Neal Casal (Denville, New Jersey, USA, November 2, 1968 – August 26, 2019) … Read Full Bio ↴Neal Casal (Denville, New Jersey, USA, November 2, 1968 – August 26, 2019) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and photographer.
First rising to prominence as lead guitarist with Rickey Medlocke's Blackfoot from 1988-1993, Casal is well known as a member of Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and of whom he was a member from 2005 until 2009. Neal Casal released eleven albums as a solo artist. He played in several groups, including Hazy Malaze, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Hard Working Americans, The Skiffle Players and Circles Around the Sun
Casal began work on early solo demos from 1990 to 1993 at studios in Los Angeles, New York and New Jersey. During this period he teamed up with his manager Gary Waldman, keyboard player John Ginty and vocalist Angie McKenna. After signing a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music, he forged a long standing professional relationship with producer/engineer Jim Scott.
In 1994, Casal signed with Zoo Entertainment and recorded his debut album at Palacio del Rio,[1] formally owned by James Stewart and Dean Martin in Santa Ynez, California with producer Jim Scott. The album featured musicians Don Heffington, Bob Glaub, Greg Leisz. Casal released Fade Away Diamond Time in September 1994 that to critical acclaim and supported by a US tour with his band.
Casal parted ways with Zoo Records in 1996 and recorded Rain, Wind, and Speed released by Buy or Die Records.
In 1997, Casal signed with the Glitterhouse Records label and went on to release five albums, including Field Recordings and The Sun Rises Here. In 1998, Casal released the self-produced album Basement Dreams, named Americana Album of the Year in Mojo magazine.
During the Spring of 1999, Casal teamed up with Six String Drag front man Kenny Roby and toured Europe, later that summer recording the live album Black River Sides.
Casal released his sixth solo album Anytime Tomorrow in 2000, produced by Jim Scott. Anytime Tomorrow was the last album to be released by Glitterhouse in 2000 and prompted an extensive European tour into early 2001.
In 2002, Casal co-wrote, produced and released the EP Ran On Pure Lightning collaborating with Shannon McNally and other musicians which included Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz and Brent Rademaker. Around this time, Casal also started playing with bassist Jeff Hill and drummer Dan Fadel, forming Hazy Malaze.
Railroad Earth’s 2002 album Bird in a House featured a cover version of Casal’s song “Dandelion Wine”.
Shortly after signing to Paris-based Fargo Records in 2003, Fargo released the compilation album Maybe California resulting in a European tour and Casal's first solo tour of Japan. The following year, Fargo released two compilation albums, Leaving Traces, a selection of Casal’s original songs from 1994–2004, and Return in Kind, a compilation of covers and he began recording his eighth solo album.
Casal joined Ryan Adams and The Cardinals in 2005. In December of that year he embarked on his third Japanese tour, which featured his first photography exhibition and upon his return released No Wish to Reminisce in early 2006. The album, produced by Michael Deming (Beachwood Sparks, Lilys), took his music in a different direction from his previous work, with a more layered, psychedelic production. All Directions, a compilation album of live and unreleased songs, was released in 2007.
In 2009, Casal teamed up with engineer Don Sternecker and recorded and produced Roots and Wings. The album included musicians Jon Graboff, Greg Leisz, Johnathan Rice, Jeff Hill, Dan Fadel and Andy Goessling.
Casal began recording his tenth solo album in March 2010 with producer Thom Monahan. While Casal toured Europe, Fargo re-released the albums Basement Dreams and Rain, Wind and Speed.
On March 6 it was announced that Casal had joined the Chris Robinson Brotherhood.
Casal's tenth studio album, Sweeten the Distance, was released in November 2011.
In 2013, Casal joined Hard Working Americans alongside Todd Snider, Dave Schools, Chad Staehly and Duane Trucks. The supergroup's debut album Hard Working Americans was recorded at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in 2013 and released on January 21, 2014.
In 2015, Casal along with Adam MacDougall, Dan Horne and Mark Levy recorded five hours of music as Circles Around the Sun that was played as the pre-show and set break music at The Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well concerts in Santa Clara and Chicago. These compositions were released later that year as the album Interludes for the Dead. Circles Around the Sun made its live debut at the 2016 Lockn' Festival at Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, Virginia. In 2018, CATS released their second album Let It Wander.
In 2016, Casal joined three other Beachwood Sparks alums, Farmer Dave Scher, Dan Horne, and Aaron Sperske, and songwriter Cass McCombs to form The Skiffle Players. Their debut album Skifflin was released that year, followed by the Piffle Sayers EP and Skiff in 2018.
In the summer of 2002, while touring with Shannon McNally, Casal formed Hazy Malaze with fellow band members Dan Fadel and Jeff Hill. Their debut album Hazy Malaze was recorded and mixed at Village Recorders in Los Angeles in eleven days. Later that year they toured opening for Robert Randolph and the Family Band and during 2003 continued to tour the US, while beginning work on their second album Blackout Love.
In 2005, Hazy Malaze released their second album Blackout Love, supported by a French tour.
In 2009 Hazy Malaze released their third album Connections.
Casal joined Ryan Adams & The Cardinals in 2005, shortly after the release of Jacksonville City Nights, replacing J.P. Bowerstock, and toured the US in the summer of 2006, followed by a UK and European tour in the autumn.
In 2007, the Ryan Adams album Easy Tiger was released and went to number seven. on Billboard album chart, resulting in a yearlong world tour and the album's producer, Jamie Candiloro, added to the lineup on piano. Candiloro also produced the Follow the Lights EP, released in October 2007, and reaching number 40 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
In 2008, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals released Cardinology, recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York and produced by Tom Schick. The album reached number 11 on Billboard album chart and number 14 on Rolling Stone’s best albums of 2008 list. Rolling Stone magazine also placed "Magick" at #13 on the 100 Best Singles of 2008 list.
In January 2009, Adams announced that he was leaving The Cardinals after their final show on March 20, 2009 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. The band has been on indefinite hiatus ever since.
In December 2010, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals released their final album III/IV, a compilation of unreleased material. The album was recorded in 2006 during the same sessions that yielded Easy Tiger.
On April 16 Ryan Adams released Class Mythology, which is an EP of unreleased tracks recorded with the Cardinals during the Cardinology period.
In an interview with American Songwriter Casal described his experience with the group positively. "It really was a great lineup... For a couple years there, man, we were on fire. We really were. We were playing some amazing shows and running through Ryan’s entire catalog, just burning those songs to the ground. We really felt confident for awhile [sic]. 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."
Casal contributed guitar work on Tift Merritt’s 2005 album Tambourine, featuring Mike Campbell, which was nominated for a Country Album of the Year and three Americana Music Awards. Casal played on Gin Wigmore’s 2009 album Holy Smoke produced by Mike Elizondo, which won four of the six New Zealand Music Awards it was nominated for and went Quadruple Platinum.
Willie Nelson's 2007 album Songbird produced by Ryan Adams and released by Lost Highway Records. Adams, along with The Cardinals, performed on the album’s eleven tracks, featuring Casal on guitar and piano. Songbird peaked at #87 on the Billboard 200 on November 18, 2006.
In 2004, Casal provided photos for Tift Merritt’s second record Tambourine.
In 2007, Casal shot the album cover photos for the Ryan Adams album Easy Tiger and the Ryan Adams and the Cardinals EP Follow the Lights.[37] In 2008, he provided photos for the Ryan Adams and the Cardinals album Cardinology.
Casal provided photographs for the final album of Ryan Adams and The Cardinals Cardinals III/IV, which was released in 2010.
In January 2008 Casal exhibited his photography at the Bauhaus Gallery in Tokyo.
Casal shot the album cover and all photos for the artwork for Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion’s 2011 album Bright Examples.
Casal shot the album cover for Courtney Jaye's The Exotic Sounds of Courtney Jaye, released on January 10, 2010.
In 2010 Casal provided photographs for Danny and the Champions of the World album Streets of Our Time.
Casal provided never before seen photographs for the Ryan Adams and The Cardinals EP Class Mythology, released in April 2011.
Casal’s photographs have appeared in publications such as Mojo, Rolling Stone, Spin, Harp, USA Today.
In 2016, Casal photographs appeared on the front and back covers of The Hard Working Americans record "Rest In Chaos"
Director Ray Foley made a documentary about Casal' influences and inspirations during the making of his sixth album in 2001 entitled Neal Casal: Anytime Tomorrow.
In 2009, two Hazy Malaze songs were featured on Private Practice season three, episode seven “The Hard Part” and Casal’s single “The Losing End Again” appeared in Fringe season two, episode seventeen “Olivia. In The Lab. With The Revolver.”.
Casal was Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn's voice coach for the 2004 movie Starsky & Hutch and played guitar on Owen Wilson's performance of "Don't Give Up On Us Baby" which was also featured on the soundtrack.
Sang the lead vocals on “The Game” on “The Music of Jason Crigler”, released on Rudy Records. Casal co-wrote and sang backing vocals on “The Truest Kind”, on the album Danny and The Champions of The World.
In 2011, Casal worked as Garrett Hedlund’s guitar instructor for the movie Country Strong and also appears in the film as Gwyneth Paltrow’s guitar player.
In March 2010, Abrams Image published Casals first book of photography A View of Other Windows. The book is a photographic documentary of life playing and touring with Ryan Adams and The Cardinals.
Discography
Solo
Studio albums
Fade Away Diamond Time (1995)
Rain, Wind and Speed (1996)
Field Recordings (1997)
The Sun Rises Here (1998)
Basement Dreams (1999)
Black River Sides (with Kenny Roby) (1999)
Anytime Tomorrow (2000)
Return in Kind (2004)
No Wish to Reminisce (2006)
Roots and Wings (2009)
Sweeten the Distance (2011)
Compilations
An introduction to Neal Casal - maybe California (2003)
Leaving Traces (2004)
All Directions (2008)
With Shannon McNally
Ran on Pure Lightning (EP) (2002)
With Hazy Malaze
Hazy Malaze (2003)
Blackout Love (2004)
Connections (2009)
With Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
Easy Tiger (2007)
Follow the Lights (2007)
Cardinology (2008)
III/IV (2010)
Class Mythology (2011)
With Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Big Moon Ritual (2012)
The Magic Door (2012)
Betty's SF Blends Vol 1 (2013)
Phosphorescent Harvest (2014)
Try Rock N' Roll EP (2014)
Betty's Blends Vol 2: Best From The West
Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel (2016)
If You Lived Here You Would Be Home By Now (2016)
Betty's Blends Vol 3: Self Rising Southern Blends (2017)
Barefoot In The Head (2017)
Raven's Reels Vol 1 (2018)
Servants Of The Sun (2019)
With Hard Working Americans
Hard Working Americans (2014)
Rest in Chaos (2016)
We're All In This Together (2017)
Album collaborations
Blackfoot - Medicine Man (1991) - Guitar, vocals
James Iha — Let It Come Down (1998) — Guitar and harmonies [49]
Angie Mckenna - Looking East - Production, guitar, piano, vocals (1999)
A Christmas To Remember — Cora Jones (1998) — Various artists compilation, Casal's original song, vocals, guitar and percussion
Bill Kelly - Jumbo - Guitar - (2000)
Lucinda Williams — Caravan of Dreams (2001) — Guitar[50]
Amy Allison - Sad Girl - Guitar -(2001)
Duncan Sheik — Daylight[51] (2002) — Sang harmonies
Ileen - Bride Pt.2 - guitar (2002)
Dayna Manning — Shades (2002) — Guitar
Robert Randolph and the Family Band — Unclassified[52] (2004) — Sang harmonies
Tift Merritt — Tambourine (2004) — Guitar and harmonies
Mia Doi Todd — Manzanita[53] (2005) — Guitar
