Ed "Cass" Cassidy (born May 4, 1923, Chicago) is an American drummer who was one of the founders of the rock group Spirit in 1967.
His family moved to Bakersfield, California, in 1931, and he started as a professional musician in 1937. He was in the Navy during World War II, and after his discharge worked at many jobs before becoming a full-time musician again. At one time in the late 1940s he played 282 consecutive one-nighters in 17 states. He worked in show bands, Dixieland combos, country and western bands, and on film soundtracks, as well as having a brief stint with the San Francisco Opera.
In 1950 he enrolled at college to get a musical teaching credential, but after about a year decided to leave and move to southern California to meet more jazz musicians and perhaps form a group of his own. During this period he performed together with many leading jazz musicians including Art Pepper, Julian Cannonball Adderley, Roland Kirk, Lee Konitz and Gerry Mulligan.
With Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, he formed the Rising Sons in 1964. After that, he formed the Red Roosters in 1965, with his young stepson Randy California, Jay Ferguson and Mark Andes. Adding John Locke, they became Spirit in 1967. He sported a shaved head, which was unusual at that time; always wore black; and instead of the double-bass drum kit that was popular at the time, he used a single large parade bass drum turned sideways, with pedals on each side. He had a proclivity for playing extended drum solos with his bare hands instead of drumsticks, which influenced Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham to do the same.
John Locke FRS ( /ˈlɒk/; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704), widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social contract theory. His work had a great impact upon the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence.
Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin of modern conceptions of identity and the self, figuring prominently in the work of later philosophers such as Hume, Rousseau and Kant. Locke was the first to define the self through a continuity of consciousness. He postulated that the mind was a blank slate or tabula rasa. Contrary to pre-existing Cartesian philosophy, he maintained that we are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge is instead determined only by experience derived from sense perception.
Merrell Fankhausers Interview with Ed Cassidy of Spirit
Spirit - "Tent Of Miracles" - Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile - Germany 1989
MR SKIN / ED CASSIDY Tribute by SLINGER
Ed Cassidy
Spirit ~ Rockpalast 1978 (Full concert)
Ed Cassidy of Spirit promotion for June 04 Concert
Spirit - "1984" - Tribute To Randy California - Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile, George Valuck, Slinger
Randy California / Ed Cassidy [Spirit] Mr Skin
Spirit - "Borderline" - Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile
Ed Cassidy & Eugene Chadbourne
'Natures Way' - SPIRIT w/ Slinger & Ed Cassidy 1998
Spirit - "Stuttgart Says Goodbye" Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile
Spirit - "Love From Here" - Randy California Tribute - Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile, George Valuck, Slinger
Spirit - "Ship Of Fools" Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile
Plot
Because town cut-throat Phil Randall wants the ranch owned by "Pop" McGee on which is located a valuable silver deposit, he frames McGee on a cattle rustling charge, and the old man is sentenced to hang. "Boots" Annie is determined to save him, so she sends for U.S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie and Sandu Hopkins, who rescue McGee from jail on the eve of his hanging. They then set out to gather the evidence to clear McGee and convict the real villains. Swede Larson and Sheriff Jed Hawkins, working with Randall, conspire to get the marshals out of the way and hire the Dawsons to do the job. The job backfires and the first Dawson is shot, but before the dies, he talks and enables Nevada and Sandy to make arrests and clear McGee of any charges.
Keywords: 1880s, b-movie, b-western, blacksmith, cattle-rustling, cattleman, crime-confession, crooked-sheriff, death, deception
WOW...WHAT A WESTERN WALLOP!...with smoking six-guns and flying fists a son of the old West rides herd on lawlessness!
PALS OF THE SADDLE! RIDIN' TO NEW GLORY!...a hair-triggered son of the West lashes out with hot lead...as he rides herd on killers of the ranch country!
A WESTERNER WITH A WALLOP!...a blazing action-drama of an untamed sageland...fightin', ridin' and herdin' a gang of Western hombres!
SMASHING STORY of the SAGELANDS!
Hair-Trigger Action.....Hurricane Adventure!
