Mr. Cat & The Jackal
Mr. Cat & The Jackal was conceptualized at the beginning of 2007, although … Read Full Bio ↴Mr. Cat & The Jackal was conceptualized at the beginning of 2007, although the name of this music project was at that stage not yet found.

The inspiration for this project came naturally while Gertjie Besselsen and Jacques du Plessis were working on the Theatrical Music Score for the Award winning, Marthinus Basson, theater production, ‘Die Storm’, for which they received a KANNA nomination. While working on this project they experimented with instruments like Xylophones, glockenspiels etc. and consequently found tremendous inspiration for their own project.

With a perfect combination of the understanding of, and the passion for, interesting instruments…and exceptional musical genius, they incorporated these instruments in songs already written by them and voila! Mr. Cat and The Jackal were born! They thought, what the hell and went ballistic on instruments like the Accordion, Lap-slide, Bouzouki, Melodica, Kalimba and a shit-load of percussion instruments, to only name a few! Soon afterwards the name ‘Mr. Cat & The Jackal’ emerged out of thin air and a five piece band was formed.

Gertjie and Jacques started performing with muso’s who came and went and was finally joined permanently by the talented and groovy, JC Visser on bass, Bernard Willemse on light percussion and Pierre Theron on low percussion.

Since then they have been recording an album at their own studio, making some of their own instruments, creating and writing songs, Performing live, in and all around Cape Town, Creating a whole repertoire of theatre soundtracks (from Peter Pan to more serious stuff), and made a music video.

There sound can best be described as experimental acoustic folk, with a dash of blues. With a circus of sounds created by foreign and handmade instruments their live performances is a complete musical experience.

Their debut album “Themes and Variations” was released 28 Nov 2009. The music video “Fresh Meat” is available at Youtube.
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Mr. Cat & The Jackal Lyrics


An Honest Man I met her on a Sunday By the river in the…
Arsenal of Bliss Lay your weapons down I'm not here to fight you anyway You…
Bad man The bad man's coming, he's coming down the road The bad…
Blahlalala There's a place that nobody knows of that's never seen…
Corridor of nights You can't believe me when I promise you that all…
Darkness There's no light at the end of the tunnel Not even…
Dig May I wake you up to let you know? To let…
Down Below One day the oceans and rivers will dry One day my…
Dream On Stars shining bright above you Night breezes seem to whisper…
Drinking In the AM Life can be hard, life can be tough You can have…
End of days Since the dawn of man our roles have been planned,…
Every Now And Then Now and then I want to scream and shout At all the…
Flatheads Black clouds on their own together with the birds swimming…


Fresh Meat I 'wanna hear birds sing, I 'wanna feel sun shine…
Get up I see a whole team of chicks tryin to sit…
Go Alone The sun jumped up by the ocean and the moon…
House on a hill Built me a house on a hill So the sun will…
Hurrah I saw the light of day today and I think…
I Want You There's not much to gain here, not much to lose You…
Jimmy the lonesome Lately he's been working on the corner At the spot called…
Judge Me Gently I ask you please listen to me Not even a minute…
Kalimba Lullaby There once lived a little gnome in the forest, called…
King Pt. 1 Grimace in my head now And it's 'tryna take me down You're…
Let The Dark In We gathered around at the old stranggled priest A riddle san…
Love Me The eye is out and I have climbed, I've walked…
Mother tongue I'll never describe myself as much of a law abiding…
My Friends From The Cabinet I've tried my hand at not drinking Only just for a…
Old Port Joan's Now she's drinking on her own at a tavern down…
People In Boxes I see people who living in boxes, staring down tunnels,…
Phat Chance Sometimes I smile, I don't look back and I don't…
Privilege There's a sad life outside my window So many things have…
Sailor Cold night, strange dreams Memory stuck like glue Her fac…
Scissors I got a brand new pair of boots Hey, they'll walk…
Second Night Blues Come meet me in the morning, just before the daylight You…
Straight They say Mister life guy, I tell you he ain't…
Street Preacher Street preacher, street preacher (Street preacher, street pr…
Succubus I woke up this morning with an ache in my…
The Call 夜中の電話はしない約束 やぶった君の午前2時のコール 「話してごらん」と優しい声で 許してしまう僕の悪い癖 「彼女は元気…
The Devil Always Wants to Dance The wisest of the fools always needs the biggest crew He…
The Journey Pt. One There once lived a keen adventurer That climbed Mount Everes…
The Man He was put in a garden he was put to…
The rain came pouring There once lived a world full of sin and hatred,…
The spawn of pirates Though they've been sailing in the seas for nearly two…
The Traveler Meow Meow Meow Patapatapata pa Papa tapa papapao Papa tapa p…
Themes & Variations Burn your bridges on the run, we can make it…
Try Come try and try and try to resist me With my…
Walk the Plank We sail upon the waters in the night (In the…
Where& They were a gift from my mother when I turned…
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow Oh, tonight, tonight, the stars would shine so bright if…


We have lyrics for these tracks by Mr. Cat:


Bad Man He Comin The bad man's coming, he's coming down the road The bad…
Blahlalala There's a place that nobody knows of that's never seen…
Die Kruispad Dit was 'n donker aand, die Maan was skerp die…
Fresh Meat I 'wanna hear birds sing, I 'wanna feel sun shine…
Here I Am Ripping all of the pages of my letters I wrote for…
I'm a Kitty Cat ’m just a cat in a big wide world Chasing…
Jimmy the Lonesome Lately he's been working on the corner At the spot called…
Old Port Joan's Now she's drinking on her own at a tavern down…
Party Night Nah door o Come and open the door o Nah door o Come…
Someday I've been trying to convey The words up in my brain I…
Succubus I woke up this morning with an ache in my…
The Devil Always Wants to Dance The wisest of the fools always needs the biggest crew He…
The Rain Came Pouring There once lived a world full of sin and hatred,…
Themes & Variations Burn your bridges on the run, we can make it…
Try Come try and try and try to resist me With my…
U. F. O. Honestly tired of talking bout my ex Already moved on I'm…
Warm I'm knockin Knockin at the door Nobody Nobody is home And I …
Weird Today I read That the seas was turning purple And…
What Went Wrong I'm sick of always hearing All the sad songs on the…
Where's My Shoes They were a gift from my mother when I turned…
未来 名前もない路上で ヒッチハイクしている 膝を抱えて待ってる ここは荒れ果てていて 人の気配はないし 誰もここを通らないや…


We have lyrics for these tracks by The Jackal:


Bitch You Don't Know Lover, don't you know it's a beautiful life we're in? I'd…
Black on Black All I want is a little sign To tell my left…
It Ends With Us The way she rile me up different I got lilies all…
One by One I AM Vesica Piscis, your pal lucky symmetry I'm a cloud…
The Jack Some had enough of keeping up with the machine Nobody does…
What You Mean Had another rough night away from the bed It's probably beca…