Cat Daddy Blues Duo

The Cat Daddy Blues Duo Won The Regional Blues Challenge And Represented The Blues Society Of Northwest Florida At The International Blues Challenge In Memphis May 6-9, 2022.

JIM “CAT DADDY” RICHMOND AND EDDY RAY FORMED A POWER TRIO IN 1996 CALLED INSIDIOUS. IN 2000, THEY CHANGED THE BAND'S NAME TO CAT DADDY TO BETTER REFLECT THE CATALOG OF MUSIC BEING PLAYED WHICH WAS MORE RETRO ROCK, BLUES AND R & B.  IN ABOUT 2010, THE BAND BECAME VERY INVOLVED IN THE BLUES SOCIETY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA IN PENSACOLA WHICH HOSTED LIVE BLUES MUSIC AND JAMS EVERY MONDAY NIGHT.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE BAND TRANSITIONED INTO A FULL-ON BLUES BAND CALLED THE CAT DADDY BLUES BAND.  THE CURRENT LINEUP OF THE CAT DADDY BLUES BAND IS: JIM "CAT DADDY" RICHMOND ON GUITAR AND VOCALS; HOWIE "LOW END" ERSKINE ON BASS AND VOCALS, RONNIE “RONNIE T” TAYLOR ON PIANO, KEYBOARD AND VOCALS AND JIM “JIMMY G” GEORGE ON PERCUSSION AND VOCALS. THE CAT DADDY BLUES BAND IS A TOP-RATED, SUCCESSFUL, ENERGETIC BLUES BAND PLAYING AT NUMEROUS VENUES AND FESTIVALS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA, SOUTH ALABAMA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.  MUSICAL INFLUENCES INCLUDE MANY OLD BLUES MASTERS SUCH AS BB, ALBERT AND FREDDIE KING, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II, MUDDY WATERS, JIMMY REED, BOBBY BLUE BLAND AND ALBERT COLLINS; AS WELL AS MORE RECENT PLAYERS SUCH AS STEVIE RAY VAUGHN, ERIC CLAPTON, BOZ SKAGGS, COCO MONTOYA, AND THE CASH BOX KINGS.  EARLY IN 2018, THE BAND RELEASED ITS FIRST CD (CAN’T CATCH A BREAK) WITH 10 ORIGINAL SONGS.

JIM “CAT DADDY” RICHMOND