The Wood Brothers, Oliver and Chris, have emerged as one of the innovative American roots music bands on today's scene. Each concentrated on differant genres of music before coming together to form their band. Oliver leaned towards Blues and Rhythm & Blues, while Chris was more on the Jazz Fusion side of music. Together, five of their collective albums have landed on the charts. In 2018, they were nominated for the Grammys' Best Americana Album award for their One Drop Of Truth project. The Wood Brothers' brand new CD is Puff of Smoke. Show producer Ray White talks with the brothers about their early years and how they've built a solid following with their musical union, plus much more. In our showcase segment, we feature a collaboration between Elton John and multi-Grammy winner Brandi Carlile, whose latest album is Who Believes In Angels? Also, we feature an amazing award-winning Blues/Southern Rock stalwart, Tommy Castro, who recently released his Closer To The Bone CD. The best from Roots to Americana to Blues, we've got it on the CAT!

John Waite launched his career in 1975 as a member of The Babys. After 5 studio albums the original group disbanded and his solo career was launched. In 1988, John fronted Bad English, a super group with members that had outstanding careers with Journey and Styx. In 1995, John returned to his solo work and later joined a tour with Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band. Producer and host Ray White caught up with John back in 2011 to talk about his then current album Rough & Tumble, the groups Bad English and The Babys and he shared his insights on Ringo. John's latest project is an EP titled Anything. In our showcase segment we look back at the career of Larry Lee, an awesome vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who was best known for his work with the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Larry was also in several other bands including Vinyl Kings, Beyond Reach, Jimmy Buffet's Coral Reefer Band and he released several solo albums, too. His work as a producer, included projects for Alabama, K.T. Oslin, Juice Newton and dozens more. Larry passed away on May 10, 2025. Great vocalists are featured on this episode from The CAT!

Time to celebrate our 4th "Best of The CAT" show, in our series. We highlight the most popular episodes from #151 to #199. The people's choice was Barry Goudreau (Boston, Orion The Hunter, RTZ and Barry Goudreau's Engine Room) who is featured on Episode 187. Also towards the top of the list was Humble Pie! Dave (Bucket) Colwell, who played on their last studio album - Back On Track and was also in Bad Company for 12 years, joins us. Listen to the full Humble Pie show on Episode 166. We close out this "Best Of The CAT" show with The Church. Steve Kilbey the singer/songwriter/bassist for the band he founded in 1980, joins us. They have a brand new album out titled Eros Zeta and The Perfumed Guitars. You'll find Steve and the band featured on Episode 156. Be sure to check out our other "Best Of" shows on Episodes 50, 100 and 150! And... tell your friends and family about our great shows!!