About Casey Rankin (July 10, 1946 - January 2, 2009)
Casey Rankin is an American Singer/Songwriter living in Tokyo Japan since 1971.
In 1974 he started a band called Short Hope with Freeman McLarty, a Canadian
piano player, Mike Dunn, a Bass player from New Zealand, Carlos DeCouto and
Rob Brill. Rob Brill went on to play drums for Berlin.
After Short Hope Casey began writing soundtracks for Film, Jingles and started
a new band called Shogun. With Shogun Casey won the best new group, best album
best single in 1979.
Casey continues to write and record - To date he has recorded and released over 30
albums and continues to write for television and film. Many of his songs have become
standards within Japan and can be found on all Karaoke systems thoughout Japan.
Shogun's legendary status is based on Casey's songs. Particularly the first single,
Otoko-tachi No Melody, for which he won the best writer award and Bad City which
has now become a Pachinko Game featuring the actor Matsuda Yusaku. Bad City
was the original score for Yusaku's TV series 'Tantei Monogatari which also garnered
Casey a number of awards from the Japanese music industry.
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It was only a short time we knew each other, but you stood out from the first time we met. Performing and recording with you was almost as much of an honor as hanging out with you in your home and meeting your wonderful family. I will keep your memory alive and well here in New York, and next time I get up to Maine I'll tip a glass your way as we dig into a couple lobsters... Blessings to you and yours! -Sean Harkness
Words cannot express the sadness I feel by visiting this page after a long absence. I give my condolences to family and friends...your songs will always bring back memories of bright days.