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About Me

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Tin Cat formed when four singer-songwriters from the San Jose area decided we were tired of singing alone and wanted to be in a band. Now a trio with occasional drums, we play all kinds of acoustic-based music, from alt-country to indie rock, with occasional visits to reggae, blues, and whatever else catches our eye.

In addition to our original material, we bring new sounds to cover songs--a funky sprint through Link Wray's "Fire and Brimstone", or a sweet mandolin-driven take on Talking Heads' "This Must Be the Place". All of it is bound together by vocal harmonies, attention to the groove, and a sense of play--we're here to have fun, and we want you to have fun too.

Send us email! tom, dave, and erik at tincatland.com. For booking and band business, booking at tincatland.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/20/2005
Band Website: tincatland.com/
Band Members:

Erik Ostrom: voice, accordion, mandolin, keyboards, guitar Tom Gewecke: voice, bass, guitar, ukulele, keyboards Dave Allender: voice, guitar, bass, more guitars
Influences: Steve Earle, the Beatles, Redbird, Ida, Wilco, R.E.M., Bob Marley, Elvis Costello, Steely Dan, Josh Rouse, Ry Cooder, Peter Mulvey.
Sounds Like:

A little folky, a little funky. Three-part vocal harmonies. Lots of instruments. Sometimes sad, sometimes angry, sometimes funny, sometimes in love. Moving around a lot. Fun to watch.

Type of Label: None

My Blog

that cd we promised

... is finally mixed just the way we want it. I am just jumping for the chance to get it out into other people's hands, but first we have to get it mastered and, you know, make a bunch of copies. Bu...
Posted by Tin Cat on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:23:00 PST

vermillion lies

Hey, the new Vermillion Lies CD is out! Or at least they're taking preorders. Of course I went and listened to all the tracks I played accordion on. (I'm so vain, I probably think this album is abo...
Posted by Tin Cat on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:53:00 PST

sound and picture

Hey! Look at us! We're all multimedia, y0.Anyway, yeah, look, there's new live songs on the profile, and the videos are big enough to see now. How's my hair?There's a couple more live videos out th...
Posted by Tin Cat on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:57:00 PST

cover of the rolling stone

Well, no, but we did get our name in the paper! Paul Freeman wrote a MySpace roundup for a bunch of Bay Area newspapers, and we're in there right between Kristin Andreassen and Samantha Preis.&n...
Posted by Tin Cat on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:33:00 PST

new album news

You're probably wondering what Tin Cat's been up to lately. The answer is, finally recording a full-length album! We started working on it way back in December and have been going in fits ...
Posted by Tin Cat on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:39:00 PST

happiness is...

... people dancing last Monday at Red Rock to a spontaneous funk jam on Stevie Wonder's "Boogie On Reggae Woman," played on guitar, accordion, and ukulele.
Posted by Tin Cat on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:48:00 PST

Goodbye Meredith!

Well, maybe you heard already, but Meredith is no longer with Tin Cat. We'll miss her, but it was just too hard keeping things together. She's going to be pursuing her music through the st...
Posted by Tin Cat on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:42:00 PST

new songs

We finished recording the first four songs--rough mixes are now here for your listening enjoyment. --Erik
Posted by Tin Cat on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

recording!

We're recording some songs this week for a demo CD, coming soon to a CD player near you. Tom's mom generously allowed us to sprawl our gear all over her otherwise tidy house, and our friend Came...
Posted by Tin Cat on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

webcast

Hey, thanks to everyone who watched the webcast last night (and especially those who came to the show). Despite some logistical and technical problems, we had a good time. Personally I was really ha...
Posted by Tin Cat on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST