Katy Moffatt
b. 19 November 1950, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Moffatt is a Texan singer-songwriter whose country-based folk has won a limited, yet loyal following. Originally from Fort Worth, her early influences included Leonard Cohen and Tracy Nelson. She spent the early '70s playing folk clubs and small rock venues, mainly in Colorado, before signing to CBS, and releasing two commercially slanted records in the mid to late '70s. Disillusioned with the music business, Moffatt kept a low profile during the early '80s, but during the mid-80s she received a nomination from the Academy Of Country Music as Best New Female Vocalist. Her appearance on the semi-legendary compilation, A TOWN SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD (1985), was a key career move, and her performance at the Kerrville Folk Festival a year later was another important step; she met the respected songwriter, Tom Russell, and they began a fruitful collaboration. In 1989, Moffatt gained favourable reviews for WALKIN' ON THE MOON, her first album for 11 years. Throughout her career she has supported many musicicans including Warren Zevon, Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers, and Don Williams, and has recorded regularly for a variety of independent labels.