CODE BLUE
Code Blue performs original and traditional blues, swing, and R&B.
Code Blue features:
• Singer / songwriter / guitarist, Catya
• Tenor saxophonist, Sue Orfield
• Kevin Louden on lead guitar
• Randy Sinz on bass
• John LeBrun on drums
CATYA'S TRIO
Catya’s Trio performs a mix of original and traditional blues, swing, contemporary acoustic music, and some familiar and some not so familiar stuff.
Catya’s Trio Features:
• Singer / songwriter / guitarist, Catya,
• Tenor saxophonist, Sue Orfield,
• Randy Sinz on bass.
FERAL CATS
Feral Cats is a four piece low down blues band performing primarily original and traditional blues.
Feral Cats feature:
• Singer / songwriter / guitarist, Catya,
• The Twin Cities' blues guitarist, John Franken!
• with a red-hot rhythm section.
CATYA & SUE
This duo performs original and traditional blues, swing,
and contemporary acoustic music.
Featuring:
• Tenor saxophonist, Sue Orfield
• Singer / songwriter / guitarist, Catya
Solo
In her solo act, Catya performs Originals, Contemporary Acoustic Music, and Traditional Blues & Swing. Catya wrote her first song at the age of 8. She began performing her and other people’s songs professionally in 1978 and before coming to Wisconsin worked in clubs all over New England, the Southwest, and Northern California.
on Bass
Catya also freelances as a Blues bass player on a Fender electric bass (4-string). She’s played gigs with Darrell Nulisch, Jon Ross, Brian Templeton & Kid Bangham, Chuck “The Cat” Morris, The Paramounts, The Short Brothers (as “Penny Short”), and various other acts in New England.
In the Greater Upper Mississippi Valley area she’s played with Howard “Guitar” Luedtke, David Jones & the Jones Tones, Poppy Moelter, and Joe T. Cook and the Longshots.
on Guitar
Catya, occasionally, freelances on guitar. She’s worked as a guitarist with Lucy Creek, R4, and The Sue Orfield Band.