Emily Loizeau - L'Autre Bout du Monde - guitar (2005)
Willie Nelson — Songbird (2006) — Guitar
Minnie Driver — Seastories[54] (2007) — Guitar
The Music Of Jason Crigler - guitar - (2008)
Danny And The Champions Of The World - Harmonies (2008)
Clarence Bucaro - Til Spring - guitar (2009)
Gin Wigmore — Holy Smoke[55] (2009) — Guitar
Mark Olson — Many Colored Kite[56] (2010) — Guitar and bass
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion — Bright Examples [57](2011) — Guitar and piano
Bryan Greenberg — We Don't Have Forever[58] (2011) — Guitar and bass
Levi Strom - The Lone Wolf - Piano (2011)
Music Is Love - A Singer Songwriter's Tribute To The Music Of CSN&Y (2012)
Amanda Shires — Carrying Lightning[59] (2011) — Guitar and harmonies
Ryan Adams — Ashes & Fire (2011) — backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Vetiver (The Errant Charm) - 2011
Levi Strom - The Lone Wolf - piano (2011)
James Iha — Look To The Sky (2012) — vocals/harmonies
Fruit Bats - Tripper (2012) - Guitar
Dan Grimm (Average Savage) 2014 - Guitar
Matt Waldon (Learn To Love) 2014 - Guitar
Mark Olson - (Good-bye Lizelle) 2014 - Guitar,Bass
Vetiver (Complete Strangers) 2015 - Guitar
Gospelbeach (Pacific Surf Line) 2015 - Guitar, vocals
J.E. Borgen (Roots Down Deep) 2016 - Guitar
The Tyde - (Darren 4) 2016 - Guitar
The Orchard (The Great Unknown) 2017 - Guitar, harmonica
Jeff Grimes (More Than Memory) 2017 - Guitar
Danielle Hicks And The Resistance (Honey) 2017 - Guitar
Dori Freeman (Letters Never Read) 2017 - Guitar
Johnny Irion (Driving Friend) 2018 - Guitar
Emma Scott (It Was Worth It) 2018 - Harmonies
Fruit Bats (Gold Past Life) 2019 - Guitar
Little Wings (Ropes) 2019 - Guitar
Song collaborations
Zoolander soundtrack — Rufus Wainwright song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"[60](2001) — Guitar
The Sun Records Tribute album — Good Rockin' Tonight, The Legacy of Sun Records[61] — Sheryl Crow song “Who Will The Next Fool Be” (2001) — Guitar
Starsky & Hutch soundtrack — song "Don't Give Up On Us Baby" (2004) — Guitar
Shelby Starner single — “Don’t Let Them” (1999)
Badly Drawn Boy single — “Spitting in the Wind” (2001)
“More Townes Van Zant” by The Great Unknown (2010)
First rising to prominence as lead guitarist with Rickey Medlocke's Blackfoot from 1988-1993, Casal is well known as a member of Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and of whom he was a member from 2005 until 2009. Neal Casal released eleven albums as a solo artist. He played in several groups, including Hazy Malaze, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Hard Working Americans, The Skiffle Players and Circles Around the Sun
Casal began work on early solo demos from 1990 to 1993 at studios in Los Angeles, New York and New Jersey. During this period he teamed up with his manager Gary Waldman, keyboard player John Ginty and vocalist Angie McKenna. After signing a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music, he forged a long standing professional relationship with producer/engineer Jim Scott.
In 1994, Casal signed with Zoo Entertainment and recorded his debut album at Palacio del Rio,[1] formally owned by James Stewart and Dean Martin in Santa Ynez, California with producer Jim Scott. The album featured musicians Don Heffington, Bob Glaub, Greg Leisz. Casal released Fade Away Diamond Time in September 1994 that to critical acclaim and supported by a US tour with his band.
Casal parted ways with Zoo Records in 1996 and recorded Rain, Wind, and Speed released by Buy or Die Records.
In 1997, Casal signed with the Glitterhouse Records label and went on to release five albums, including Field Recordings and The Sun Rises Here. In 1998, Casal released the self-produced album Basement Dreams, named Americana Album of the Year in Mojo magazine.
During the Spring of 1999, Casal teamed up with Six String Drag front man Kenny Roby and toured Europe, later that summer recording the live album Black River Sides.
Casal released his sixth solo album Anytime Tomorrow in 2000, produced by Jim Scott. Anytime Tomorrow was the last album to be released by Glitterhouse in 2000 and prompted an extensive European tour into early 2001.
In 2002, Casal co-wrote, produced and released the EP Ran On Pure Lightning collaborating with Shannon McNally and other musicians which included Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz and Brent Rademaker. Around this time, Casal also started playing with bassist Jeff Hill and drummer Dan Fadel, forming Hazy Malaze.
Railroad Earth’s 2002 album Bird in a House featured a cover version of Casal’s song “Dandelion Wine”.
Shortly after signing to Paris-based Fargo Records in 2003, Fargo released the compilation album Maybe California resulting in a European tour and Casal's first solo tour of Japan. The following year, Fargo released two compilation albums, Leaving Traces, a selection of Casal’s original songs from 1994–2004, and Return in Kind, a compilation of covers and he began recording his eighth solo album.
Casal joined Ryan Adams and The Cardinals in 2005. In December of that year he embarked on his third Japanese tour, which featured his first photography exhibition and upon his return released No Wish to Reminisce in early 2006. The album, produced by Michael Deming (Beachwood Sparks, Lilys), took his music in a different direction from his previous work, with a more layered, psychedelic production. All Directions, a compilation album of live and unreleased songs, was released in 2007.
In 2009, Casal teamed up with engineer Don Sternecker and recorded and produced Roots and Wings. The album included musicians Jon Graboff, Greg Leisz, Johnathan Rice, Jeff Hill, Dan Fadel and Andy Goessling.
Casal began recording his tenth solo album in March 2010 with producer Thom Monahan. While Casal toured Europe, Fargo re-released the albums Basement Dreams and Rain, Wind and Speed.
