CAC – The War Kitty Chronicles

I’m Missouri bound… got some music and a fast car. Going to see my folks. It’ll be fun. It’s my Dad’s birthday on Saturday.
Gentleman, start your engines…
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This photo cracks me up. Jan shot it. We were hamming it up out back while she was putting her new camera lens through the paces.
When I saw this ‘pose’ I knew what had to be done… it’s a cross between Devo and someone channeling a higher power. So, I slapped this puppy together.
Ha… [...]

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It was on this date in 1867 that Canada was officially born.
My grandmother was Canadian.
Cheers!
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CAC War Kitty – Act Naturally
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His name was Akiyoshi Hirahara but I called him Firewater and he lived across the street from me in Japan. We lived in Mitaka on a narrow side street a block or so from the main drag.
Firewater and a couple of his friends had a place called ‘The Country and [...]

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Shot by Jan – CAC War Kitty 6/2010
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Who’s gonna get to ten millions fans first… there seems to be a contest in the media over who will be first to reach 10 million friends on Facebook… Obama or Lady Gaga…
Well, hold your horses. Now it’s your chance to set the story straight… Help me get to 10 millions friends first… I am [...]

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This is the tree I transplanted from the front yard to the back… A couple of weeks ago when the water main broke (due to tree roots pushing rocks into the water line), I noted that this tree was growing right over the waterline near the house. Had to go. Found a place in the [...]

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CAC War Kitty – Renewal: First Light
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The peyote dreams have left the mind fatigued and the body electric. I sit alone on the mesa as eddies of chilled air raise from the desert floor. The darkness from which I came is losing ground to the west and the new dawn is cresting to the east. [...]

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CAC War Kitty – Sometimes
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Sometimes – an uptempo romp with a latin twist. Caliente!
This is a 3 minute song. I’m talking about the creative process: this came like a lightning bolt and it was almost over before it started… one that writes itself in three minutes or less. That’s what happened with this song, [...]

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Friday update: I’ve got 2 new songs I’m working up… both original and with lyrics. One is a pop/dance mover and shaker while the other is a more subdued ballad with a beat. I should have them, or at least one of them, ready for next week.
My ‘new to me’ acoustic guitar should arrive [...]

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