Country singer/songwriter Jason Cassidy releases his debut album MY REMPTION today, 10/4, on Houston-based indie label A-Blake Records. The album features Cassidy’s hit single “Honky Tonk Heaven,” which held the #1 spot on the influential Texas Regional Radio Report for two weeks in a row, and other originals such as “What If” and “Sounds Like An Angel to Me.” To support his album release, Cassidy has a series of in-store appearances at Hastings, one of the region’s largest retailers. He’ll perform live tonight for his record release party at Cactus Music in Houston, TX, from 5-6 p.m. (See other appearances below).
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Hailing from Montgomery, TX, Cassidy describes his sound as traditional country and honky-tonk with an edge. Radio and critics love it. The Dallas Morning News says, “Yup, he’s pure country.” Cassidy is a throwback to the early 80s era of George Strait. “George Straight is pretty much why I got into music in the first place,” he says. He’s got a smokin’ band, and has been blowing away audiences in clubs and during TV performances, most recently on Good Day Dallas.

Inspired by a buddy who could name every country tune as soon as it came on the radio, the competitive Cassidy started listening. “I totally fell in love with it and learned every single song,” he recalls. Before long, he was fronting a popular Houston-area country cover act. Just a short while later, he was on his own. Cassidy’s voice, which scales from a resonant baritone to a melodic high tenor, outdoes plenty of Music Row’s biggest award collectors. His first single, “Sounds Like an Angel to Me,” climbed inside the top 20 on the Texas Music Charts, while “Honky Tonk Heaven” soared up the Texas charts week after week until it hit #1.
Be sure to catch Cassidy’s performance tonight at Cactus Music, located at 2110 Portsmouth, Houston, TX 77098. The phone number is 713-526-9272.

JASON CASSIDY TOUR DATES

10/04 Houston, TX – Cactus Records (In-Store)

10/06 Tomball, TX – Main Street

10/06 Houston, TX – Pearl Bar

10/07 Stephenville, TX – Hastings (In-Store)

10/08 Abilene, TX – Hastings (In-Store)

10/08 Palestine, TX – Outlaw Country

10/12 San Angelo, TX – Hastings (In-Store)

10/12 San Angelo, TX – Blaine’s Pub

10/13 Crosby, TX – Blue Star Saloon

10/14 Conroe, TX – Cajun Catfish Festival

10/14 Humble, TX – Stetsons

10/15 New Braunfels, TX – River Road Ice House

10/19 Tyler, TX – Electric Cowboy

10/27 Tomball, TX – Cisco’s

10/29 Porter, TX – Players

11/02 Huntsville, TX – Shenanigans (with Aaron Watson)

11/05 Crosby, TX – Rowdy Bucks

11/09 Crosby, TX – Blue Star Saloon

11/19 Kingwood, TX – Nico’s Place

JASON CASSIDY’S ‘HONKY TONK HEAVEN” #1 FOR SECOND WEEK!

Blake Barnes, President of Houston-based independent A-Blake Records, has named respected industry executive Dave Darus to the position of President. Darus was previously Marketing Director for the label, and has been responsible for the marketing/promotion campaigns for the label’s flagship alt rock band Pale and country singer songwriter Jason Cassidy. Cassidy’s single “Honky Tonk Heaven” is #1 for the second week in a row on the influential Texas Regional Radio Report; the song is the label’s first chart topper.

In making the announcement, Barnes said, “Dave has great vision. His leadership has brought A-Blake to new levels of success in the marketplace and our first Number One record – an outstanding achievement. I look forward to his contributions to our continued growth.”

Since joining the label earlier this year, Darus has worked closely with A-Blake Record’s chief artist Pale by overseeing the release of their latest radio single and music video for That Sinking Feeling from its new CD IN THE TIME OF DANGEROUS MEN. Produced by Grammy-winner Steve Christensen (Steve Earle, Destiny’s Child, Clay Walker), the CD and single have received press attention from Houston Press andGoldmine Magazine and the video for That Sinking Feeling is receiving airplay on nearly 30 outlets including JCTV and AOL Music. Most recently, Darus leadership led to Pale earning an opening slot on tour with double-platinum selling band Fuel.

