Monday, April 1, 2019

Cassidy, The Grateful Dead


"Cassidy" Song by Bob Weir from the album Ace Released May 1972 Recorded January–March 1972 Genre Folk Rock, Country Rock Length 3:41 Label Warner Bros.

Records Composer(s) Bob Weir Lyricist(s) John Perry Barlow "Cassidy" is a song written by John Barlow and Bob Weir[1] and performed by the Grateful Dead, Ratdog, and Phil Lesh & Friends.[2]
The song appeared on Bob Weir's Ace, and the Grateful Dead's Reckoning and Without a Net albums.[3]
The song was named after Cassidy Law, who was born in 1970 and was the daughter of Grateful Dead crew member Rex Jackson and Weir's former housemate Eileen Law.[1]

The lyrics also allude to Neal Cassady, who was associated with the Beats in the 1950s[4] and the Acid Test scene that spawned the Grateful Dead in the 1960s.

Some of the lyrics in the song were also inspired by the death of Barlow's father.[5] The song was first performed on March 23, 1974, at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California.[3]