On March 6 it was announced that Casal had joined the Chris Robinson Brotherhood.
Casal's tenth studio album, Sweeten the Distance, was released in November 2011.
In 2013, Casal joined Hard Working Americans alongside Todd Snider, Dave Schools, Chad Staehly and Duane Trucks. The supergroup's debut album Hard Working Americans was recorded at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in 2013 and released on January 21, 2014.
In 2015, Casal along with Adam MacDougall, Dan Horne and Mark Levy recorded five hours of music as Circles Around the Sun that was played as the pre-show and set break music at The Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well concerts in Santa Clara and Chicago. These compositions were released later that year as the album Interludes for the Dead. Circles Around the Sun made its live debut at the 2016 Lockn' Festival at Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, Virginia. In 2018, CATS released their second album Let It Wander.
In 2016, Casal joined three other Beachwood Sparks alums, Farmer Dave Scher, Dan Horne, and Aaron Sperske, and songwriter Cass McCombs to form The Skiffle Players. Their debut album Skifflin was released that year, followed by the Piffle Sayers EP and Skiff in 2018.
In the summer of 2002, while touring with Shannon McNally, Casal formed Hazy Malaze with fellow band members Dan Fadel and Jeff Hill. Their debut album Hazy Malaze was recorded and mixed at Village Recorders in Los Angeles in eleven days. Later that year they toured opening for Robert Randolph and the Family Band and during 2003 continued to tour the US, while beginning work on their second album Blackout Love.
In 2005, Hazy Malaze released their second album Blackout Love, supported by a French tour.
In 2009 Hazy Malaze released their third album Connections.
Casal joined Ryan Adams & The Cardinals in 2005, shortly after the release of Jacksonville City Nights, replacing J.P. Bowerstock, and toured the US in the summer of 2006, followed by a UK and European tour in the autumn.
In 2007, the Ryan Adams album Easy Tiger was released and went to number seven. on Billboard album chart, resulting in a yearlong world tour and the album's producer, Jamie Candiloro, added to the lineup on piano. Candiloro also produced the Follow the Lights EP, released in October 2007, and reaching number 40 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
In 2008, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals released Cardinology, recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York and produced by Tom Schick. The album reached number 11 on Billboard album chart and number 14 on Rolling Stone’s best albums of 2008 list. Rolling Stone magazine also placed "Magick" at #13 on the 100 Best Singles of 2008 list.
In January 2009, Adams announced that he was leaving The Cardinals after their final show on March 20, 2009 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. The band has been on indefinite hiatus ever since.
In December 2010, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals released their final album III/IV, a compilation of unreleased material. The album was recorded in 2006 during the same sessions that yielded Easy Tiger.
On April 16 Ryan Adams released Class Mythology, which is an EP of unreleased tracks recorded with the Cardinals during the Cardinology period.
In an interview with American Songwriter Casal described his experience with the group positively. "It really was a great lineup... For a couple years there, man, we were on fire. We really were. We were playing some amazing shows and running through Ryan’s entire catalog, just burning those songs to the ground. We really felt confident for awhile [sic]. 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."
Casal contributed guitar work on Tift Merritt’s 2005 album Tambourine, featuring Mike Campbell, which was nominated for a Country Album of the Year and three Americana Music Awards. Casal played on Gin Wigmore’s 2009 album Holy Smoke produced by Mike Elizondo, which won four of the six New Zealand Music Awards it was nominated for and went Quadruple Platinum.
Willie Nelson's 2007 album Songbird produced by Ryan Adams and released by Lost Highway Records. Adams, along with The Cardinals, performed on the album’s eleven tracks, featuring Casal on guitar and piano. Songbird peaked at #87 on the Billboard 200 on November 18, 2006.
In 2004, Casal provided photos for Tift Merritt’s second record Tambourine.
In 2007, Casal shot the album cover photos for the Ryan Adams album Easy Tiger and the Ryan Adams and the Cardinals EP Follow the Lights.[37] In 2008, he provided photos for the Ryan Adams and the Cardinals album Cardinology.
Casal provided photographs for the final album of Ryan Adams and The Cardinals Cardinals III/IV, which was released in 2010.
In January 2008 Casal exhibited his photography at the Bauhaus Gallery in Tokyo.
Casal shot the album cover and all photos for the artwork for Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion’s 2011 album Bright Examples.
Casal shot the album cover for Courtney Jaye's The Exotic Sounds of Courtney Jaye, released on January 10, 2010.
In 2010 Casal provided photographs for Danny and the Champions of the World album Streets of Our Time.
Casal provided never before seen photographs for the Ryan Adams and The Cardinals EP Class Mythology, released in April 2011.
Casal’s photographs have appeared in publications such as Mojo, Rolling Stone, Spin, Harp, USA Today.
In 2016, Casal photographs appeared on the front and back covers of The Hard Working Americans record "Rest In Chaos"
Director Ray Foley made a documentary about Casal' influences and inspirations during the making of his sixth album in 2001 entitled Neal Casal: Anytime Tomorrow.
In 2009, two Hazy Malaze songs were featured on Private Practice season three, episode seven “The Hard Part” and Casal’s single “The Losing End Again” appeared in Fringe season two, episode seventeen “Olivia. In The Lab. With The Revolver.”.
Casal was Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn's voice coach for the 2004 movie Starsky & Hutch and played guitar on Owen Wilson's performance of "Don't Give Up On Us Baby" which was also featured on the soundtrack.
Sang the lead vocals on “The Game” on “The Music of Jason Crigler”, released on Rudy Records. Casal co-wrote and sang backing vocals on “The Truest Kind”, on the album Danny and The Champions of The World.
In 2011, Casal worked as Garrett Hedlund’s guitar instructor for the movie Country Strong and also appears in the film as Gwyneth Paltrow’s guitar player.
In March 2010, Abrams Image published Casals first book of photography A View of Other Windows. The book is a photographic documentary of life playing and touring with Ryan Adams and The Cardinals.
