David Cassidy Being Together

December. Even when David was a kid.. 'Generally,Christmas was one of the saddest times in my childhood because from the time my parents split up until I started seeing my dad in California, both my father and mother were gone.' ( David Cassidy: Could It Be Forever?, 2007) And both of them died in December, Jack, 45 years ago on the 12th, and Evelyn in 2012, on the 23th. DC wrote about that horrible day, December 12, 1976 in his autobiography, and I've written about this tragedy a few times this year. Parents and children. Father and son. Jack and David. They didn't have a chance to understand each other and forgive, build a relationship on an adult level. Maybe it could have never been possible. Poor DC was left with all that pain  forever, for the rest of his days.  It was  an amazing coincidence ."Shaun Cassidy :' I associate my New York experience (performing with DC on Broadway in Blood Brothers) with our dad and he was very successful on Broadway, he won ...

I like reading fans' comments. On social media or YT, you can learn a lot that way. New info, and it's very educational to know what fans think. What they know and what they don't know. Of course David Cassidy still generates a lot of emotions, a lot of fans have strong own views and opinions and nothing will change their mind. I understand it of course, I have strong opinions myself. And, in general nothing ever surprises me..I can't say that this question 'What's wrong in being a teen idol' is  controversial, not at all, but it was written as a comment to DC's interview during which he said..'Call me bad, call me lousy, but don't call me a former teen idol'.. And today I've spent a lot of time in my car and while driving I've been thinking how I would answer that question. DC himself said in that interwiew, why he didn't like to be called a former teen idol : 'I always back away from labels, as I think it inhibits your creat...

That what Shaun said. And David : 'I'm not in a competition with my brother' Here they are with Petula Clark..I know it's just a commercial, but for all of them, especially for David Cassidy, those were the happy days.. I know that I've written several times about Blood Brothers, we all know everything about it..David and Shaun could have  worked together much earlier, DC in his book even wrote this ' for a couple of years, 1977-79, he (Shaun) had enormous success on TV, with his record and in concert. It would have been a trip if we could have worked together. As it turned out, we had to wait 15 years..' In 1993 for  Los Angeles Times (Blake Green, September 3), Shaun said :'We've had opportunities to work together before but either we weren't interested or available' and David :' The offers were generally exploitative in nature' . The author of that article wrote : 'The Broadway producers(..) reportedly checked if the real brot...

It seems that Shaun Cassidy is a little bit like a 'hot potato' for me. Some discussion still going on about what I've written, who was more popular David or Shaun..But only today I've found that 'Da Doo Ron Ron' is on the Billboard chart called "Greatest Of All Time Songs Of The Summer', on August 24 peak position -307 after so many years. But enough of this.  I'm a DC fan but I also appreciate what his younger brother has done and I write about facts. Of course I'd love to see David Cassidy popular and known all over the world. It makes me sad that he is not regarded as one of the best singers ever. Shaun  wanted to change his image, like before him David had tried. In September 1980 his last album was released, called 'Wasp'.  Produced by Todd Rundgren with the group Utopia as the backing band. The album has a 'new wave' feel. This is not my kind of music,  I can only say that the covers Shaun did were very ambitious - Pete To...

said the producer of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (because that was the original title of that tv series)  ABC just wanted to earn on a teenage idol. Shaun was the first to cast. He was 18 years old and was working very hard the whole 1976, filming first episodes and promoting his music. His older brother David was recording his last, great RCA album and becoming more and more distant and unhappy. The failure of 'Gettin' It In The Street' was a huge disappointment. He had no idea what to do with his life and thought that the situation couldn't be worse. Both of them didn't see his father much, and David not at all since early 1976....How to write about that day nearly 45 years ago.. 'The fire that caused the death of actor- singer Jack Cassidy (49) probably was started by a cigarette.', 'The blaze started in 33 unit building at dawn Sunday morning, December 12, 1976, sending more than 100 tenants into the street' 'Friends and relatives spe...

