Riverside recording studios in Blackpool which is owned by Chris Cummings who also has a passion for the same style of music. It ended up with Chris playing Lap-steel on most of the tracks and the results were much better than they had hoped for, with Chris being just as excited as the band. Dave having seen Chris's enthusiasm asked if he'd like to guest with them at the top gig of the year 'The Americana'. He eagerly accepted, the gig was a success and Chris has been to every gig since. When you see Country Cattin' you'll see a band that really enjoy what they are doing. They all have a passion for the music and love performing, giving covers their own style and filling in with a lot of self-written material. So, checkout them when you can - you won't be disappointed.
Country Cattin' was formed about 1999 with original members Dave Brown, Paul Chambers and Nathan Young. Dave has always had a passion for the pure clean foot tapping sound of Country Rockabilly including early Elvis, Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Buddy Holly, Hank Snow and Hank Williams. He also loved the sound of a Double bass, so a project was born to recreate that type of sound. His other passion is song writing which is why he loves country music because of the story telling within the songs. In 2004, Guy Trigg replaced Paul as the bass player. At this time also, as it was Elvis' 70th Birthday coming up and also 50 years since his first recordings, they were asked to play an early Elvis set at the Royal Concert Hall with some big stars and from this came an album of early Elvis 'Sun' tracks entitled 'Sun Worship'. This received some good reviews plus gave them the opportunity of working at an “Elvis” festival in France. 2005 saw another change in the line-up with the original members getting tired of travelling and Nathan going to Live in Spain so for a while, things looked bleak.