Discography
Solo
Studio albums
Fade Away Diamond Time (1995)
Rain, Wind and Speed (1996)
Field Recordings (1997)
The Sun Rises Here (1998)
Basement Dreams (1999)
Black River Sides (with Kenny Roby) (1999)
Anytime Tomorrow (2000)
Return in Kind (2004)
No Wish to Reminisce (2006)
Roots and Wings (2009)
Sweeten the Distance (2011)
Compilations
An introduction to Neal Casal - maybe California (2003)
Leaving Traces (2004)
All Directions (2008)
With Shannon McNally
Ran on Pure Lightning (EP) (2002)
With Hazy Malaze
Hazy Malaze (2003)
Blackout Love (2004)
Connections (2009)
With Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
Easy Tiger (2007)
Follow the Lights (2007)
Cardinology (2008)
III/IV (2010)
Class Mythology (2011)
With Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Big Moon Ritual (2012)
The Magic Door (2012)
Betty's SF Blends Vol 1 (2013)
Phosphorescent Harvest (2014)
Try Rock N' Roll EP (2014)
Betty's Blends Vol 2: Best From The West
Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel (2016)
If You Lived Here You Would Be Home By Now (2016)
Betty's Blends Vol 3: Self Rising Southern Blends (2017)
Barefoot In The Head (2017)
Raven's Reels Vol 1 (2018)
Servants Of The Sun (2019)
With Hard Working Americans
Hard Working Americans (2014)
Rest in Chaos (2016)
We're All In This Together (2017)
Album collaborations
Blackfoot - Medicine Man (1991) - Guitar, vocals
James Iha — Let It Come Down (1998) — Guitar and harmonies [49]
Angie Mckenna - Looking East - Production, guitar, piano, vocals (1999)
A Christmas To Remember — Cora Jones (1998) — Various artists compilation, Casal's original song, vocals, guitar and percussion
Bill Kelly - Jumbo - Guitar - (2000)
Lucinda Williams — Caravan of Dreams (2001) — Guitar[50]
Amy Allison - Sad Girl - Guitar -(2001)
Duncan Sheik — Daylight[51] (2002) — Sang harmonies
Ileen - Bride Pt.2 - guitar (2002)
Dayna Manning — Shades (2002) — Guitar
Robert Randolph and the Family Band — Unclassified[52] (2004) — Sang harmonies
Tift Merritt — Tambourine (2004) — Guitar and harmonies
Mia Doi Todd — Manzanita[53] (2005) — Guitar
Emily Loizeau - L'Autre Bout du Monde - guitar (2005)
Willie Nelson — Songbird (2006) — Guitar
Minnie Driver — Seastories[54] (2007) — Guitar
The Music Of Jason Crigler - guitar - (2008)
Danny And The Champions Of The World - Harmonies (2008)
Clarence Bucaro - Til Spring - guitar (2009)
Gin Wigmore — Holy Smoke[55] (2009) — Guitar
Mark Olson — Many Colored Kite[56] (2010) — Guitar and bass
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion — Bright Examples [57](2011) — Guitar and piano
Bryan Greenberg — We Don't Have Forever[58] (2011) — Guitar and bass
Levi Strom - The Lone Wolf - Piano (2011)
Music Is Love - A Singer Songwriter's Tribute To The Music Of CSN&Y (2012)
Amanda Shires — Carrying Lightning[59] (2011) — Guitar and harmonies
Ryan Adams — Ashes & Fire (2011) — backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Vetiver (The Errant Charm) - 2011
Levi Strom - The Lone Wolf - piano (2011)
James Iha — Look To The Sky (2012) — vocals/harmonies
Fruit Bats - Tripper (2012) - Guitar
Dan Grimm (Average Savage) 2014 - Guitar
Matt Waldon (Learn To Love) 2014 - Guitar
Mark Olson - (Good-bye Lizelle) 2014 - Guitar,Bass
Vetiver (Complete Strangers) 2015 - Guitar
Gospelbeach (Pacific Surf Line) 2015 - Guitar, vocals
J.E. Borgen (Roots Down Deep) 2016 - Guitar
The Tyde - (Darren 4) 2016 - Guitar
The Orchard (The Great Unknown) 2017 - Guitar, harmonica
Jeff Grimes (More Than Memory) 2017 - Guitar
Danielle Hicks And The Resistance (Honey) 2017 - Guitar
Dori Freeman (Letters Never Read) 2017 - Guitar
Johnny Irion (Driving Friend) 2018 - Guitar
Emma Scott (It Was Worth It) 2018 - Harmonies
Fruit Bats (Gold Past Life) 2019 - Guitar
Little Wings (Ropes) 2019 - Guitar
Song collaborations
Zoolander soundtrack — Rufus Wainwright song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"[60](2001) — Guitar
The Sun Records Tribute album — Good Rockin' Tonight, The Legacy of Sun Records[61] — Sheryl Crow song “Who Will The Next Fool Be” (2001) — Guitar
Starsky & Hutch soundtrack — song "Don't Give Up On Us Baby" (2004) — Guitar
Shelby Starner single — “Don’t Let Them” (1999)
Badly Drawn Boy single — “Spitting in the Wind” (2001)
“More Townes Van Zant” by The Great Unknown (2010)
Wishing Well
Neal Casal Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Wishing Well' by these artists:
182 Been gone a long time I kinda lost my way, can't…
7 Minutes in Heaven I'll start a war with the fences holding back my…
A L L Girl you always tell me But i'm drifting Yea but you always…
A-Love It keeps on happening when I think the door is…
Aaron Rickel I've been living in the loneliest places I'm never around…
Adam Duritz Did you think you were unbelievable then I see that Twent…
Adonis | www.Marvin-Vibez.in I'll start a war with the fences holding back my…
Airborne Toxic Event (the) Standing on a bus stop Feeling your head pop Out in the…
All I go to that wishing well Stand looking down So many thought…
Andrews Jessica Here goes another day A hug and a kiss, we're on…
Angra Close your eyes, what do you see? Takes a while to…
Anoush All of my sorrow I give it to our mother Rain flowing…
At Vance Take off your hat and kick off your shoes I know…
Axel Rudi Pell Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know you…
Barclay Martin Ensemble Like a whisper in the air Messages already there But it soun…
BEDROOM - Juice WRLD Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, uh I can't breathe (Chopsquad),…
Bell Maggie Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know…
Ben Moody Sinking and suffocating The walls are crumbling from within…
Bert Jansch Wishing Well Wilt thou water Hide my burden Until I return, …
Big Head Todd and The Monsters Missy may you listen to your heart Missy may you listen…
Bill Ward/Black Sabbath/Geezer Butler/Ronnie James Dio/Tony Iommi Throw me a penny and I'll make you a dream You…
