Cathi Walkup: Blog

Many friends on hearing these stories have encouraged me to write them down and share them with others. Here are a few. Drop me a note in the comment section here.
Special Delivery, ATS (A True Story)
It was a spectacular breakup – we'd had a stormy on again off again relationship for a few years and through a few states, but we were back in St. Louis and he was really pushing my buttons. We were in his rented room. He liked to fancy himself a free spirit so he always rented a room, kept his possessions to a minimum and his jeep ready to take off. Really he was just good at running away. Anyway, we were in his rented room and he was sorting through things and throwing some things out and packing others – we were about to enter another off again phase and I was getting pretty fed up with it. "You see what I'm doing don't you?" he asked. "What's that?" I said. "Getting rid of excess baggage." The meaning was pretty clear and pissed me off royally. "Tell [...]

Occasionally life hands you a wonderful blessing all tied up with a bow and you can only accept and say thank you, thank you, thank you!

Just back from NYC and the gig at The 5C Cultural Center and Cafe in the East Village was great fun. Leonard Thompson is a joy to work with and most of the audience were musicians, and that was a kick! Posting pics soon. Visited Ground Zero, at the WTC, which was very emotional and overwhelming. This is a pilgrimage every American who can should make, difficult though it is. Caught up with dear friends Andrea Wolper and Claire Daly. Andrea, a wonderful singer took time out from her schedule of preparing for her 2nd recording and I know it's going to be wonderful, as her debut album was. Claire , outside of playing the Bari sax and teaching, is involved in auditioning kids from all the boroughs of NY for scholarships to a music program at Lincoln Center, and loving it. Also caught my friend Roz Corral singing at her Sunday brunch gig at North Square, with Tom Kennedy on bass and Paul Meyers on guitar, superb. The night after my gig at 5C there was the Jeff Franzel and Friends quartet, [...]