DEAD CAT + SINNERS & SAINTS + HEATHER HIMES

Overview

DEAD CAT - Dead Cat is an original country trio from Charlotte, NC. Born several years ago from a rainy day and a broken heart, then roommates, Cat Glenn and Desmond Landry wrote their first song “Go.” The tone was set for this band’s poignant reflection of lovesick country that was carried by Cat’s soulful voice, and Desmond’s wailing dobro. After being asked to play a few shows and being well received in the Charlotte area, Cat and Desmond decided to record an album. They asked friend and fantastic musician Geoff White (David Childers, Appalulcia) to accompany them and were honored and blessed when he became a full time member of the band.

Through years of love and loss, Cat found an outlet in singing and songwriting. With a voice that possesses a serene sadness and touches on some of life’s most critical hardships, Cat has been able to bring forth a deep emotional core to her music. Though the content is at times melancholy, Dead Cat pushes an upbeat, catchy country sound that keeps you tapping your feet. Dead Cat was awarded “Best Country Artist” in 2016 Creative Loafing. Dead Cat finished their first full length album in summer of 2017, which is set to release in October of the same year.

SINNERS & SAINTS - Since the band’s formation in 2011, Charlotte, NC country crooners Sinners & Saints have brought their live show to many a main stage or festival with a combination of regional tours in the Southeast and regular appearances across their native Charlotte. The band has shared the stage with the likes of Flogging Molly, Shovel and Rope, 500 Miles to Memphis, Bombadil and many others as they seek to spread their whiskey drinking, shit kickin’, sweet loving music to as many ears as they can find. Their 2014 release, Love and Misery also brings the band’s first partnership with Silent Uproar Records, who will help with the promotion and distribution of the release.

The band features Perry Fowler on guitar, vocals, kick snare, and harmonica and Mark Baran on stand-up bass, vocals, kick drum, tenor banjo. Their latest album was recorded by Electromagnetic Radio Recorders in Winston Salem, NC in the fall of 2013. Other southern talent EMRR has worked in the past include The Avett Brothers, The Wood Brothers, Mad Tea Party, Overmountain Men, Lou Ford, and Poprocket. Love and Misery also features special guest Geoff White of Overmountain Men, Appalucia, and Leadville Social Club playing fiddle, mandolin, and 5 string banjo.

HEATHER HIMES - Lead vocalist of Dust & Ashes