Cathouse was formed after Big Snake Dreams played a date at Prophet Bar with a band from Euless called The Idea Men. John Barrett and John Davis(BSD) later joined up with Chad Clemens and Ron Lewis(Idea Men)to form Cathouse. Most band practice took place in or around a small duplex on Penrose off Greenville Ave. in East Dallas. The duplex itself was sometimes referred to as "Cathouse" not because of prostitution, but because many cats and kittens hung around. Cathouse made two album length Studio recordings. MOYA(May/June 1988) and VIBE JUNGLE(1989) were both recorded at Omega Audio/Love Field. Local musicians and critics alike ejoyed both releases. Moya actually garnered the attentions of some L.A. Record peeps. Cathouse played in Deep Ellum and made occasional road-trips to do shows in Austin, Ft. Worth and Denton. The band also did live hour long broadcasts on KNON and SROTV cable-televison.
