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Chef d'orchestre, chanteur et guitariste US né le 26
Octobre
1936 à Long Beach (Californie). Installé en Arizona dès 1938 et leader des "Arizona Hayriders", Al Casey fut découvert par
Lee Hazlewood. Il accompagna plusieurs chanteurs de la région de Phenix, dont Jimmy Spellman,
Jimmy Johnson et surtout Sanford Clark à partir de 1955, contribuant à son succès. Musicien complet, il tiendra également le guitare et le piano aux cotés de
Duane Eddy. Premier disque solo en 1956 chez MCI Records. En tant que vocaliste, il enregistra quelques titres chez MCI (56),
DOT (56-57), Liberty (57-59),
United Artists (59), Highland (59), Blue Horizon (60?), et Stacy Records (62-64). Il fut un artiste
régulier à l'Arizona Hayride de Phoenix (Arizona) en 1956. Al Casey est décédé
le 17 Septembre 2006.
Longtime
session guitarist Al Casey is most noted for the records he made with producer
Lee Hazlewood, with artists like
Duane Eddy and Sanford Clark.
He also has made numerous records on his own, reaching his commercial peak in
the early 1960s, when a few of his instrumental (or mostly instrumental) surf
and R&B-rock singles made the Top Hundred. In the 1960s and 1970s he worked
often as a session player in Los Angeles, and was still putting out records
under his own name in the 1990s.
Casey was still in his teens when he started working with
Hazlewood in Phoenix, introducing
Lee to Sanford Clark, whose hit "The Fool"
was produced by Hazlewood. Casey's
band backed Clark on the singer's records,
as well as other discs cut by Hazlewood.
Casey was in Eddy's band, the Rebels, in
which he played the piano, although he's more known for his guitar playing.
Casey also wrote one of Eddy's earliest
hits, "Ramrod," as well as cowriting another
Eddy hit, "Forty Miles of Bad Road," with Duane.
In the early 1960s Casey was dividing his time between sessions in L.A. and
Phoenix, and working with his own group, the Al Casey Combo. Somewhat
surprisingly, considering his twangy background with
Eddy and the surf recordings in his near
future, his first successes were with bluesy instrumental rock singles with a
jazzy organ groove (played by Casey himself). "Cookin'" made #92 on the pop
chart, while a similar follow-up, "Jivin' Around," did a little better, getting
to #71 pop and #22 in the R&B listings. In 1963, however, he and
Hazlewood rode the surf craze and
cut an entire surf LP, much of which featured
Hazlewood compositions, and all of
which had respectably tough reverberant guitar by Casey. A single from the
album, "Surfin' Hootenanny" (with almost incidental female Vocals by the K-C-Ettes,
aka the Blossoms), became Casey's biggest hit, making #48; top L.A. session
dudes Leon Russell (organ) and Hal Blaine (drums) were present on many or all of
the tracks.
Casey's solo career petered out when the small independent label he recorded
for, Stacy, closed shop around the beginning of 1964. Casey found a lot of work,
though, as a session man, on recordings by artists including the Beach Boys,
Eddy Arnold, and Frank Sinatra. He also
ran a music store in Hollywood in the late 1960s, and played as a member of the
band on Dean Martin's television show. In the mid-'90s he made a solo recording
for Bear Family, Sidewinder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Casey_(rock_guitarist)
Talents : Guitar, Vocals
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll, Instrumental Rock, Surf
IF I TOLD YOU
(1956)
SHE GOTTA
SHAKE (1957)
TEEN-AGE BLUES
(1959)
SURFIN'
HOOTENANNY (1963)
Guitars, Guitars, Guitars
(1963)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 07/1956 | 78 t. VIV 8-3000 (US) | . |
Cat
Daddy
 (Jimmy JOHNSON with Al CASEY & The
Arizona Hayriders /
Al CASEY : Guitar - Larry
Vanlandingham : Drums) /
How About Me? Pretty Baby
(Jimmy JOHNSON with Al CASEY & The ARIZONA HAYRIDERS /
Guitar : Al CASEY) |
| 07/1956 | SP VIV 45-3000 (US) | . |
Cat
Daddy
(Jimmy JOHNSON with Al CASEY & The
Arizona Hayriders /
Al CASEY : Guitar - Larry
Vanlandingham : Drums) /
How About Me? Pretty Baby
(Jimmy JOHNSON with Al CASEY & The ARIZONA HAYRIDERS /
Guitar : Al CASEY) |