Bingham Ryan I've been wasting my time I don't need no more rain I've…
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club I’ve been down the wishing well I feel I’ve lost my…
Black Sabbath Throw me a penny and I'll make you a dream You…
Black Sabbath氀 Throw me a penny and I'll make you a dream You…
Blackfoot Take off your hat; kick off your shoes. I know you…
Blank & Jones She been staring in the mirror, whispering to herself Then s…
Blind Melon When you fall back down And you lost your crown Get back…
blink-182 Been gone a long time I kinda lost my way, can't…
blink-182 (USA) Been gone a long time I kinda lost my way,…
blink-182 - Neighborhoods Been gone a long time I kinda lost my way, can't…
Blink–182 Been gone a long time I kinda lost my way,…
Bob Mould Wishing well runs wet and dry I wish for things i…
Bobby "Blue" Bland Well, I'm standing at the wishing well Gazin' up at a…
Branches I was a wishing well, waiting to be filled I was…
C. Don't break away Break away from me, she said I'm holding my…
Cabriolet Paris Have you heard that there’s water some would die to…
Cadet Oh wishing well, Don't you find that life is but a…
Caroline Glaser Kissing like a bandit stealing time Underneath the sycamore …
Cavetown You're the crick in my neck You're the pillow to fix…
Charming Disaster Farewell wishing well I′ve said what's on my mind There′s no…
Chelou Let it go Never mind Let′s put it behind us Whatever you say…
Cheyenne Marie Mize Can I put a penny in the wishing well wishing…
Chris Koza She gave me the news Clear as a bell As a coin…
Christopher Cross In this land of accessories The obsolescent sheen Like so ma…
Chromatics Tomorrow will start over When today says goodnight Morning w…
Civilization One Now we surrender For the past we left behind A kingdom they…
Clancy Grealish Left all her coins at the hotel Wanted to make a…
Coach Tev Blake Cris J08s Careful around them corners Coach Tev, Blake Cris, J08s Like…
COCINA - Shaman's Harvest And the devil's openin' up my skull Reachin' on down to…
Cole Chaney Too much power in our hands Everything we do, we do…
Common Children Red Rover, come over, pick clovers Let's spend a little time…
Connie Dover When first I saw you I saw beauty And I blinded my…
Converge The collapsing veins are empty The stars are less bright ton…
Copperlily The wishing well it made me sick, Cause I kept drinking…
Court of Owls Take me to a wishing well And tell me there's no…
Current Swell Baby its gonna be a while, A while until we meet…
D.I.S.C.I.P.L.E. Girl you always tell me But i'm drifting Yea but you always…
David Berkeley Have you heard that there's water some would die to…
Deacon Brody Right behind the wishing well I saw her standing on the…
Dialogues Tired of being The only black person Tired of being The only…
Dinah Washington Kissing like a bandit stealing time Underneath the sycamore …
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy She said it's beautiful On the inside out She said it's beau…
DriveAway Nobody gives a fuck what I'm feeling Long as I smile…
Dylan Cartlidge It′s a new world, said, its a new world Brain trippin',…
Dylan Mondegreen the loneliest boy on the east side of town writes a…
E-Prosounds You went to war all alone Left your heart at…
E.Z. Riders I could say I'm fine Cuz you'll never realize what it…
Eye Eye So long, farewell I'll be wishing you well And I'll keep in…
Fatcat Looking back on all the things that changed From silk to…
Fevermind Failure and doubt They call me by name Pull myself out But r…
Field Guide So what the hell? Threw my money in a wishing well Too…
Flick Wishing for a wishing well To grant my wish What my wish…
Folk is People Been hoping on better days Lord knows I’ve done my time Don’…
Fonda St. Paul If I had come along Given all to chance If I'd waited…
Four-One-One Shorty keep on the road, drippin' wet all over the…
Free Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know you…
Free (Rock) Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know you…
FRONDE You thought you knew me but you didn't You like to…
G.O.S.H. Shooting stars and wishing wells Moonlit nights and wedding …
Gary Moore (Rodgers/Kirke/Yamauchi/Bundrick/Kossoff) Take off your hat…
GDS Entertainment Pinched myself m I dreaming Held me back cuz I was…
Graham BLVD Kissing like a bandit stealing time underneath a sycamore tr…
H.A.N.D. I don't see why With a lil time I can't be goat We…
Hamburg Blues Band Feat. Maggie Bell Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know…
Hans Theessink Our good times are past and gone Now it's time for…
head head Missy may you listen to your heart Missy may your drifting…
Headstrong Mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm, uh I can't breathe (Chopsquad)…
Holyvexy Ima slave in this game Imma pawn in the scheme I don't…
Hunters & Collectors When you’re alone, no one can see Deep in the darkness,…
Hunters & Collectors Let it go take it slow and just hold to…
ilira You got a heart so heavy Far away from home Too many…
INXS If you ever want to taste it Go down to the…
Isaac The Beloved Give my thoughts and my wishes To the wishing well I…
J. Weathers Everything I had was stripped away And every flaw I have…
J.J. Cale Let he who is without sin cast the first stone As…
Jack Broadbent All you people Around the wishing well If you wait…
Jack Ninte Wishing Well INSTRUMENTAL SONG…
Jane Marczewski The beginning and the end are done Your eulogy carved out…
Janne Hea I had a dream last night about a girl, She was…
Jerry Galeries Another day Another page What were the things That made you …
Jessica Andrews Here goes another day A hug and a kiss, we're on…
Jessie Paege (Hmm-hmm-hmm) (Hmm-hmm-hmm) (Hmm-hmm-hmm) (Hmm-hmm-hmm) I m…
Jill Barber I’m wishing that my well does not run dry I’m wishing…
Jim Whish me luck baby Kissing like an bandit stealing time Unde…
Jo Dee Messina Here goes another day A hug and a kiss, we're on…
Joel Plaskett Standing here at this wishing well Throwing my one thin dim…
