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Frank Ace: Music

Dead Kat Bounce

(Frank Ace)
April 2, 2007
F. L. Wallace

Here's the story behind this song.  I was working as a Chauffeur in 1990, in Phoenix, AZ.  I was asked to fill in for a fellow driver, the customer was a stockbroker from Chicago or New York.  he mentioned something like "even a dead cat will bounce".  he told me "you're a musician, write something about that". 

It took me a short time, but I didn't like what I wrote.  It wasn't until we moved to ST. Joseph and got a house with a yard.  My wife's son had two dogs ( Labs) father and son and they were begining to fight for domain rights.  So he asked if we wanted a dog, and we said yes.  He gave us the young Lab "Kobe". 

One day I was in the studio and heard Kobe going on and on about something, so I went outside and there was the neighbors cat "Charlotte" sitting on my patio deck rail cleaning herself, totally ignoring Kobe.  It was then this song came to me.  So I pulled out the mike and recorded Kobe barking at Charlotte.  Grabed my guitar and this is it.  Dead Kat Bounce!