After years of touring Australia and playing to packed-out crowds, CC the Cat’s latest release ‘Nicotine’ has been turning heads and gaining recognition for good reason. Apart from impressing triple j’s Roots n All presenter, Sarah Howells, CC and the members of her band have been smoking up the Musicadium office with some smooth grooves and funky beats. No stranger to performing, CC and her band have at different points shared the stage with esteemed Aussie acts such as Blue King Brown and The Cat Empire. We caught up with CC to talk career highlights, tours and dead cows….
Q. What’s new in CC’s world?
I’m in love baby! What’s not new is that my car is broked.
Q. I noticed that you played a gig in Byron over the Splendour weekend, “Splendour in the Pub” - What was that like?
It was HUGE!! It was part of our Nicotine launch tour and we got a huge local posse in to rock with us. Everyone was on a high off the splendour vibe and 300 or so of us rocked the house in a hippalicious happy way. There were a few amazing moments where it seemed like the whole crowd was singing along with us in reggae bliss. Mental. Beautiful. Why we keep on pushing through the sh*t.
Q. You have been touring throughout Oz over the past three years- What have been some career highlights so far?
Our five-week residency at the Roebuck Bay Hotel in Broome WA last year was definitely a huge highlight, playing 5 nights a week a the local watering hole where the waifs kicked off their career. We infiltrated the entire town with funky reggae like they’d never heard before and they loved it! Got down with the deadly local mob. I got to pretend i was Janis for a month and it was great.
Q. What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen at a gig?
A chopped up dead cow on the stage.
Q. What can people expect from your live shows?
A power-trio with a HUGE sound, wicked live beats, fat funky flawless bass, cc on electric and acoustic guitars, huge cc vocals, sweet harmonies and maximum crowd participation. Catchy tunes, hot performers, wicked live sound and funkysexy people in the crowd rockin next to you.
Q. Finally, what lies ahead for the rest of ‘08? Any plans for an overseas tour in the next year or so?
I’m checkin out the US market at the moment. Looking for Oz and US management. Finish recording the debut album. Play ozzie festivals this summer. Touring Oz/US 09. Peace out x
Cheers CC!
Digital Love,
From all the team @Musicadium.
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