Johnny Clegg The world is a beautiful place And its red fine and…
Jolan Kissing like a bandit stealing time Underneath the sycamore …
Jon Flynn Oh it was all a dream That's what I tell myself So…
Jookbox City [Chorus:] Put a penny in a wishing well Close my eyes count…
Josh Osho I'm not the wishing well Reflect on what's went gone and…
Juice WRLD Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, uh I can't breathe (Chopsquad),…
Julian Fulton & The Zombie Gospel Babble like a chicken, snort like a pig Drown in a…
k-oth Got this dime right in front of my eyes She's coming…
KITCHEN - Black Sabbath Throw me a penny and I'll make you a dream You…
KITCHEN - Free Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know you…
KITCHEN - Juice WRLD Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, uh I can't breathe (Chopsquad),…
Klaas I was dumb, I was stupid so I said goodbye But…
Knowledge The Kid Lost a battle with myself Lost my treasure save the wealth L…
Korantemaa draw on me, make it last forever now outside the sky's…
Lil Bonnie Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I can't breathe, I can't…
Lillix You had me leaning over wishing wells Trip and fall, put…
Love Is All I looked for a sign on the palm of my…
M&R Rush Go and run em over Yeah , Yeah Yeah , Yeah treat…
Maggie Bell Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know…
Mario & Vidis Feat. Barbarossa You went to war all alone Left your heart at…
Michael Ruff What are you laughing about, wanna share it with the…
mike polizze Well it feels like another spell And I′m wishing, wishing we…
Monday 2 Friday & L.A. Calling Girl you always tell me But i'm drifting Yea but you always…
Monte Montgomery In the corner of a box marked lost and found I…
Morphine I move smooth, underwater. I know my way around. Everybody k…
Motorpsycho ...And as it's fading To a drowsy blue to live in I…
Mr. Frank J. Stola Grinding and finding nothing but Broken diamonds Climbing an…
Nick Lowe I should've left you where I found you Down by the…
nostraightanswer With the long days and the long nights I'm mystified I'm…
Nova Rockafeller If I could take a picture of my brain, Ashes in…
Ofln - Black Sabbath Throw me a penny and I'll make you a dream You…
Old Sea Brigade Lately I am just a beggar in need Go ahead give…
Paul Rodgers Take off your hat kick off your shoes, I know you ain't…
Paul Rodgers & Friends Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know you…
Paul Weller If I had come along Given all to chance If I'd waited…
Peter Daltrey The Asteroid No.4 So long, farewell I'll be wishing you well And I'll keep in…
Phantom Planet It cursed us all on our way home We passed the…
Plow Monday Something strange has happened here, your wishing well's run…
Porno For Pyros I can tell when I'm dead inside I stop thinking of…
Priory Jones and the Mission Take off your hat, kick off your shoes No, you're not…
Queen Paul: Well it's a message of love, love in a…
Queen / Paul Rodgers Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know you…
Rachel Stacy South of town where we used to play Down by that…
Riverlane Weary eyes Because i've been crying over you Failing kidney …
Rivers & Roads Iv been feelin down But my friends can’t tell I’v been…
Rodgers Paul Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know you…
Roy Harper Finjo ser invisível Pra não ter que te encarar Afogo na pisc…
Ruskabank Time enough to get your love down near the wishing…
Ryan Bingham I've been wasting my time, I don't need no more…
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses I've been wasting my time I don't need no more rain I've…
Sam Feldt She drips diamonds like a glacier melts She's self-made…
Sananda Maitreya Kissing like a bandit, stealing time, underneath a sycamore …
Savatage Take off your hat, kick off your shoes You know you…
Saviour Borrow a mask to pretend Two faced til the end Progress is…
Second-Chance I'll keep this song short and sweet To hope to not…
Semisonic Last night I dreamed of falling Down a wishing well. No one…
Shaman's Harvest And the devil's openin' up my skull Reachin' on down to…
Shangri-La's The Stayed for a while in the hollow sound The only water…
shut up and drive I spoke a vow today and asked if God would…
Shy Lennox Lose that inhibition Use that intuition Prove that you've be…
shye. I've got all these words to write Been trying to find…
Silver Travis Can't breathe (Chopsquad), I can't breathe, 999 Waiting for …
Slaves Everybody's on the prowl Looking for something new It doesn'…
Small Town Sleeper Everything moves at its own pace. I'm getting used to falli…
Spitalfield Hold my breath, now you couldn't be more perfect. You…
Star & Micey Grinding and finding nothing but Broken diamonds Climbing an…
Sterr Sitting by the wishing well With just a fate of smile All…
Stomper Darling, where are you now? Gonna find you down in the…
Styx Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know you're…
T.T.D'arby Kissing like a bandit stealing time underneath a sycamore tr…
Terrorvision Take off your hat, kick off your shoes. You know you…
The Airborne Toxic Event Standing on a bus stop Feeling your head pop Out in the…
The Black Belles Once the screaming hits the ceiling & the white flag…
The British Blues Quintet feat. Maggie Bell Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know…
The Dead South So sweet so genuine. I bet you taste like sweet cherrie…
The Everywheres Orthodox or strange desire rising like a hurricane, Driving …
The Lyndsay Diaries Stand atop the wishing well in the dark of the…
The Mission Take off your hat, kick off your shoes No, you're not…
The Moth The Flame You've got a heart of... But all they see is You're a…
The Moth & the Flame You've got a heart of... But all they see is... You've got…
The Moth The Flame You've got a heart of... But all they see is You're a…
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Wishing well, wish me well On a dream bought with a…
The Oh Hello's I ran like a speeding train Cut my hair and changed…
