The first time I ever heard Cat I was....

[Daisy]

Okay , so how old were you the first time?

[ocaritas]

I'm thinking that I was somewhere around 12.  I have come a long way in this last year now that I'm all of 13!!!

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So sorry~~I just couldn't resist.

[Vivian]

I was going on 12 years old when I fell MADLY IN LOVE WITH CAT! Thirty years later, and I STILL THINK that Cat ROCKS! ;D ;D ;D ;D

Peace,Vivian

[Chris]

I was around 14, when I first heard Cats music. My older sister turned me onto him.

[70sCat]

Gosh, I don't remember my exact age...maybe around 13/14?? .....give or take a couple of years.  I remember hearing (and loving) Wild World and Morning Has Broken, but honestly since they didn't play his music that much on the radio where I grew up, I really wasn't much of a follower.  I didn't even know what the guy looked like until a bit over a year ago!  I was very poor growing up and wasn't able to buy LP's or anything like that so I didn't even go into those types of stores.  


peace and love,
Susan

[Aisha]

I was 11.  The first song I heard was "Peace Train".   Hmmmm, that was 31 years ago....

Well, if time keeps creeping up on me so rapidly I may be able to return from the dead and post again here as another user and will click on the 'Funeral' choice.  

Love,
A'isha

[Lucy13]

I was about seven.

Even today, every time I hear Wild World (esp. after a hiatus of not hearing it for a while), my brain goes back to being that age.  It's truly amazing how that works.

[Aisha]

Lucy13 said:

Even today, every time I hear Wild World (esp. after a hiatus of not hearing it for a while), my brain goes back to being that age.  It's truly amazing how that works.

I understand that feeling Lucy.  "Moonshadow" and "Oh Very Young" take me on nostalgic journeys as well.

Love,
A'isha

[hummingbird]

I was in 7th grade, so I guess that would've made me about 13.  My history teacher played the Tea for the Tillerman album for us for no particular reason.  He was young and into music and I guess just wanted to share his interest with us.  Hearing Where Do the Children Play really knocked me over.  Then when I saw Cat's picture on the album...I just wanted to know more about that mysterious-looking dark haired bearded man with the incredible voice.

I still do remember that day very clearly.  And that teacher too...out of all my teachers, I probably remember him the best.

[Vivian]

I must admit, I also sometime just have to take that journey down memory lane! And then the tears just FLOW AND FLOW AND FLOW!

Peace,Vivian

[Girlhowdy233]

It was actually 1969 when I first  heard him and knew WHO he was, so that would have made me 13 years old at the time.   I DID hear Cat for the FIRST time back in 1967, but did NOT make the connection WHO he was, so I guess the ACTUAL first time I heard him I was only 11 years old.   When I "Rediscovered " him (shortly after "Tea For The Tillerman" came out), I was about 14 or 15 years old.   This was when someone brought the album to school to play it(maybe the teacher, as I recall).When I later saw him perform LIVE in Los Angeles I was 15 years old, that was in 1971.                           Hugs,Shirley                                                                     P.S. It is an ODD thing that I have REAL trouble recalling the date of MOST things that happened to me growing up, but NO trouble recalling those things that involved CAT!

[Girlhowdy233]

;D  Ha ha ha A'isha!                                                         Shirley  

[Jancat]

I've been enjoying reading all the responses on this topic!  I was 17 when I first heard "Wild World" in 1971 - that song WAS my senior year so I'll always have a particular fondness for it.  I remember that I loved his songs long before I saw any photos of him.  And when I DID finally see what he looked like, I thought he looked so dark and intense...

[Girlhowdy233]

Hi Jan! ;D                                                                              Yes, I TOO really LOVED the guy BEFORE I ever knew what he LOOKED like!   When I first heard him in the late sixties, ALL I knew at that time was I loved that "Certain SOMETHING" that I could even THEN detect in his voice when he sang "Matthew & Son"!   When I finally saw what he LOOKED like I was ALREADY hooked on the guy, and the fact he was DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS was just the frosting on the cake!            Shirley

[Aisha]

My daughter, Mary was just talking to me about this subject and she said she was born hearing CAT.  Yes, she was and I would sing "Moonshadow" to her as a child.  Now Mary says she has always loved CAT but was 14 when she discovered how handsome he is.  That must happen when those hormones start kicking in.  

Love,
A'isha