Hello, my name is Robert Andrew Barron-Gushel, and this is my account on how the band Super Lucky Catz came into existence


Fresno Adventist Academy is a humble K-12 school with around 200 kids that attend, give or take. Its a school where everybody knows your name, and a new face is spotted out like an ice cream truck on a hot summers day! Walking through that small campus for the first time was one of the most awkward experiences I had to go through as a young adult. In public school I seem to blend in, but at FAA I stuck out a a sore thumb!

There was no hiding at FAA! Picture it if you can, a school where your teacher not only knows your parents cell # but attends the same church! A place where the kids in your math and English class are the same kids that attend youth group meetings with you. I have not always been a Christian. I started going to church around the same time I started attending FAA so it was kinda strange for me at first, and it took me a little while to get adjusted. Church, and school together? Church is where I went to say sorry to God for all the stupid stuff I did in school that week, then I had to lie about doing my home work to my teacher while at Church. What the hell! Don't get me wrong FAA was an amazing school. It was a place where it was OK for me to be who I was. A place where I was able to be open with my spiritual walk, find answers on tough math questions. As I learned about Christ. Where the hell was I? I did not know a place like this could even exist! Where were all the gang bangers hiding? Where was the police station at on campus? And most important what the hell would I do now with my new found tagging skills?

As time passed I settled in, and found a place within the school. It did not take long for everyone to find out that I could sing, thanks to my big mouth, proud Mom! One night as me and my Mother were walking around campus for open house, we heard someone playing the piano. As we walked into the room where the music was coming from my Mom started to say "Sing Robert, Sing!". The few people in the room turned around and started to chant along with my mom, "come on, just a little bit, sing Robert, sing!". What the hell! I looked at my mom and gave her the SHUT THE HELL UP LOOK, but it did not work, it only made her whine more "come ooon"! The only way out of it was to sing and get it over with!

As soon as I opened up every one looked at me like with a blank stare and said "what the hell"! I went through the first verse and chorus of "In The Garden" and then looked around the room, it was packed, and Damn it felt good! In the room was the tall lanky music teacher Mr. Wheeler who walked over to me and asked why I was not in the school choir, and I said "because I was not asked to be!" He said "we hold practice every morning at 7am, be there!" My Mom was so proud, she looked as if I had won a Grammy!

I will never forget that night as long as I live, it was the night I determined I was a singer! I could see the way people were looking at me and it was different, I was no longer just the new kid I was "man you can sing!". I was on top of the world that night, because I knew what I was born to do, I found my calling, I found myself..

As time passed I became more involved with the music program at the school singing in different churches and schools all over CA and near by States! I loved the attention I received and could not get enough of it!

From that point on music became my life. I vowed to live each and everyday for my music! I woke up and went to bed with a song in my heart. Soon my life would become a song, I started to feel myself change from a singer to an artist. I am not sure on how it happened, some thing just took over my spirit and my music. I no longer found joy singing from hymn books or off the radio, it would no longer feed the fire I had burning within me! I found myself humming melodies from my heart, and spitting out words from within my soul! My music, my message, my joy and my pain. I had a story to tell, and not just any story but my story.. I started going mad because I was unable to release my thoughts! I needed to find a way to tell my story, but without an outlet it stayed stuck inside of me! I knew I could not do this alone, I knew I needed help. The music was my child, my thoughts, my life, it was a special part of who I was and who I was becoming. I needed to find a home for my music, but not just any home, the right home.

When I was 16 years old, a man from my church named Arland Finney hit me up about doing some studio work and working on a album with him. I was blown away by the offer because Arland was a top notch guitar and piano player who's band was doing big things around town at jazz festivals and radio events, wow! I was very excited about working with him and his band, and jumped at the shot to do so!

Arland Finney - Keys
Jon Yoshida - Bass
Paul Yoshida -Drums
Steve Kuykendall - Guitar
Debbie Rudd - Singer
Robert Barron-Gushel - Singer

the blue print to our band the Super Lucky Catz.