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Buzz Cason (born James E. Cason, 27
November 1939,
in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.)
is an American
rock
singer, songwriter
and producer.
He was among the founding members of The Casuals, Nashville's
first rock
and roll band. Together with Richard Williams
and Hugh Jarrett of The Jordanaires he recorded as The
Statues for Liberty. In 1960, Cason started a solo
career under the pseudonym Garry Miles, and had a #16 hit
in 1960 with "Look For A Star". In 1962 he worked as Snuff
Garrett's assistant in Los Angeles. In Nashville he
also worked for arranger Bill
Justis. Later, he wrote songs together with Bobby
Russell, and both ran a publishing and record company until 1974. His
biggest hit as a writer was the song "Everlasting Love," which was a #1
hit in England in 1967, and a #6 hit in the U.S. in 1974. It has logged
over 5 million plays, according to BMI. Cason was also a backing
singer behind stars
such as Elvis Presley and Kenny
Rogers. In 1970, he founded Creative Workshop, a
comfortably up-to-date recording studio, with which all of
the Nashville players were familiar and where Dolly
Parton, Jerry
Reed, Merle
Haggard, The
Judds, The Doobie Brothers, Emmylou
Harris and Olivia Newton-John recorded material.
Since the mid 1980s
he had his own rockabilly-styled group, B.C.
& the Dartz who releaased some albums. Cason is
still writing and producing songs.
His book, Living the Rock'N'Roll Dream: The
Adventures of Buzz Cason (2004), is about music, freedom and
adventure and sheds light on the events and careers that shaped the
early days of rock and roll.
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