Merrell Fankhausers Interview with Ed Cassidy of Spirit
Spirit - "Tent Of Miracles" - Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile - Germany 1989
MR SKIN / ED CASSIDY Tribute by SLINGER
Ed Cassidy
Spirit ~ Rockpalast 1978 (Full concert)
Ed Cassidy of Spirit promotion for June 04 Concert
Spirit - "1984" - Tribute To Randy California - Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile, George Valuck, Slinger
Randy California / Ed Cassidy [Spirit] Mr Skin
Spirit - "Borderline" - Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile
Ed Cassidy & Eugene Chadbourne
'Natures Way' - SPIRIT w/ Slinger & Ed Cassidy 1998
Spirit - "Stuttgart Says Goodbye" Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile
Spirit - "Love From Here" - Randy California Tribute - Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile, George Valuck, Slinger
Spirit - "Ship Of Fools" Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile
Spirit - "Hard Love" - Randy California, Ed Cassidy, John Locke, Mike Nile, Janet Wolfe
Ed Cassidy and Eugene Chadbourne.m4v
Spirit - "Old Black Magic" - Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile
Spirit - "Zandu" - Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile
Spirit - "Wild Thing" Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile - Frankfurt, Germany 1989
Spirit Earth Shaker 1972 Feedback psych rock psychedelic Ed Cassidy
Spirit Darkness 1972 Feedback psych rock psychedelic Ed Cassidy
Spirit Mellow Morning 1972 Feedback psych rock psychedelic Ed Cassidy
Spirit Right On Time 1972 Feedback psych rock psychedelic Ed Cassidy
Spirit - "Uncle Jack" - Tribute To Randy California - Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile, George Valuck, Slinger
Spirit - "Natures Way" - Tribute To Randy California - Ed Cassidy, Mike Nile, George Valuck, Slinger
SPIRIT - Brute Force (Live 1976) New York
Interview Clip With Randy California, Ed Cassidy And Bob Harris, April '73
PROJECT CAMELOT: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARK NOVITSKY - WHISTLEBLOWER
Cassidy: "I Just 3-0'd Dizaster, Killed Him Like I Said I Would"
Ep. 222 FADE to BLACK Jimmy Church w/ Kerry Cassidy, Proj. Camelot LIVE on air
PROJECT CAMELOT; KERRY CASSIDY INTERVIEWS ASHAYANA DEANE PART ONE
Cassidy back to Battle Rap.. Sh*ts on Dizaster!
Cassidy Interview on PSA Radio After Dizaster Battle (12/7/2014)
Smack White Toronto Interview! Talks Drake vs Mook, Cassidy vs Dizaster Battle, Daylyt & More
PROJECT CAMELOT INTERVIEWED BY MEL FABREGAS, VERITAS SHOW PART ONE
PROJECT CAMELOT : ED LAUGHRIN : KENNEDY BALLISTICS & THE CHALLENGER DISASTER
Hayley Cassidy 'Stripped' | ILUVLIVE @ Queen of Hoxton 27.1.14
The John Kerwin Show: Joanna Cassidy Interview
Spirit - "Dark Eyed Woman" Tribute To Randy California - Ed Cassidy,Mike Nile,George Valuck,Slinger
Kerry Cassidy | Charlie Hebdo, Raptor ETs, & The Whistleblowers of Project Camelot
Budget Hearing - House of Representatives / GAO / Capitol Police (Legislative Branch Subcommittee)
Budget Hearing - House of Representatives / GAO / Capitol Police (Legislative Branch Subcommittee)
Spirit - The Family That Plays Together 1969 (1996 reissue)
Deligencia de Bandidos [Stagecoach To Denver 1946] Allan Roky Lane - P&B; Legendado
Ambush Valley (1936) [Full Movie]
Best of Sac UFO Con 2012 with Kerry Cassidy!!
Cattle Stampede (1943) - Full Official Movie - Great Quality Film :)
Spirit-Spirit 1968
Come On Cowboys full length Three Mesquiteers western movie
Range Busters Bullets and Saddles western movie full length
Spirit - Spirit ..Plus 1968 [Full Album HD 1080p]
Cattle Stampede (1943) Full Western Movie | Buster Crabbe Full Movie
The Courageous Avenger (1935) [Western]
OffPlanet TV - Episode 4 April 29, 2015-Merrell Fankhauser: Surf Rock, MU, and Malibu Dome
Spirit - Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus+ 1970[Full Hd 1080]
Bonnie
Hittin The Trail Tex Ritter western movie full length watch online
Budget Hearing - U.S. House of Representatives (Legislative Branch Subcommittee)
The Gang's All Here (Mantan Moreland)
The Silver Trail (1937) RIN TIN TIN
Spirit-Twelve Dreams of Dr.Sardonicus-1970
The Mad Monster (Wolf Man)