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Because California stepped out of the group for a period of time in 1972, following the death of Jimi Hendrix, Cassidy was the only member who played with all various line-ups of Spirit on almost 20 albums over almost 30 years. Spirit finally disbanded following California's death in 1997.
Dec 11, 2012 · That drummer, Ed Cassidy, died on Thursday in San Jose, Calif. He was 89. The cause was cancer, his former wife, Beverley Cassidy, said. By the time Spirit formed in 1967, Mr. Cassidy had...
Dec 6, 2012 · Ed Cassidy, the drummer for the classic rock band Spirit, died in San Jose, Calif. on Thursday (Dec. 6) of undisclosed causes. Notable for his shaved head (which inspired the nickname "Mr....
- Sterling Whitaker
Dec 8, 2012 · Dec. 8, 2012 12 AM PT. Ed Cassidy, the drummer whose musical background influenced the jazz-tinged sound of the band Spirit, which emerged in the late 1960s as one of the West Coast’s premier...
- marisa.gerber@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Dec 11, 2012 · By Marisa Gerber Los Angeles Times. Tuesday, December 11, 2012 3:21pm. Local News Nation / world. Ed Cassidy, the drummer whose musical background influenced the jazz-tinged sound of the band...
Dec 13, 2012 · By On 13th Dec 2012. Ed Cassidy, a founding member of the Los Angeles–based rock group Spirit, passed away on December 6 at age eighty-nine, in San Jose, California. Cassidy was born on May 4, 1923, and was around two decades older than his Spirit bandmates, which included guitarist Randy California, who was in fact the drummer’s stepson.
Dec 8, 2012 · December 8, 2012 10:57am. Ed Cassidy, the drummer who teamed with his stepson, guitarist Randy California, to lead the eclectic 1960s Los Angeles rock group Spirit, has died. He was 89....