| 10/1956 | SP MCI 45-1004 (US) | . |
The Pink Panther
/ If I Told You
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| 12/1956 | SP DOT 45-15524 (US) | . | A Fool's Blues (instr.) / Juice (instr.) |
| 04/1957 | SP DOT 45-15563 (US) | . | Guitar Man / Come What May |
| 12/1957 | 78 t. RPM 502 (US) | . |
Don COLE - Al CASEY, Guitar -
Snake Eyed Mama
/
Kiss Of Love
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| 12/1957 | SP RPM 45x502 (US) | . |
Don COLE - Al CASEY, Guitar -
Snake Eyed Mama
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Kiss Of Love
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| 12/1957 | SP LIBERTY F-55117 (US) | . |
Willa Mae
/
She Gotta Shake
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| 02/1959 | SP UNITED ARTISTS UA 158X (US) | . | The Stinger (instr.) / Keep Talking (instr.) |
| 10/1959 | SP HIGHLAND 1001 (US) | . | Al CASEY & The BATS -
Teen-Age Blues
/ Adventures Of Frankentein |
| 11/1959 | SP HIGHLAND 1002 (US) | . |
(Got The) Teen-Age
Blues
(Al CASEY & The
BATS) / Give'n (Al CASEY & CORKEY & The BATS) |
| 11/1959 | SP HIGHLAND 1004 (US) | . | Al CASEY & The BATS - The Stinger (instr.) / Night Beat (instr.) |
| 1960 | SP CHALLENGE 59086 (US) | . | Cocoanut Grove / Alley Cat |
| 1961 | SP BLUE HORIZON 925X (US) | . | Hotfoot (instr.) / Cookin' (instr.) |
| 02/1962 | SP STACY 925 (US) | . | Al CASEY COMBO - Hotfoot (inst.) / Cookin' (instr.) |
| 07/1962 | SP STACY 936 (US) | . | Jivin' Around (instr.) / Doin' The Shotish |
| 09/1962 | SP STACY UA 494 (US) | . | Al CASEY COMBO - Jivin' Around (instr.) / Doin' The Shotish (instr.) |
| 09/1962 | SP UNITED ARTISTS 494 (US) | . | Jivin' Around (instr.) / Doin' The Shotish (instr.) |
| 11/1962 | SP STACY 950 (US) | . | Al CASEY COMBO - Laughin' (instr.) / Chicken Feathers (instr.) |
| 03/1963 | SP STACY 956 (US) | . | Doin' It (instr.) / Monte Carlo (instr.) |
| 05/1963 | SP STACY 961 (US) | . | Al CASEY COMBO - Full House (instr.) Indian Love Call (instr.) |
| 06/1963 | SP STACY 962 (US) | . | Al CASEY with The K-C-ETTES -
Surfin' Hootenanny
/ Easy Pickin' (instr.) |
| 09/1963 | SP STACY 964 (US) | . | Al CASEY with The K-C-ETTES - Surfin' Blues
(instr.) /
Guitars, Guitars, Guitars
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| 12/1963 | SP CBS 1304 (GER) |
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Guitars, Guitars, Guitars
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| 01/1964 | SP STACY 971 (US) | . | Al CASEY COMBO - What Are We Gonna Do In '64 / Cookin' (instr.) |
| 1964 | EP PHILIPS 434 818 (F) |
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Al CASEY COMBO -
Surfin' Hootenanny
/ Easy Pickin' ! / Doin' It /
Monte Carlo |
| 196? | SP RAMCO 3705 (US) | . | Cookin' / Hot Foot |
| 1970 | SP RANWOOD 871 (US) | .. | Holly Holy / High Noon |
| 1970 | SP RANWOOD 882 (US) | . | Orange Blossom Special / San Antonio Rose |
| 2013 | SP SLEAZY SR52 (S) |
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Duane Eddy & His Rockabillies featuring Al Casey - The Ford Single - Ramrod / Caravan |
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Unissued Tracks
| 1959 | Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16579 (#9)) | Blues #1 (instr.) |
| 1959 | Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16579 (#12)) | Forty Miles Of Bad Road (instr.) |
| 1959 | Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16579 (#8)) | No Title #1 (instr.) |
| 1959 | Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16579 (#7)) | Tuff (instr.) |
| 1960 | Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16579 (#15)) | Laura (instr.) |
| 1960 | Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16579 (#14)) | Tenderly (instr.) |
| 1961 | Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16579 (#16)) | Green Dolphin Street (instr.) |
| 19?? | Unissued track - (Sundazed LP 5026 (#14)) | El Aguila [alt. vers.] (instr.) |
| 19?? | Unissued track - (Sundazed LP 5026 (#13)) | The Hearse [alt. vers.] (instr.) |
| 19?? | Unissued track - (Sundazed LP 5026 (#15)) | Surfs You Right [alt. vers.] (instr.) |
Need Info
