In “The Begining”
The year was 2002. I was 18 and spending three weeks over Christmas and New Years with family in Sydney (I am from Perth).
Myself being an avid jazz fan, my Uncle declared that he would take me to “The Basement” - the best jazz lounge in N.S.W. We had one night available, and the band listed was a group of boys from Melbourne that we had never heard of, but they sounded like good fun. Yep, that group of boys was The Cat Empire.
For their debut gig in Sydney there was quite a crowd at the club. About 30 seconds into the first song I leaned over to my sister and said/yelled, “I think I have to go and dance now!”
And that was the begining.