//  Origin:  Pensacola, Florida

 

//  Genres:  Blues,  R&B, Pop, Reggae

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//  Years Active:  20 years plus

 

//  Label:  Mississippi Delta Records

 

//  Website:  www.catrhodesandthetruth.com

 

Bryan Morris & Cat Rhodes

Cat Rhodes & The Truth

Energy & Passion flow from the Stage when the Cat Rhodes & The Truth band perform.

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Home base is Pensacola, Florida.

Band-Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocalist.

Optional, Keys, Harmonica

 

Four Releases:  Single: Slim Brown, April 2023; Album: Blues Sitting On My Doorstep; 2021 Single: I Got It ; 2021 Album: Knee Deep In The Blues 2016

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Cat Rhodes/Vocalist  Cat has performed as a guest artist with Kenny Neal while he was touring in Paris, the Caribbean, Florida, and California. Cat Rhodes has also appeared as the opening act for Bryan McKnight whose work earned him 16 Grammy Awards nominations. She has opened for Pebo Bryson, a winner of two Grammy Awards, and for Joan Faulkner who was called "the best black voice in Europe” by Music Producer Frank Farian.  Cat Rhodes has also performed with Clarence Carter, Jerry “Ice Man” Butler, the Reggae Festival at the Amphitheater in Louisiana, and a homecoming celebration for B.B. King. Cat Rhodes and Bryan Morris also are producers of the Florida television show Cat Traxx.

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The band was formed by Bryan Morris who has a deep history of performing nationally and internationally. Bryan Morris is a musician, songwriter, and producer. Bryan is the producer of the single “I Got It" and the album "Blues Sitting On My Doorstep" released under his production company B Mo Productions LLC” New Single (Slim Brown)  for Cat Rhodes in 2023. Roman Street Key To Paradise 2023, Written and Composed and Drums by Bryan Morris of BMO Productions LLC debuts on Billboard Charts as #24 (Smooth Jazz)!

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During his career Bryan Morris has performed with the with an array of distinguished musicians, including Bobby Humphries, Artique Duke Payne–Bagpipes, and the E.B. Coleman Jazz Orchestra, and jazz trumpet Maestro Maynard Ferguson.  Bryan was hired as the drummer for the Surgeon General Band (Top 40) and remained with the group until it disbanded. Bryan’s performance career continued with: The Michael Foster Project (jazz band) and Dojo Composure featured rapper Lavell Crump a.k.a. David Banner. Bryan produced tracks for Doja Composure; performed with jazz trumpeter Eric Baskins; performed with jazz clarinetists Alvin Batiste; and toured with American Bluesman Kenny Neal.

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​Honors:

2019 - The Truth and Cat Rhodes are noted on a Mississippi Blues Marker located in Pensacola, FL which celebrates Pensacola blues history.

2019 – Mobile, Alabama City Council proclaim Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019 “Mr. Bryan Morris Day.”

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Noted performances:

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2023 Big Blues Bender, Las Vegas

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2022 - The Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience – Meridian, MS – Maxie’s Juke Joint show

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2021 – August 8th, Blues On The Bay Concert Series, Pensacola, FL

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2020 – 2021 Cat Rhodes and The Truth are the House Band for Destin, Florida’s premiere entertainment night club Graffiti and the Funky Blues Shack. Performing nightly

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2020-2021 - "The Blues Revival" - Special shows at Graffiti and the Funky Blues Shack, Cat Rhodes and the Truth band perform featuring Two Time BMA Award Winner and Multi Grammy Nominee Biscuit Miller. 

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2020 - The Mississippi State Fair – Cat Rhodes and The Truth closed out the night as part of the Big Blues Explosion on the Budweiser Stage.

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2019 – 5 Sisters Restaurant, Pensacola, FL – Cat Rhodes and The Truth with The Amazing Jimmi Mayes Life Story Event

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