| 19?? | Need info - (Ace CD 612 (#19)) | The Hucklebuck (instr.) |
| 19?? | Need info - (Ace CD 612 (#23)) | Theme From "Huckeberry Hound" (instr.) |
Albums
| 1963 | LP 12" STACY STM-100 (mono) / STMS-100 (stereo) (US) |
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SURFIN' HOOTENANNY - Surfin' Hootenanny / El Aguila / Thunder Beach / Baja / Surfin' Blues Pt.1 / Lonely Surfer / Guitars Guitars / The Hearse / Ramrod / Caravan / Surfin' Blues Pt.2 / Surfs You Right | ||
| 1970 | LP 12" RANWOOD RLP-8002 (US) |
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THE EXOTIC GUITARS - I Will Wait For You / Spanish Eyes / My Happiness / Heartaches / Wonderland By Night / Yellow Bird / C'Est Si Bon / Blueberry Hill / Alley Cat / Strangers On The Shore / Melody Of Love | ||
| 08/1995 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15889 (GER) |
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SIDEWINDER - Undecided (with David GRISMAN) / You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (with Lee HAZLEWOOD) /Sidewinder / Ashokan Farewell / Endless Sleep (with Jody REYNOLDS) / Limehouse Blues (with David GRISMAN) / Saguara Sunrise / Route #1 (with Glen CAMPBELL) / Plectrum Banjo Medley / The Fool (with Lee HAZLEWOOD) | ||
| 11/1995 | CD ACE CDCHD 612 (UK) |
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JIVIN' AROUND - ORIGINAL STACY RECORDINGS - Surfin' Hootenanny / El Aguila / Thunder Beach / Baja / Surfin' Blues Part 1 / Lonely Surfer / Guitars, Guitars, Guitars / The Hearse / Ramrod / Caravan / Surfin' BluesPart 2 / Surfs You Right / Cookin' / Hotfoot / Indian Love Call / Jivin' Around / Doin' The Shotish / Doin' It / The Hucklebuck / Full House / Laughin' / Monte Carlo / Theme From Huckleberry Hound / Chicken Feathers / Easy Pickin' / What Are We Gonna Do In '64 ? | ||
| 04/2001 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16579 (GER) |
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A MAN FOR ALL SESSIONS - Ramrod / Caravan / If I Told You / Juice / Guitar Man / Willa Mae / Tuff / No Title #1 / Blues #1 /Al CASEY & CORKEY & the BATS : Give'n Up / Al CASEY & the BATS : Teen-Age Blues / Forty Miles Of Bad Road / The Stinger / Tenderly / Laura / Green Dolphin Street / Al CASEY COMBO : Cookin' / Jivin' Around / Doin' It / Al CASEY with the K-C-ETTES : Surfin' Hootenanny / Guitars, Guitars, Guitars / Art JONES (Al CASEY) : Nola / Waltz Mignon / Al CASEY & Jimmy JOHNSON : Cat Daddy / Sanford CLARK with Al CASEY : The Fool / Loy CLINGMAN with Al CASEY : It's Nothing To Me / Jimmy SPELLMAN with Al CASEY : Doggonit / Don COLE with Al CASEY : Snake Eyed Mama / Jody REYNOLDS with Al CASEY : Endless Sleep / Lonesome Long John ROLLER with Al CASEY : Long John's Flagpole Rock / Johnny LANCE with Al CASEY : The Big Tragedy / Swinging Shepherd Blues | ||
| 05/2004 | CD SUNDAZED 6115 (US) |
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COOKIN' - THE SMOOTH GUITAR AND ORGAN SOUNDS OF AL CASEY - Guitar Man / Juice / A Fool’s Blues / Cookin’ / Hot Foot / Indian Love Call / Jivin’ Around / Doin’ The Shotish / Doin’ It / The Hucklebuck / Full House / Laughin’ / Monte Carlo / Theme From Huckleberry Hound / Chicken Feathers / What Are We Gonna Do In ‘64 | ||
| 2004 | CD J/G 290 (US) |
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HITLIST - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' / Everybody's Talkin' / Strangers In The Night / The Fool / Sloop John B / That's Life / The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) / By The Time I Get To Phoenix / Endless Sleep / Somethin' Stupid / Never My Love / Ramrod | ||
| 05/2007 | CD RAMCO CD 713 (US |
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THE RETURN OF THE GREEN GRETSCH - Temptation / Calmez Hotel / Fair And Cloudy / A Mellow Riff / Remember The Minuet / Hokus Pokus / Melancholy Serenade / September Song / T.O.M. The Old Man / Stingeree / Nuages / Uptown Blues / Ziggie's Blues / In The Garden / Amazing Grace / Thundercloud / Swamp Water / Allen Case / Drivin' / Jezebel / The Caterpillar Crawl | ||
| 03/2011 | 2 CD EL TORO ETCD 1036 (S) |
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