James E. Buzz Cason (born November 27, 1939, Nashville, Tennessee, United States) is an American rock singer, songwriter, producer and author. He was a founding members of The Casuals, Nashvilles 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 number 16 hit in 1960 with Look For A Star. In 1962 he worked as Snuff Garretts assistant in Los Angeles. During this period, he and Leon Russell, then a session musician, produced The Crickets in a version of the song La Bamba. The song did well in the UK and he toured with the group. 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, with Mac Gayden, was the song Everlasting Love, recorded originally by Robert Knight, which was a number 1 hit in the UK when covered by the Love Affair in January 1968. Carl Carltons version was a number 6 hit in the US in 1974, and has logged over five million plays, according to BMI. Cason was also a backing singer for Elvis Presley and Kenny Rogers. In 1970, he founded Creative Workshop, a recording studio, 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 released some albums. Cason is still writing and producing songs. His book, Living the RockNRoll 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.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:59:33 +0000
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