David Cassidy Actor Singer Entertainer.

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Those are the words on the STAR. So an actor first..David Cassidy wanted to be an actor, we know why, and we know how early  he had that dream.  Even that after 1974 he knew that showbusiness had disappointed him. Searching for  good dramatic roles, he didn't get many. He was so happy playing Mickey in Blood Brothers and of course he should have got an award for that unforgettable creation..the best teen idol ever..

So 'I Am a Clown' is that the most important song. The lyrics, now even more meaningful than ever. Wrote for David by his friend, great Tony Romeo.. I love how DC performed this song in Australia, in 1974.


There are  many memorable David's roles, Billy Burgess on Bonanza, Dan Shay on Man Undercover, Joey Mitchell on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Sam Scudder on The Flash, Boone Vincent on Malcolm In The Middle. His stage performances. We can read in many reviews how skilled and charismatic actor he was. But he was not lucky for movie roles. He gave up a few, a few times it was a bad timing, he never got film roles matching his talent, and Keith's ghost never left him. He played KP just wonderfully, and the way he looked. How people could have forgotten young David Cassidy..and Keith Partridge.


But for me he was first of all a great singer, and there are so many times when I want to write 'why DC didn't record ..' , or 'why he didn't go on tour in..'.Maybe there are 2 or 3 David's songs I'm not entirely convinced of, but I love all of them. Allison Pearson wrote  about his songs :'you don't know what 'off by heart' means until the lyrics of a song you have played a hundred times have plaited themselves into your DNA'  Oh yes, so true..but of course more than a hundred times.


And an entertainer..'I inherited some of the talent as well as the lack of interest in anything else (..) it also had to do with the fact that I like to make people laugh, and I like to make them happy. I've had that since very early age..' (1999)


the pic taken by Wendy Copeland, in Las Vegas..Thank you.






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