{"id":499,"date":"2019-08-27T15:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2019\/2019\/08\/27\/neal-casal-guitarist-for-circles-around-the-sun-and-chris-robinson-brotherhood-dead-at-50\/"},"modified":"2019-08-27T15:01:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:01:27","slug":"neal-casal-guitarist-for-circles-around-the-sun-and-chris-robinson-brotherhood-dead-at-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2019\/2019\/08\/27\/neal-casal-guitarist-for-circles-around-the-sun-and-chris-robinson-brotherhood-dead-at-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Neal Casal, Guitarist for Circles Around the Sun and Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Dead at 50"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nealcasal.com\/\">Neal Casal<\/a>, prolific guitarist and member of Circles Around the Sun, Chris Robinson Brotherhood and many more over his career, has died at age 50. <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/neal-casal-singer-songwriter-and-veteran-folk-guitarist-dead-at-50\/\">Pitchfork <\/a>reports through a representative of Casal that the death was ruled a suicide. The tragic news was confirmed on Neal\u2019s Instagram account this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1qfCJHDC73\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A native of Denville, NJ, Casal was best known for his work with Circles Around the Sun, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Hazy Malaze and Blackfoot. Ryan Adams shared his thoughts this morning on his Cardinals bandmate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oh man. <br>My heart is broken<br>What an honor to have known you, true believer. I love you. Go easy<br>\u201cI&#8217;ve seen things you people wouldn&#8217;t believe. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannh\u00e4user Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPNealCasal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIPNealCasal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4vlj3l2EoU\">pic.twitter.com\/4vlj3l2EoU<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRyanAdams\/status\/1166247677572481024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casal had performed at Lockn\u2019 Festival in Arrington, VA. this past weekend with Circles Around the Sun (as well as with Oteil and Friends), a project that originated from being tapped to compose music played over the P.A. during setbreak of Fare Thee Well in July 2015. That music was so well received by fans, that Circles Around the Sun released the music as a double album,<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/2015\/12\/10\/hearing-aide-circles-around-the-sun-interludes-for-the-dead\/\">Interludes for the Dead<\/a>, <\/em>in 2016 and made their debut at Lockn\u2019 Festival that summer, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jambase.com\/article\/neal-casal-died\">Jambase<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Circles Around The Sun - &quot;Gilbert&#039;s Groove&quot; (Edit) (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XsXJf1DNh7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to his recent success with Circles Around the Sun, Casal was an original member of Chris Robinson Brotherhood alongside the Black Crowes co-founder.&nbsp;From 2005-2009, Casal was a member of Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, during which time <em>Easy Tiger <\/em>and <em>Cardinology <\/em>were released to critical acclaim. Neal spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/2012\/06\/the-pinch-hitter-a-qa-with-neal-casal\/\">American Songwriter<\/a> in 2012 and said this of his time with The Cardinals:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;It really was a great lineup&#8230; For a couple years there, man, we were on fire. We really were. We were playing some amazing shows and running through Ryan\u2019s entire catalog, just burning those songs to the ground. We really felt confident for awhile. We had a lot of synergy, we were all really connected, and everyone believed in it. We were firing on all cylinders. It was a great thing to be a part of.\u201d<\/p><cite>Neal Casal to <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/2012\/06\/the-pinch-hitter-a-qa-with-neal-casal\/\">American Songwriter<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ryan Adams &amp; The Cardinals - Magick\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d0xvEMYBrcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casal was also a founding member of <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/2014\/10\/29\/hearing-aide-hard-working-americans-the-first-waltz\/\">Hard Working Americans<\/a>, a supergroup including Dave Schools and Duane Trucks (Widespread Panic), singer Todd Snider, and Chad Staehly (Great American Taxi), and performed with Phil Lesh and Friends on numerous occasions. Neal was also a <a href=\"https:\/\/nealcasal.tumblr.com\/\">photographer <\/a>who shot cover art for a number of albums and publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This October 18, Casal\u2019s upcoming EP <em>Circles Around the Sun Meets Joe Russo<\/em>, is scheduled to be released. Listen to \u201cPeace Reprise\u201d from the forthcoming album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Peace Reprise&quot; - Circles Around The Sun Meets Joe Russo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qEN6-g_r4uU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RIP Neal Casal 1968-2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brokedown Palace\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cWN2buXoJz4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neal Casal, prolific guitarist and member of Circles Around the Sun, Chris Robinson Brotherhood and many more over his career, has died at age 50. Pitchfork reports through a representative of Casal that the death was ruled a suicide. The tragic news was confirmed on Neal\u2019s Instagram account this morning. 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