Early this morning, feeling less than bright I posted the news that Al Casey had died. I thought i'd found an obit link which I never read and linked to. Doktor P intimated that the link was not the "Surfin' Hootenanny" Al Casey so I immediately pulled the posting. Apologies for that faux pas. If it's any consolation, the remainder of the day has taken a similar trajectory.
Update at 8.30pmFollowing the comment message from Jan, It seems that Alvin Wayne Casey did sadly pass away at the weekend. This obituary appeared in the Independent. My posting the wrong obit this morning is what discombobulated things. If you never heard this guys music then there's an excellent ACE compilation "Jivin' Around" that will introduce you.
And while i'm at this, I had no idea that Wanda Jackson was playing in London tonight. Anybody who was there that feel like filing a report? (Thanks to Andrew for that info)... Wonder who's in the band?
2 comments:
But I'm afraid that the surfin' Al Casey DID die just recently..This taken from a MySpace page: "Alvin Wayne Casey , guitarist, passed away at 8:40 AM this day Sunday September 17, 2006". The other Al Casey has been dead for almost exactly a year now. So put it all together: All Al Casey's are dead now!
This is the Al Casey that played on Endless Sleep (Jody Reynolds) and played with Lee Hazlewood. Also with the Beach Boys...
Ben
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