New drummer - line-up change for rockabilly trio

Local rockabilly trio slap 'N' the Cats has undergone a line-up change, to replace drummer Tim Bowen. Bowen's shoes have been filled by Rohan Keert, a teacher at Warrnambool College. Keert has performed with several bands in Melbourne and Warrnambool. While living in Melbourne he played with the T-Bones, exponents of country, blues and psychobilly. He and several other members of the band then formed an off-shoot rockabilly group, the Texas T-Bones. Since moving to Warrnambool in 1989, Keert has also performed with groups, including Lost in Suburbia and Emu Creek.

Slap 'N'  the Cats original drummer Tim Bowen left the group recently to pursue and international music career. He recently joined a six-piece band called Brother to Brother, which has secured gigs at Hard Rock Cafes in China and throughout Asia.

Keert said he would "try very hard to fill the the big shoes left by Tim". Slap 'N' the Cats - which also comprises bassist Rob Sharrock and vocalist and guitarist Damian [sic] Webster - has been invited to perform at the Australian Rockabilly Association's function next month. Sharrock said the band was one of only two groups invited to perform at the function.

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