Alleycats night in Kuala Lumpur

Alleycats performing at the Heritage bar, Royal Chulang Hotel

Wednesday 29th July was a memorable day for me as I went to watch my cousin, Gerard Abisheganaden perform with his band, the Alleycats at the Heritage Bar in Royal Chulang.Gerard has been in the music industry for over 30 years, and is the co-vocalist together with the founder of the band, David Arumugam. Alleycats have been in existence for 40 (!) years and was started by the brothers Logan and David Arumugam in 1969.


Gerard Abisheganaden,co-lead singer for the Alleycats, my first cousin.

Probably the premier rock and roll band in malaysia, Alleycats perform their own Malay songs, plus excellent covers from Santana, eagles,Don Henly,Bee Gees and many others. I was extremely impressed by their showmanship as well as their repertoire of songs, needing no tuning or intros which alot of the lead or bass guitarists do when they play songs which they are unfamiliar with. I guess the years of experience have made them so smooth and accomplished that the guitarists, Frank Ong and a chap called Ah Meng, can just play like they were born with the instruments as their limbs !



KLCC all lit up at night, photo taken from the Club Lounge from my hotel

To make the night more memorable, I met up with my long time friend, Chong Ki Kiong, who is a lawyer with his own law firm and we had a great chat about the state of Malaysian politics and economy ever since the change of the premiership early this year. Ever vocal and given his extensive legal knowledge, Ki Kiong is indeed a very engaging person and has wide exposure to the political bigwigs in both the ruling party and opposition camps.


Chong Ki Kiong, an old friend and lawyer based in K.L.

It was indeed a memorable evening.Lets do it again soon !