The Queenstons I am the wishing well I am the sun I am living…
The Rad Trads Threw my money down a wishing well, What I wished for…
The Shangri-Las Stayed for a while in the hollow sound The only water…
Trampas The beat is in my head / Times I want…
Trekk Flip the coin down the wishing well Wish for it all…
Trent D'arby Terence Kissing like a bandit stealing time underneath a sycamore tr…
Unite To Prevail Years in the dark yet still you think you know…
Unlike Pluto And I don't wanna wish you well Throw a penny down…
Various Artists Kissing like a bandit, stealing time Underneath a sycamore t…
W.A.S.P. [Jesse to Self] There's place where I'm Oh - with…
Wanda Jackson I'm goin' fishin' in the wishin' well I'm gonna get…
Wild Cub In the hot night, I hear your voice That blind horizon…
William Clark Green Tonight I'm going out on the town Got to lose myself…
Yanni The Airborne Toxic Event - Wishing Well ★ 卜超 制作 Standing on…
YOSHI FLOWER Waiting for the exhale I toss my pain with my…
you and the boom Do you remember The sunny days and sleepless nights from bac…
{M.J.R} Let he who is without sin cast the first stone As…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Neal Casal:
A Day In The Sun Everybody knows a little bit of something Everybody's got th…
A Message You Can Send A quarter for a payphone-call to Houston I see that writing…
All the Luck in the World You see the choice in front of you And though it's…
Angelina Angelina, come to me And share a whisper low and sweet I…
Angels on Hold When they come for you Don't let them take your heart If…
Annabelle It's 3 o'clock in the morning and we're still here And…
Best to Believe Everybody's leaving, they're going far away They're taking n…
Best to bonnie Take the quiet out of my night And let it run…
Bird In Hand I haven't seen your face In such a long, long time We…
Break Even Hanging round the diner Just trying to break even Standing o…
Chasing Her Ghost Searching high and low for someone to talk to, it's cold…
Cincinnati Motel Every time I see you walking my way, I just…
Dad Again Up in the morning Out on a job Work like…
Day In The Sun Everybody knows a little bit of something Everybody's got th…
Death of a Dream I thought I'd learned my lesson I thought I had it…
Debris I left you on the debris At the Sunday morning market You…
Delaware Station There used to be a place to go But that was…
Detroit Or Buffalo People expect you to fall Hit that same old wall Really th…
Down a Strange Street I don't even know what gets you off anymore I used…
Eddy & Diamonds Let's just say I've got my soul set I'm finding things…
Everything Is Moving I am just a shadow on your wall One day you…
Feel No Pain Come and see me later on You know where I'll be In…
Fell On Hard Times Since I fell on hard times I haven't known what to…
Fierce Little Bird You're a Fierce Little Bird And you can't settle down…
Free Light of Day Today someone died And I′m sorry to say By suicide In the Fr…
Free To Go It must have something to do With letting go You must have…
Freeway to the Canyon All along you knew that you would be coming back…
Grand Island There's nothing stopping you from writing this all down You …
Green Moon There is a green moon rising Silver stars behind it We are…
Halfway Through Town Wearing out a hole in the floor where you stand The…
Hands On The Plow There is nothing I can say to you now Of all…
I Will Weep No More The freeway is filling up as the sun is coming…
It You can give me this You can give me that You…
Leaving Traces Turn the lights on, softly shining And leave that woman whe…
Luckystars Thank your Luckystars all the way No one thought you'd still…
Maybe California He spent his life like a dollar He lived it fast…
Name in Vain They were supposedto be having such a good time The flowers…
No One Above You Come and watch the evening go Sinking down into the sea The…
On the Mend You can say what you want to About the life that…
One Last Time I couldn't charm you if I tried Without a warning from…
Open Ground To work like the devil for your pay Was the old…
Pilot's Song all the time you'd spent alone in your room with all…
Portland Water The Portland water they swillin' cold and it swills my body…
Real Country Dark As I started down the street one day A man…
Reason This didn't happen for a Reason No matter what you…
Remember What It's Like Maybe it's too early to talk about this But I can't…
Signals Fading I've got nothing to lose, except a little sleep, I send…
Sleeping Pills In Stereo I've been waiting for a face to change All I do…
So Far Astray I wound up on the wrong end of this town, Underneath…
St Cloud In my time I have seen far too much I′ve seen more…
Sunday River Sunday river, rolling around Down the vine and past the hou…
Sundowntown Sundown Swept me off my feet Downtown I stepped into the …
Sweetvine Take a walk up the gas line You know it…
the last of my connections The Last Of My Connections Came to see me yesterday…
The Losing End Again Tell me all of your secrets tonight, Meet me on the…
The new jenny jenkins I need to tell you how I feel Though what I′m…
The Portland Water The Portland water they swillin' cold and it swills my body…
There's A Reward Everyday my heart is sore …
These Days With You These days with you have come to pass We've seen some…
To Look For You Waiting for someone to come to my door To help me…
Tomorrow's Sky So tired of waiting around where a minute feels like…
Too Far to Fall When I'm all alone I don't wonder why I don't think of…
Too Much to Ask Can you remember the way it used to be? Rest stops…
Traveling Lighter Blue moon rising behind me, coming to find me in…
Travelling After Dark I'm travelling after dark I'm running down the road Straight…
Virginia Dare You were here, now you're gone Hoping just to find some…
Willow Jane Willow Jane, where you been? You've got me waiting here agai…
You Don You tell me that you're so sad and blue But I…
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