started playing the guitar as a teenager on the west coast in the 60s. At first it was the acoustic music of Dylan and his contemporaries, but during the next decade he branched out into all styles on both the electric guitar and electric bass. He taught music professionally for 8 years and spent several years on the road playing music all over BC and Alberta. A visit to the Caribbean during the 70s opened his ears to a more rhythmic approach to music and started a life-long obsession. The last part of the 20th century saw Walt take a break from music to raise a family and relocate to the Okanagan. Now that the new millennium is here, Walt has found his way back into the music scene and has been one of Kath’s Tomkats in his role as her bass player for the past 6 years – he has also extended his long list of music genres and joined kath ‘in blue’ old jazz and blues quintet for a couple of years - now that the two bands have amalgamated, he is the band’s lead guitar for the 'tomkats'.

is a 32 year veteran of the music business, beginning his career here in Vernon, and is also the International Sales Representative for the beautiful ‘Dingwall Designer Guitars’. After playing in the Interior for most of the 70’s, he found himself touring extensively throughout Western Canada for most of the 80’s, and eventually calling Edmonton home. As an active bassist in the busy Edmonton music scene, he lent his supportive bass lines to numerous bands playing all styles of music. With a career in the music industry and fate at the helm, he orchestrated a return to the Okanagan life-style and the Vernon music scene. He played for 'blue' for the past year and is looking forward to an active playing schedule with Kath and the tomkats.

performed with a variety of rock bands as a teenager that took him into the 70s with a popular progressive rock band "Heat Exchange" – they recorded three singles under the Yorkville label. Craig and Laurie raised three sons in Edmonton where he worked in the retail music business, honed his skills as a woodwind instrument repairman and continued performing with the likes of the award winning and the Cold Sweat band – an 8 piece R&B band. 

The family relocated to Vernon in 1994 where playing saxophone took a back seat to other pursuits as Craig developed his instrument repair business (Dr. Sax's Woodwind Service), and worked at their downtown Vernon store Dreamweaver, as well as taught music lessons.  In 2005, no longer able to suppress his desire to perform, Craig returned to active playing, he divides his time between his businesses, and a growing performance schedule, which includes the Mark Rose Swing Band, his own small jazz group "3/4tet," other freelance saxophone gigs, and, of course, (and most importantly) Kath and the Tomkats.

played drums for ‘blue’ but is also a talented sound engineer. John has played, recorded and toured with many freelance artists across Canada and the US where he was privileged to play with the likes of Mojo Williams.  Besides playing drums and percussion for Kath, his extensive background as a sound technician, where he worked with big names like Big Sugar, Biff Naked, Nickelback, Wide Mouth Mason, Doug and the Slugs, Long John Baldrey to name a few, makes him a huge asset as her live-sound engineer for the band.

is a master keyboard player. He originates from New Orleans where his musical career began - his beautiful harmonies and soul brings the big band sound and energy to the band. DD masters every genre -Blues, Jazz, Rock, Hip-Hop as well as R&B which led him to form a successful top performing act that toured North America and then exclusively throughout Asia.  With his vast training in musical theory at NOCCA, DD adds his flavour and a new direction for the band.