A Wild Ride for San Angelo s Kat Hasty
SAN ANGELO, TX Two years ago, singer and songwriter Kat Hasty could only get booked at the Eola School House, a tiny, out-of-the-way brew pub in that small town east of San Angelo. Then the Covid-19 lockdowns began. Already armed with several notebooks full of songs, she set forth to record a three-volume set of extended-play collections. Hasty, 24, said she recorded most of the acoustic songs in the bathroom of her small apartment she shared with her daughter in Stephenville.
The Central High School graduate’s heart was broken by her boyfriend who had told her to “do the normal thing” after graduating “You know, like go to Texas Tech, dye my hair blonde, join a sorority, and drive a Mercedes,” all while listening to Turnpike Troubadours. The heartbroken Hasty said she rebelled against his expectations of her and ultimately dumped him.