So, it was a strike while the iron is hot kind of deal." "But it would've been weird to break the band up, go to college and then try to put it together again. "All our parents were expecting us to go to college," says Sample. Upon graduating from high school, band members quickly eschewed a college education in favor of a full-time musical career. "Then, we figured it wasn't a very smart idea. "We almost changed our name when we got on Rubric," Sample chuckles. But after he came up with it he pointed at me and said, "Well, I guess you'll be Sammy." I said, "Well, Okay." So this piano player we had says, ÔHow about Cave Catt Sammy?' We all kind of said, ÔThat's a dumb nameÉOkay.' To tell you the truth, none of us were crazy about the name. "And we were scrambling around for a new name because we learned there was a heavy metal band in Wisconsin called Slapdash. "We had a piano player for a really short period of time," explains Sample. So how did the Slapdash duo become Cave Catt Sammy? So, it was They Might Be Giants humor by two guys playing music with this oldies feel." It was just him on guitar, me on bass, and we would play around town in coffee shops doing originals and covers. "Steven (Scott) and I have been playing together since seventh grade and were doing a music and comedy act. Speaking from his cell phone in San Antonio, Beau Sample explained the band's metamorphosis. Officially formed in 1997, while still attending MacArthur High School in San Antonio, the group actually began a few years earlier as the comedy/rock duo Slapdash. Hailing from San Antonio, Cave Catt Sammy includes lead guitarist Stephen Scott (age 22), acoustic guitarist Dustin Hutchinson (22), drummer Paul Ward (19), and singing stand-up bass player Beau "Sammy" Sample (21).Īfter a couple of local label CDs and over a thousand club dates, the flashy rockabilly quartet recently signed a three-album contract with a strong independent label, Rubric and issued their best disc so far "Love Me Like Crazy." Without hesitation the two well-traveled rockabilly veterans responded, "Well, there's these young guys in Texas called Cave Catt Sammy." Last year, in separate conversations, both Dave Gonzales of The Paladins and Kevin Patey of The Raging Teens were asked to name an up and coming band they liked.
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