The Feral Swing Katz

They’re wild. They’re wonderful. They play some of the grooviest music you’re ever likely to hear. They’re The Feral Swing Katz!Musicians and friends Stuart French and Michel Rose built more than just the core of a unique band when they combined their talents in 1996. Stuart’s hot guitar blended perfectly with Michel’s harmony licks on pedal steel in a partnership meant to be – forming the signature sound of The Feral Swing Katz.Since that time this amazing band has made more than an impact on the Australian music market, earning a coveted MO award in 2001 for Best Country Band; in 2002 they added a Golden Guitar to their trophy shelf; then in 2006 the Ferals won the ACE award for Country Group of the Year.Not content simply to take Australia by storm the Ferals left our shores in 2002, taking western swing (Down Under style) to the St Louis International Steel Guitar Convention, where they brought the audience to their feet, earning rave reviews from the media and industry personnel.Michael G Scott, of Scotty’s Music in St Louis, had never seen anything like the reaction this band from the land Down Under received at the gathering of world class musicians.“I was there when the Feral Swing Katz broke my record! I am part owner of SteelRadio.com and can tell you that this group has broken every record there was to break. I have been working the convention for 31 years now, and I have never seen the type of response that was received by the "Katz". When they took the stage, all connections in the state of Illinois lost their ability to receive e-mails for about 20 minutes. This means that I sucked up all the bandwidth in the state. This defines down to well over 500,000 hits. I had seven servers to handle all the listeners around the world and they all were filled. This has never happened before!”Acclaimed Nashville songwriter to the stars, Jim Lauderdale, caught one of their performances in Nashville on that visit to the States and said: “it’s refreshing to hear country played in the manner it was intended.”While America would easily have welcomed this band with open arms, they returned triumphantly to Australia, earning rich praise from all and sundry. 2RRR Sydney DJ Ken Date, a firm Ferals devotee, said: “from the Murrumbidgee to the Mississippi, no cat swings like the Ferals!”Add the velvet vocals of New Zealand-born Camille Te Nahu to the Feral Swing Katz lineup, and you are in for one seriously enjoyable concert. Sit back and just wait for your feet to start tapping. They will take on a life of their own. Happens all the time. It’s a Feral thing.