Cap Weinberger, Jr. was born in San Francisco in 1947, attended public schools there, and graduated from Burlingame High School in 1964. He went on to attend Harvard College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Class of 1968. Cap has been an award-winning producer, director and writer for NBC-TV affiliate, KRON-TV in San Francisco and a Special Projects Officer with the United States Information Agency. In the 1980's, he was instrumental in setting up and programming the U.S. Government's "World Net" television station. A folk guitar musician, Cap says, "In the late '60's, Haight-Ashbury came to me. It was a wonderful time to be young, alive and making music in San Francisco. My fondest memories are of playing a few gigs with a guy named Jerry Garcia (before there was a Warlocks, let alone a Grateful Dead!)". Several years ago, Cap established his own video programming company, Central Sun, producing several shows including an original bluegrass music series in Nashville. Currently, he is publisher and owner of Windswept House Publishers in Maine. EgyptiCat is the first album he has produced for newly-formed Abracadabra Music Corporation in Las Vegas, NV, which he co-founded with former Canadian music executive, Veronica Mataseje. Look for more great works from this very creative individual in the multi-media!

In ancient times (originating in West Africa), the Mbira was often regarded as the timeless musical instrument used to bridge the spirit world. Similarly ancient, mysterious and immortalized by the Egyptians, the venerable cat also held a place of great reverence in the afterlife. Today, thanks to years of research by inventor Bill Wesley, the Mbira has made its' way into modern music as a new keyboard playing very old sounds. Also known as the thumb piano, the Mbira spans five octaves with one stroke of the finger sounding often like a cat springing from spot to spot. Its' tonal scale seems to effect within the listener a feline state of peaceful and deep relaxation, undisturbed by the world. In this moving and unique musical offering, which like the cat comes to itself within itself, the mysteries of Egypt and Africa are conjured forth to create heartfelt mystical sounds, sounds which often appear to almost fade away, as if they were blending directly into the listener's soul. Did the ancients have more knowledge of the arts than we realize? Take a listen and you decide.

There are two means of refuge
from the miseries of life...
MUSIC and CATS...
                Albert Schweitzer