Joe Cassady (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar), Aaron Gardner (Bass), Shu Nakamura (Lead Guitar--www.shunakamura.com), Robert Bonhomme (Drums)
Part-Time Players: Anthony Bax, Eric Seftel, Justin Masi (Original Album Art & Past Percussions)
Influences
Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Undergound, The Band, Townes VanZandt, Kris Kristofferson, Gram Parsons, Kurt Cobain, Wilco, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, R.L. Burnside, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Kinky Friedman, Donovan, Regina Spektor, Roy Harper, Willie Nelson, The Little Willies, Elliott Smith, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Jack Kerouac, Oscar Wilde, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ayn Rand, e. e. cummings, James Joyce, Jackson Pollock, VanGogh, Picasso, Alexander Calder, Auguste Rodin
"Big Wave" from the new album THE 47TH PROBLEM
“It doesn't take a genius to work out that Joe Cassady is a damn fine
musician and an even better songwriter.” Maverick Magazine—June 2009.
Called, "an alt-country innovator . . . in the tradition without being derivative," Avenue A Records recording artists Joe Cassady and The West End Sound, combine the best of the singer-songwriter tradition with roots, Americana and modern rock forms. Their debut CD What’s Your Sign? was named as one of the best CD’s of 2007 by editors of USA Today and Soundstage! and was spun by legendary UK DJ Bob Harris on his BBC2 radio show. The follow-up, 2009’s The 47th Problem reached the top 10 of the Euro-Americana Charts and has also received extensive airplay in the U.S, Australia and South America.
Founded in 2005 out of Manhattan's Lower East Side by lead singer and songwriter, Joe Cassady, Joe Cassady & The West End Sound are among the main protagonists in a growing roots/rock music scene arising in the Big Apple. They have toured throughout the eastern United States and along the way they have shared the stage with notables such as Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Bernie Worrell of Parliament Funkadelic and Talking Heads and Garth Hudson of The Band, as well as acts like Olabelle, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, the Zen Tricksters, and the Jim Weider Band. In the words of Midwest Record's Chris Spector: this is "an up and comer that's going to go the distance no matter what marketing handle they hang on the genre. Top shelf stuff in any bar."
"Wasn't necessarily expecting good alt-country from a Manhattan band, but got it anyway. The songs' obvious intelligence doesn't get in the way of the solid, often enthralling music."
Ken Barnes - USA Today
“Cassady and his pals continue to merge the best of various fringe and underground sounds into a special Americana gumbo that you label that way because there’s no other way to make the uninitiated understand.” Chris Spector - Midwest Record Review
"Heavy shit indeed." Jan Wolfer - Hooked on Music
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Awwwww, I love the new profile pic of you all at the Highland Gathering Festival on the beach at Lossiemouth. Just hope you make it back here again.. soon!
Hi Joe, it's been really good to meet you all. We've got a snatch of you doing dead flowers with maria at belladrum, we'll probably upload that in a couple of days..
Hi Joe I notice you still have the Highland Gathering Festival as being at the Riverview. It was changed to the Silver Sands Leisure Park, Lossiemouth about a month back! lol I wouldn't want you going to the wrong venue! So here's the poster to keep you right! If it's small just click on it to enlarge and see all the details. :)
See you in aug. I'm at Drummonds in Aberdeen too so I'll see you there first. Peace, Maria :)
the highlight of a fabulous week of music and gigs for me, was getting on stage with you and your band to sing one song! I was sooooo impressed with you guys!!! Remember to always let me know if you're back in Scotland again.
heh joe and the gang, it was a sheer pleasure to have met you all over the belladrum festival week. good times, great music, great fun and best use of a bow i've seen since the 70's!
the sweetest live band and best rocking americana outfit we've ever seen.
hey whats goin on ?, thanks for the add , you guys sound really good , i was just jammin along to find my way home and big wave , i came up with some cool lead/solo parts . i deff dig you guys . peace
.. Just to let you know you're on the current show. If you get a chance check it out - syndicated around the clock, around the world. On air 35 hours a week in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK.
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Hey Joe, Have a blast across the pond! I am about to begin planning, the Second LYME DISEASE BENEFIT for TORCHY, in Nov 2009, are you in? Hope so, give me a holla back asap, Kat
Hello, I'm just sending out a reminder that due to the nature of the festival site, this event does have limited capacity ... we will be selling only 2000 adult tickets - buy soon to avoid disapointment. Tickets purchased at the gate (if still available) will be more expensive.
So grab your tickets in advance from our website -
Thanks for the add. Caught your set at The Potting Shed at Bella' on Saturday - thoroughly enjoyed it. Hope you all had as great a time at the Tartan Heart as I did! Cheery the noo.
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