or a very valuable lesson I've learned because of my previous post (about David and Shaun) But first the song.Truly speaking that trio, Wes, Danny and Bobby, wrote together some very good and memorable songs for TPF. 'Money Money' and 'I Wouldn't Put Nothin' Over On You' from Bulletin Board , 'Lookin' For a Good Time is also from that album), and 'Sunshine' (Crossword Puzzle), and 'Something Wrong' (Notebook), and Danny Janssen with Wes Farrell's help wrote 'Brown Eyes' and 'Twenty Four Hours A Day' (Sound Magazine), to name a few.. So the song, from the Season 4, episode 15, aired January 26, 1974. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OmAJJdMnoU So why this song and what about my lesson. The song is because I'm not 17 and  should think first before writing something, not to be so adventurous so to speak. And yesterday I wrote a post which has got quite a lot of comments. I've thought that  writing about David ...

 Shaun Cassidy had a birthday 2 days ago, he is 63 now, and on September 27th  during my early morning walk by the sea, I was thinking a little bit about those two brothers and their careers.. Shaun Cassidy..it can be hard for DC fans, but I think that in the 70s Shaun was more known worldwide and now he is more remembered  than his older brother, David. Yes, I know they were half brothers. Shaun was ..huge, very, very popular, even in my part of the world, behind the Iron Curtain. This is his debut single, 'Morning Girl' from 1976, poor Jack Cassidy witnessed  another member of his family becoming very famous . Because it was obvious that Shaun was going to be a next teen idol. I remember 'Bravo' from 1976 and 1977 - mostly Bay City Rollers and Shaun .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxVN_xQw3jc His first solo album called 'Shaun Cassidy', released also in 1976, next year it became multi-platinum, and he had a number 1 single in the U.S. with 'Da Doo Ran R...

Recently I have been asked to have a look  and read some Google Alerts on David Cassidy and TPF. Review the old ones , starting with 2010, and deal with new ones. In English (alerts). . Those old ones were hard, a lot about DC's personal problems, drinking, bankruptcy, divorce, and after November 2017..'David Cassidy, born...a former...died...' So many of them..I've removed a lot without reading..But it's very interesting what can we find about DC and TPF on Internet. I will try to make some cathegories..But first a song. The Partridge Family of course, it's cold and..snowing..I need some sunshine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Vg0j7QqcU 1. How to earn on DC and TPF     There are a lot of such pages..With memorabilia from the 70s - teen mags, board games, lunchboxes, posters, paper dolls, and also original vinyl albums, sometimes very rare editions, some quite expensive, and thousands of pics.. But  real money are earned by selling new products - clothes wit...

David and Shaun while working on Blood Brothers spent a lot of time together. They rented apartments in New York, David much bigger for himself, Sue , Beau and the child's nanny, Shaun much smaller, suitable for a single, dating man. Here we can see them both with Petula Clark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5NgoofoqVw David was always a great big brother for Shaun , Patrick and Ryan. When he became a superstar he simply had no time for them. The boys visited him and Shirley on the set of TPF, saw him in concert, but sometimes it was difficult to have a teen idol as a brother. Especially for Shaun, who was very ambitious and always wanted to be like David, even better. Some girls dated him because they wanted to meet David that way. Shaun :'..Than suddenly he was acting on this TV show. And don't forget, TPF was not just any TV show. It was very popular and it was considered very 'wholesome'(..) So I acquired a Partridge Family kind of image by association. And bel...

 In 1993 everybody noticed that DC again looked..different. On July 12th on the Today Show he wore a white shirt and  dark jacket. Yes, he played the guitar, but he left a rock singer image behind. DC was slimmer, had shorter hair, looked at least 10 years younger and much more vulnerable. He was to return on Broadway for the third time in his life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LphhCMAbrC4&t=186s In June DC got a call from a  British producer Bill Kenwright, who asked David to fly to New York to see a musical called Blood Brothers on Broadway. It was opened in April with British actors (among them Stephanie Lawrence, DC's co-star in 'Time') but they had to be replaced by American cast, and also box office sales weren't very good .Kenwright wanted David to take the part of Narrator, but DC from the start knew that there was only one part for him, and he convinced Bill that he  should play Mickey Johnston. And it was a great idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...