The David Cassidy Connections – Details, episodes & analysis

Jim Stevens has been a music fan all his life specifically David Cassidy’s vocals with The Partridge Family.

The Beatles were an early influence for him and music has helped him in recent years on a journey of self-discovery. It is well worth checking out his You Tube channel and listen to two of his creative albums BeDo and Connective Energies.

We discuss the pressures of fame, how rock music changed in the 1980s and 1990s and where David Cassidy’s music and reinvention of his career sits in the history of rock music.

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My guest today is Dr Quizzler who experiments with music and puts his own identity onto covers of The Partridge Family songs.

He refers to the family garage as his “happy place” and in our conversation explains his musical heritage, why he loves the music and its importance to future generations.

You can visit his YouTube channel: Summer Days - Partridge Family / David Cassidy (Cover by DrQuizzler) - YouTube

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Ryan Roxie is one of the world’s greatest guitarists and performed on stage with the best. Known as a solo artist and singer/songwriter he is also recognised for his guitar work and collaborations with Alice Cooper, Casablanca and Slash’s Snakepit.

He tells everyone he was inspired to play the guitar by Keith – not Richards but Partridge. And David Cassidy played a key role in his successful career.

He started working with Alice in 1996 and collaborated with him on several albums including Dirty Diamonds, The Eyes of Alice Cooper and Dragontown. He rejoined the band in 2012.

Roxie spent 2 years recording with Slash’s Snakepit Ain’t Life Grand, but admits “in reality, I always wanted to be Keith Partridge”.

Roxie is a huge fan of British Glam Rock with Sweet, T Rex, Mott the Hoople among his favourite groups. He has given The Move’s California Man and Slade’s Merry Christmas Everybody the Roxie treatment. He hosts a weekly podcast, In The Trenches, and is the founder of the System-12 Guitar method.

In our conversation we talk about his love of Bubblegum Pop, fame and where he rates David Cassidy in the history of rock ‘n’ roll.

You can find Ryan Roxie on the following social media links

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YouTube: https://bit.ly/RyanRoxieOfficialYT

In The Trenches Podcast: https://ryanroxie.com/podcast
Website: https://www.ryanroxie.com

Doug Voet has an illustrious stage career appearing in numerous productions. Singer, actor, producer, horse lover and close friend of David’s, they met in 1983 when David took over the lead role on Broadway in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Doug taught David the role and their friendship grew.

Some years later David, who was starring in EFX in Las Vegas, offered Doug a new direction in his career inviting him to produce a new show, At The Copa, he had created. They also worked together on The Rat Pack Is Back and Doug went on to be David’s tour manager on his US and UK tours.

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Jesse Jackson is a podcaster, host of Set Lusting Bruce which has been running for more than 800 episodes.

Jesse loved watching The Partridge Family and was inspired by David Cassidy growing up. Aside from his love of Bruce Springsteen’s music, he is a devoted fan of the Dallas Cowboys and the long running science fiction stories of Dr Who.

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Podcast: Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Podcast (libsyn.com)

Twitter: @JesseJacksonDFW

Facebook: Set Lusting Bruce: A Bruce Springsteen Podcast

Email: setlustingbruce@gmail.com

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Barb Collentine has been a David Cassidy fan for more than half a century and is President of the I Think I Love You Animal Foundation established in his memory.

A retired high school English teacher, Barb taught for 27 years in Bergen County, New Jersey, about 40 minutes from West Orange, David's childhood home.

She created and runs the David Cassidy Virtual Fan Club believed to be the only one of its kind.

A former foster mother of about 11 children, Barb admits they were schooled on David Cassidy and The Partridge Family with PF sing-alongs to the CDs whenever they were in the car.

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Marlene Kern Fischer is a writer, blogger, mother of 3 and self-confessed food shopper extraordinaire.

Marlene has been a lifelong David fan, meeting him on her 30th birthday after a performance of Blood Brothers on Broadway. She explains in our conversation why she is keen to find the British tourists who took the photograph of them together.

Her blog on Facebook, Thoughts From Aisle 4 has an increasing number of dedicated followers, many inspired by her first book Gained a Daughter But Nearly Lost My Mind – How I Planned a Backyard Wedding During a Pandemic.

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Facebook: Thoughts From Aisle 4

Instagram: @Aisle4marlene

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David always had a passion for horses and was regarded by this week’s guest, veteran horse trainer Gary Contessa as “the consummate student of pedigrees.” Gary was a close friend for decades and trained most of David’s horses.

As a boy David would watch his cowboy hero Roy Rogers on television and used his signature song title Happy Trails as his sign-off on letters and album liner notes. One of his favourite movies was The Homestretch starring Maureen O’Hara. He also narrated seven stories from the popular children’s adventure series, Billy and Blaze, about a boy and his pony.

David was a long-time breeder within the New York programme. Sweet Vendetta was one of a handful of horses which put him in the winners’ circle. His thoroughbreds were trained by Gary who has more than 2,300 winners in his portfolio. Gary was NYRA’s leading trainer from 2006-2009. In 2007 he set a record with 159 NYRA wins and was twice Trainer of the Year.

Gary shares how he worked his way up the ladder from walking and grooming horses to become a leading trainer in New York. He reveals his greatest moments as a trainer, how he overcomes his fears and the bond he shared with David.

Gary shares anecdotes from their decades-long friendship, talks about the I Think I Love You Animal Foundation established in David’s memory and his powerful vision for the future of racing with greater fan engagement at the tracks.

Twitter @GaryContessa

YouTube: Gary Contessa Television

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Jon Provost was at High School with David Cassidy and is best known for his role as Timmy Martin in the legendary television series, Lassie, a role he played for seven years.

He got his first break at the age of 2 playing Jane Wyman’s son in So Big, and we talk about the impact of being a child star. Jon went on to play the son of Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the Country Girl; worked alongside Clint Eastwood and Kurt Russell, Robert Redford and Natalie Wood. The check shirt and jeans Jon wore for seven years on Lassie hang in The Smithsonian.

David contributed to Jon’s autobiography Timmy’s In The Well. In our often-emotional conversation, he recalls reaching out to David when he could see he was struggling with his health, and explains his own battle with alcohol addiction.

For more information about Jon, visit his website www.jonprovost.com

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Ken Wank is an award-winning songwriter, inspired by lyricist Tony Romeo who wrote many songs recorded under The Partridge Family banner. These included the multi-million selling first hit, I Think I Love You, Summer Days, My Christmas Card To You, It’s One of Those Nights and Morning Rider on the Road among many others.

Ken, also inspired by the vocal delivery of David Cassidy, has won more than 30 song writing awards including The John Lennon, VH-1 Song of the Year and The Great American Song contests.

Ken shares some of the material he has written including songs influenced by the albums, A Partridge Family Christmas Card, Sound Magazine and Crossword Puzzle.

Visit his website: https://Kenwank.com

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