Flat Cat evolved out of informal acoustic jams on a farm in West Bertram, Iowa back in 1994. Sessions around a campfire eventually moved inside the shed when the weather cooled and moved into the electric age. It started with Mark Anderson, Zeke Schuller and Dave Bader. Butch O'Connell came out and started playing drums and then Jeff Reeder joined in on guitar.

Flat Cat eventually starting playing live gigs and over the years the personell changed a little. Tom Dowd joined in on vocals, Tom T-Bone Giblin joined on keyboards and eventually Craig Erickson replaced Jeff Reeder (who moved on to Kansas City) on guitars.

We've played in front of as few as 5 people and as many as 10,000 over the years but have stayed true to the experimental ways of the shed - always trying something new and playing the songs a little different. We have well over 100 songs on our list that run between originals and soulful covers - from New Orleans backbeat to Chicago blues, Memphis soul, San Francisco jam rock and a little Iowa country thrown in.

Over ten years later we are still out playing the clubs and having fun. We all have other projects to work on, but keep coming back for more Flat Cat - hope things are well with you.