Catfish John Tisdell is a musician that makes his home on Maui. He is the owner of Koa Music Studio where he teaches private lessons and engineers recording sessions. Catfish John has recorded a wide variety of albums ranging from Blues and Rock styles to traditional folk music. ( Listen on Bandcamp ) He is also an avid windsurfer and if the trade winds are strong you'll most likely find him windsurfing at Kanaha beach. Please take a few minutes and check out some music and videos. If you're interested in scheduling music lessons or a recording session call / email :
(808) 572-7957 john@catfish-john.com
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"Koa Music Studio" guitar store on Reverb. (click on photo)

Catfish John has an online guitar store. Check out all the guitars and music gear that's for sale here.

Listen to all of Catfish John's albums on Bandcamp. You can also hear him on You Tube, Facebook, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Google, CD Baby and Soundcloud.

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Still Got The Blues

Catfish John Tisdell

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This album features some of Catfish John's best songs in the blues/rock genre. He is playing with a full band in all of the tracks, and there are some original songs mixed in with some classic covers. Each song has been compiled from a different album, so you might think of this collection as a "sampler"album. Also featured are some previously unreleased tracks of him playing with "The Front Street Blues Band". For more information on what musicians are featured and which albums the songs were originally released on, see the notes for each selection.

1 Not Fade Away 05:41 Info Buy

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2 Stormy Monday 05:03 Info Buy

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3 Mary Had A Little Lamb 05:06 Info Buy

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4 The Sky's Been Cryin' 04:16 Info Buy

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5 Workin' Overtime 05:00 Info Buy

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6 I Done Got Over It 03:50 Info Buy

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7 Blues For Jimi 03:41 Info Buy

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8 Feelin' Allright 04:43 Info Buy

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9 Coffee Buzz 03:13 Info Buy

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10 House Is A'Rockin' 02:44 Info Buy

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11 Red House 04:32 Info Buy

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12 Mustang Sally ( extended version ) 06:43 Info Buy

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13 You Can't Always Get What You Want 05:59 Info Buy

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14 Blues In E 02:46 Info Buy

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15 Get Out Of My Life Woman 03:56 Info Buy

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16 She's A Mystery To Me 03:26 Info Buy

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17 Walkin' Blues 03:39 Info Buy

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18 Stayin' Out All Night 05:46 Info Buy

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19 Big Road Blues 03:52 Info Buy

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20 Give Me One Kiss 02:57 Info Buy

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21 Dust My Broom 03:42 Info Buy

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22 Truth In Blue 06:19 Info Buy

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Nothin' But The Blues

Catfish John Tisdell

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Here are some new songs from Catfish John and Friends recorded in 2015 and 2016. This album contains many classic blues covers. Most of it is in the "blues/rock" style. There is one original song called "It's A Lie" ( about propaganda) which leans more towards classic rock.

1 The Sky's Been Cryin' 04:16 Info Buy

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2 Early In The Mornin' 04:19 Info Buy

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3 It's A Lie 04:33 Info Buy

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4 Sweet Home Chicago 04:14 Info Buy

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5 Before You Accuse Me 03:47 Info Buy

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6 You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had 04:56 Info Buy

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7 Goin' Down Slow 04:31 Info Buy

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8 Just A Dream 04:36 Info Buy

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9 Love Me Two Times 05:20 Info Buy

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10 Corrina, Corrina 04:44 Info Buy

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11 Kansas City 02:58 Info Buy

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12 Low Down Dirty Shame 04:51 Info Buy

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"It's Only An Island" original song along with Catfish John's latest windsurfing session

Album cover slide show :

Still Got The Blues

Catfish John Tisdell

Nothin' But The Blues

Catfish John Tisdell

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