Songwriter/performer Jason Cassidy describes his sound as traditional country and honky-tonk with an edge…Radio and critics love it. The Dallas Morning News says, “Yup, he’s pure country.” Jason Cassidy, hailing from Montgomery, Texas, is a throwback to the early 80s era of George Strait, and radio has spun the record nearly 1400 times this week in Texas alone. Cassidy has a smokin’ band, and has been blowing away audiences in clubs and during TV performances. “Honky Tonk Heaven” is from Cassidy’s debut album release, MY REDEMPTION, due in stores October 4. Hastings, one of the region’s largest retailers, has paired with A-Blake Records for a series of in-store appearances for Jason during the release week of the new album. (See below for dates)

Dave Darus is a 20 year music industry marketing and promotion executive. Spearheading campaigns for Maroon 5 and Asher Roth, he has been successful at initiating and developing plans for several major labels. Darus has been a key executive at numerous management and record labels including Interscope, Island and Polydor Records, creating and leading the promotional campaigns for artists as varied as Elton John, the Bee Gees, Queens of the Stone Age, U2 and Tonic.

JASON CASSIDY TOUR DATES

9/23 – Dallas, TX – Sons of Hermann Hall

9/24 – Coldspring, TX – San Jacinto County Fair

9/28 – Tyler, TX – Electric Cowboy

9/30 – Crosby, TX – Rowdy Bucks

10/5 – College Station, TX – Hastings (In-Store)

10/5 – Bryan, TX – Manor East Shopping Center (In-Store)

10/5 – Tomball, TX – Main Street

10/6 – Waco, TX – Hastings (In-Store)

10/7 – Stephenville, TX – Hastings (In-Store)

10/8 – Abilene, TX – Hastings (In-Store)

10/8 – Palestine, TX – Outlaw Country

10/10 – Midland, TX – Hastings (In-Store)

10/11 – Odessa, TX – Hastings (In-Store)

10/12 – San Angelo, TX – Hastings (In-Store)

60+ STATIONS PLAYING FIRST SINGLE FROM MONTGOMERY, TX-BORN SONGWRITER’S AUGUST DEBUT, ‘MY REDEMPTION’.

Songwriter/performer Jason Cassidy’s newest single, “Honky Tonk Heaven “, hits the Top 10 on the Best in Texas Music Chart this week. The 6-foot-tall Texan describes his sound as traditional country “and honky-tonk with an edge”, and radio seems to love it – over 60 radio stations are playing the track, and have been every week for the last 12 weeks, as its jumped its way up the charts. “Honky Tonk Heaven” is from Cassidy’s debut album release, MY REDEMPTION (August 30), on Houston-based A-Blake Records.

Jason Cassidy grew up in Montgomery, TX working side by side with his daddy building muscle cars and hot rods.  A 1961 Impala bubble top he built has appeared in several magazines and made the “good guys” monthly issue about six times. Inspired by a buddy who could name every country tune as soon as it came on the radio, the competitive Cassidy started listening. “I totally fell in love with it and learned every single song,” he recalls. Before long, he was fronting a popular Houston-area country cover act. Just a short while later, he was on his own.

An affable guy, Cassidy, whose voice scales from a resonant baritone to a melodic high tenor, could go lyric-for-lyric with any Nashville word-slinger.  And right now, Cassidy isn’t waiting for much. He’s been playing shows like crazy, breaking attendance records and burning it up on stage with a band that is as good as it gets: On fiddle is Scott “Skittle” Johnson who toured with Charlie Daniels (when he was all of 17!) , played with Vince Gill, Clint Black, John Rich, Asleep at the Wheel and many others;  on guitar is Scott Dixon who played lead with Neil McCoy for 11 years; on drums is Casey Korkmas who has played with JB and the Moonshine Band, Beck and Cauthen; and on bass is super-up-and comer Jacob DeLott. Jason calls them the Angel Band because, as he told Fox news, “God brought us together!”

Look for him all over Texas this month, on the biggest radio stations and playing shows:

7/22 – Cleburne, TX – 106.9/107.1 Ranch Radio

7/22 – Stephenville, TX – City Limits

7/23 – Cleburne, TX – Caddo Street Bar

7/29 – Crosby, TX – Rowdy Bucks

8/7 – Grapevine, TX – Glass Cactus, 95.9 The Ranch

8/12 – Houston, TX – Mo’s Place

8/25 – CMT/Texas Campaign

And more to come.