By Chris Willman. Casal died of suicide at Friends were taken aback, believing he had been in good spirits recently and seemed energized at the festival Saturday, where he also performed with his own band, Circles Around the Sun. God bless NC.
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By Lexi Lane. Surfboards bookended the stage where an empty stool sat adorned by a rose and a jacket belonging to Casal alongside one of his guitars. A moment of silence started the night, after which words written by Casal, and understood to be from his suicide note, were displayed on a screen. The next time they came to visit us was just a month ago on August 22,
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Neal Graeme Casal November 2, — August 26, [1] was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and photographer. First rising to prominence as lead guitar with Rickey Medlocke 's Blackfoot from to , he is also known as a member of Ryan Adams ' backing band the Cardinals from until , with whom he recorded three studio albums. He released his final solo album, Sweeten the Distance , in Casal released his sixth solo album Anytime Tomorrow in , produced by Jim Scott. Anytime Tomorrow was the last album to be released by Glitterhouse in and prompted an extensive European tour into early Shortly after signing to Paris-based Fargo Records in , Fargo released the compilation album Maybe California resulting in a European tour and Casal's first solo tour of Japan. Casal joined Ryan Adams and The Cardinals in
Neal Casal and I met in on the set of the movie Country Strong , an age-old portrait of a train-wreck musician played by Gwyneth Paltrow spiraling toward her tragic demise. In between takes, Neal and I jammed, traded dry jokes, and shared a lot of laughs. After the movie wrapped, we stayed in contact, hung when he was in Nashville, and Neal contributed photos to my column.
