Cacciatore "Torre" Gunn (alpha cat, mreows)
Torre is a grey tabby who started The Dubliners' Tabby Cats. In 2003, he overheard a telephone conversation with his human, Marc Gunn, about writing a parody of traditional Irish drinking songs with lyrics about cats. He then realized this was the perfect outlet for his musical vision combining cats and Celtic music as well as a place where he could openly express his purrs and low voice in song. He immediately started working on songs with his brother Tiziano and began manipulating Marc to write the human lyrics for his masterpieces.
Tiziano Gunn (mews, name tag jingles)
Tiziano is a brown tabby cat and brother of Torre. Tiziano was a late blooming singer, but when he first heard the resonance of Marc's bathroom, he knew what he wanted to do with his life. He began practicing daily and developed pure tenor vocals that complement his engaging and charismatic live performance. His soft fur and charming good looks make him a natural Ladies cat. Careful ladies... he's single!
Jasper Pearsall-Gunn
Jasper, or "Jasper-Kitty" as he is sometimes known, spent a reckless youth
in
the guardianship of a mysterious human counterpart in Austin, Texas. As
ringleaders of an underground catnip cartel, the duo was eventually captured
and brought to justice. While paying his dues to society at the local
SPCA,
our tabby friend experienced a spiritual awakening and realized that his
life’s
purpose was to share his gift of music with others. He first tried his paw at
the violin. But after hearing the false, yet disturbing, tales about the
use
of cat-gut in violin strings, he settled on percussion. His favorite
instrument to rattle? The kitchen cabinets.
Laszlo Pearsall
Laszlo, also known as “Laszlino Gattino”, earned his name by virtue of the fact that he was nearly raised from the dead, like Lazarus. He was abandoned as an infant in the grass of a corner store in Austin, Texas. Hearing his mews for help, an off-duty vet tech found the white Siamese sitting, half-dead and despondent, in a pile of fire ants. A few weeks later, he had found a loving
home with a compassionate, but often obsessive-compulsive, woman. After she nursed him back to health, she and a friend gave Laszlo the scrubbing of a lifetime. With the passing of time, he proved to be a vocal virtuoso, though a bit of a perfectionist.
Dora Avila Leyva
Dora was a starving grey tabby girl when she joined the band at the young age of five weeks. She was a child prodigy who mastered the guitar, learning how to attack the strings when her human wasn't looking. Yet it is her singing voice that is her greatest instrument. She mastered a wide vocal range that enables her to hit the highest notes audibe to the human ear. When not singing or practicing guitar, she loves to catch butterflies, chase water
streams from hoses, and sneak into narrow places.
