David Cassidy Being Together

Oh yes, 'everybody, let's rock!'. I have 'Cassidy Live!' vinyl edition, and this week I start usually my mornings with 'Rock Medley' from that outstanding album. And as we know the vinyl edition is from 1974 and still rocks! We have even something better, Rock Medley longer, faster and even more exciting. One year ago when it was posted on You Tube I wrote just one word, 'Sensational!', we know how amazing live performer David Cassidy was (always!), but this audio recording is so full of energy and passion and pure rock. The opener 'Baby Please Don't Go'. makes my heart beat faster every time  I listen to it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCvKUTQ7puQ Only 1k views, and I wonder how many fans listened to it from start to finish. David's pics and his teen idol image are more popular than his music, it was like that 50 years ago and it'll never change. Especially in the US. I thought about it while in West Orange one month ago. As...

I'm still reading Johnny Ray Miller's wonderful book. I'm a very fast reader (a former librarian) but it's impossible to read it fast. Too many moving stories, too many important sentences, besides the reading of 'When We're Singin', as soon after returning from West Orange,  turned out to be very emotional.  Today reading about 'Sound Magazine' literally has stopped me in my tracks. Johnny Ray Miller explains in detail the creation of each song,  and while reading I was listening to every single one song from that great album at least twice. The Partridge Family 'Sound Magazine' was released 54 years ago, in August 1971. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erq5IVzGEqE 'Brown Eyes' written by Danny Janssen and Wes Farrell. Johnny Ray Miller, "He (David) has the rare ability to communicate a lyric". Yes, so true, his voice, sincerity and what Johnny calls "the conversational way Cassidy handles the lyrics" ('When We...

Yes, it was only a moment ago. But as one of the fans put it today (Anne Marie Woodruff), "Still basking in the memory of the David Cassidy West Orange event" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0u8Y15xKQU I think we all still have not returned from West Orange yet. We returned to our homes, our responsibilities, some to work, some gone on another holiday. We are looking at the brought souvenirs, photos, we post them on social media. Yes, we have experienced something really special. And how I'd love to return and hug everyone. That's the only thing I regret, not having spoken to everyone present. There were reasons, obviously not enough time, but also that writing is easier for me than talking, especially in a foreign language, and I have problems with hearing, but I know I've missed some opporunities for interesting conversations.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5ca6XJMyIs&t=111s I'm sooo happy for the books I brought from West Orange, first of all 'W...

Today West Orange Story from the Netherlands. This story is a proof we need as many as possible reports, stories (whatever we called them) about this amazing event. Each of us is different, each of us pay attention to different things, and only many stories will allow us a complete picture. Marijke has a great sense of humor and has an eye for detail. Thank you Marijke so much. The plan to go to West Orange originated sometime in November 2024 and in January 2025 it gained more substance. There is so much going on in the world both privately and around us that we didn't dare to make any difinitive plans, but we decided to keep in touch with Barb & Karen to ask if they could keep us updated on hotels, bus tours and gala dinners. We signed up for everything as a gamble because there was no concrete plan regarding flying ; we were on standby if seats were available with KLM. It's super exciting and there hasn't been much sleeping in the last week. We has insights into the ...

The second West Orange Story was written by my another good English friend, Wendy Copeland.  Thank you Wendy for your very personal memory from this unforgettable event. 'Wow and more wow's I was honoured and lucky enough to go to West Orange to visit some of the places David Cassidy grew up. Barb and Karen organised a 3 day event to include the historical marker at Colgate Field for David and a street name to be sited where he lived 'The Cassidy Way'. Such an amazing time, at the event I met David's children, Kate and Beau, and chatted with them about travelling from the UK, they were both so gracious and allowed me to get up close to take a few pictures. You could see how overwhelmed they were by the love we all have for David, this was clear to see by their emotions on the day. I travelled with my husband, and loved seeing my forever friends who I have met on several David Cassidy gatherings over the last few years. May this year several of us met up again and ce...

With a great pleasure I post today the first wonderful and moving West Orange Story. Written by Sharron Liddle, who came for David from the UK. Thank you Sharron.  When I first heard about the tribute event for David Cassidy in his hometown of West Orange, New Jersey, I was immediately moved. The idea of a global gathering to celebrate his life and legacy felt incredibly special. My heart leaped at the thought of being part of it, but my head quickly started calculating. Traveling from the UK, especially with my husband having just retired and our recent business sale, felt like a huge financial undertaking. I tried to be pragmatic. I told myself it didn't matter if I couldn't be there in person. I'd simply follow along online, soaking up all the photos and videos shared by the fans. I'd still be a part of it, just from a distance. But a tiny, hopeful part of me held on to the dream. Then, just a few weeks before event, I saw my husband on his computer, looking at fligh...

Yes, I know it was beautiful Dora who was singing it (actually someone else), and how he was looking at her. They dated for a short time, Robyn and David, and of course everybody know about it, but what a good title for today's blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmZnk9RFKm0 I'm still so overwhelmed by emotions, no jet lag, on the contrary, adrenaline working like I was still in the USA. Amazing experience. I loved New York, everything what happened during 4 days spent there. 'Just In Time' on Broadway was something so wonderful that I can't find words really to describe my joy and gratitude. A show about Bobby Darin. I'm sure David Cassidy would have loved to watch it himself, and with this thought in mind we bought tickets (me and Mary), a few weeks after the show premiered, in May. And what a show it was! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPStVMqNOBI Saratoga Springs and the road to this town along Hudson River and the Appalachian Trail, only several miles aw...

I'm waiting for my plane to Zurich at the Kennedy Airport and thinking about those 10 days spent in the US. In New York City, West Orange and Saratoga Springs.  Such an emotional time, so meaningful, remembering it is like watching a long, exciting and very moving film, the kind where every scene and every conversation is important.  Someone said, 'We really brought him home'. So true. I feel that Barb and her wonderful team, the Mayor of West Orange, Katie and Beau, Henry Diltz, David's cousins, and every single participant, every single fan (and I mean also those who couldn't attend but were with us in spirit), like we all at last brought David Cassidy home. I have David's autobiography in my phone, and it was amazing experience visiting those places and reading about them in his book. Nothing really has changed. His Eagle Rock school is exactly at the same place, it is the same building he was going to, and across the street the Catholic elementary school whe...