INTERESTS
/ HOBBIES:
Singing,
writing songs, mandolin, guitar, piano, gardening, painting,
theater productions, radio commercial voice-overs / jingles
/ production, & horseback riding.
ENTERTAINMENT
EXPERIENCE:
House Concerts w/ either Sam Anderson, Warren Wilken or Jimbo Sales: All original music. Guitar / Mandolin / Harmonies... Now booking in TN, AL, GA, FL, TX, KS, AR, and anywhere else you want to book us!
Get to know the songs straight from the source. Very intimate experience for music lovers.
Cass & th' Quarter Dozen:
Mandolin,
Lead Guitar, Bass, & Drums. AL, AR, CA, FL, GA, LA, MS, TN, & TX
Nashville
venues::
3rd & Lindsley, JC's Bullseye - 3 yrs., Hall of Fame Lounge,
Blenders, LA Lounge & Social Club, Tootsies Orchid Lounge
- 2 yrs., Legends Corner, Rippy's, Sophie's Saloon, Bluegrass Inn, Margo's, Ralph's Sports Bar, Edgehill Studios,
etc...) Mar., 2000 - present.
Frank
Brown International Songwriter's Festival -
Perdido Key, FL/AL line.
Every Nov. 1999-2007. www.fbisf.com And I'll be there this year!
Mickey Newbury Gathering - Austin, TX. Every June 2005-2007. (& scheduled for 2008) www.mickeynewbury.com / click on the back porch / gathering / Internet streaming.
CBS Trio: Mandolin & Vox (Cass), Guitar (Billy Hillman), Upright Bass (Scott Nutter).
Nov., 2002-July, 2007
Bookings in & around the Houston,
TX, San Diego, CA, Nashville, TN, & Birmingham, AL areas.(Please see Calendar for Venues)
Liberty
Opry - Liberty, TX: Cass as featured artist &
appearing as "Miss Understood" w/comedy on each
performance date. Providing costumed tributes to Brenda
Lee, Patsy Cline, &/or Dolly Parton for Legends Shows. www.libertyopry.com
Jun. '06, Aug. '06, and scheduled for Sept 22, 2007.
Country Fest - Cadott, WI -
www.countryfest.com - Cass performing with Phil McGarrah & the Runnin' On Empty Band. Main stage show June 21st. Tent 1 June 21st-24th, 2007.
Album,
"Honey House - Cass & Billy" -
HillTrax Recording Studio. Nov. '06.
Gaylord
Opryland Resort & Convention Center - Nashville, TN
VIP
Corporate Client Events entertainer. Providing (singing/speaking)
impersonations of Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly
Parton, original music performed with acoustic instruments,
and Host / Participant / Organizer of talent for "Hit Songwriters-in-the-Round"
Events. May, 2002 - Oct., 2006.
Destination
Nashville - Nashville, TN
Corporate
Client Events entertainer. Host/participant/organizer
of talent for "Hit Songwriters-in-the-Round" Events.
Oct., 2005 - 2006.
Brian
Loftin & the Texas Reflections Band - Houston,
TX
www.brianloftinband.com
5-pc. band playing the Texas dancehall circuit/Rodeo events/private
parties. Variety of styles including but not limited
to Texas Music & Top-40 Country. Feb., '05
- May., '06.
Lone
Star Music Revue - Huntsville,
TX
Family
entertainment at the Old Town Theater. Contributed some lead
vocals, harmonies, mandolin, composed & performed
a comedy skit in each show as "Miss Truly Understood." Billy Hillman:
lead guitar. Lee Garner: show producer, lead vocals, harmonies, etc. Lee Mounger: fiddle. Keri Hvalinka: lead & background vocals. Steve Devries: guitar/mando & many other great musicians & guests. June-Nov. '05
Opening
act for Marty Stuart -
Cass
& Billy as an acoustic duo. Private event - McHenry,
IL 7/26/03
Enduring
Freedom Concert - 101st Airborne - Fort
Campbell, KY 6/11/02
Duet
with Colte Bradley & concert finale with George Jones,
Barbara Fairchild, The Smiths, and LeRoy Parnell.
Broadcasted overseas to troops in addition to 12,000 on-site.
HIGHWAY
LEGENDS TRIBUTE SHOW: Portraying Patsy
Cline & Dolly Parton during tribute & opening with
original material. 40+ performances in TN, AL, FL,
OH,& WV. 5/27/00 - 12/31/02.
1st
Album,*CASS2000*
- Soundmith Recording Studio. Feb., '00.
Filmed
Productions:
10/28/01 Backstage
Pass
featured
AMN Productions
09/07/01
CMT Video Dating Game Pilot
featured-speaking Moore-Higgs
Casting
11/08/93
"Pair of 38's" Music Video
dance coordinator BRR Productions
Ernest
Tubb Midnite Jamboree - AM650 - WSM Radio
after the Opry.
Eight
appearances May-June of 1998. Texas Troubadour
Theater, Nashville, TN.
Original
material performed 4/19/97.
CROWD
APPEALING SING-A-LONG
SHOWS / "Karaoke with Cass"
1991-1998
Booked and hosted 2500+ shows in the south-eastern states.
Highlights:
1993 - Emcee-Nabisco Stage- City Stages Music Festival-Birmingham,
AL
1992 - Host of "Birmingham Music Awards"- T.J. Roberts-
Birmingham, AL
1992 - Emcee - "Talent Showdown" at the Alabama
Theater of Fine Arts
*
the following are examples of Nashville - area weekly bookings,
each lasting a number of years: Shooters, Levi's & Hanks,
Lady Levi's, Bonus Hill, Bikini Beach, Antioch Bar & Grille,
Larry's Loading Zone, Greenlands's Pub, Barbara's, Lonnie's
Western Room, Gilley's, and Gilley's Nitelife.
National
Anthem - Nashville Ice Flyers Hockey Team
- Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN in Jan., 1998
"A
Closer Walk with Patsy Cline" - Texas
Troubadour Theater, Nashville, TN. 1997-1998. "Patsy"
understudy with two performances in the 1998 season &
full-time stage manager for both seasons, as well as recording
and mixing for the Ernest Tubb Celebrity Spotlight Studio.
International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees - Local
46. 1996-97
WNQM
AM 1300 / WWCR Short Wave Radio - Board Operator,
Promotions, and PSA Production. 4/96 - 12/96
Commercials:
1994-1995 Dealer Marketing
Shurlock Alarm lead Video
2000
U.S. Tin Water Filter Company
lead Video 2000
Gilley's
on Music Row and Gilley's Nitelife on Music Valley Drive.,
Nashville, TN
featured
artist. April-Sept. 1994
EDUCATION:
- Nashville-
February of 1992-present, and still learning!
- 1995-1996
- Draughons Junior College- Nashville, TN - Graduated.
Radio Broadcasting; Summa Cum Laude.
- 1990-1991
- University of Alabama- Birmingham, AL - Business.
- 1988-1990
- Hewitt Trussville High School- Trussville, AL - Graduated.
Academic Honors Diploma, 1990 Professionalism Award, Offered
music scholarship to University of Montevallo.
- 1989
Publication of Who's Who in Music - listed as Cassundra
Isom.
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