We’re enjoying a well-earned break at the moment but will be back with new tales soon. In the meantime, check out past tales in the episode section.

Blues Episodes

June 6, 2022

124: The one with Dr Feelgood's Wilko Johnson

This tale is about a legendary guitar hero who has officially cheated death. To successive generations of guitar aficionados, Wilko Johnson is a cult figure in the rock world. He’s been a Blockhead and a founding member of Canvey Island’s …

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April 21, 2022

115: Cat o' Nine Tales: Nils Lofgren

Tale 2… There’s so much more to Nils Lofgren than just being part of Bruce Sprinsteen’s E-Street Band. He’s played with Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Patti Scialfa, and Grin as well as being inducted …

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May 13, 2020

57: The one with Whitesnake’s Bernie Marsden

This tale is about one of the best rock-blues guitarist of his generation. It starts with a boyhood dream and ends with him playing alongside some of the rock greats of the last 40 years. Co-founder of Whitesnake, he counts …

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April 23, 2020

55: The one with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets’ Guy Pratt

He’s the self-confessed Ronnie Corbett of the bass-playing world and, with a career in the music industry spanning almost 40 years, Grammy-winning Guy Pratt has a few stories to tell! The chosen bassist for many of the world's elite musicians, …

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April 28, 2017

30: The one with Tali 'Icepack' Jackson

I’m joined on the telephone by blues drummer extraordinaire and veteran of the music business for over 50 years, Tali 'Icepack' Jackson. A pure world-class multi-talented musician, Tali has played and recorded with absolutely everyone who’s anyone from Bob Dylan, …

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April 28, 2016

26: The one with The New York Doll’s Earl Slick

Earl Slick Talks Bowie and Station To Station. He's played with David Bowie, John Lennon, Yoko Ono Band, The New York Dolls…and now the legendary Earl Slick chats to CAT about his Station To Station tour and an illustrious career …

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