Assassins / Butterfly Child - rave, plus C/D

https://thequietus.com/articles/30276-joe-cassidy-butterfly-child-obituary?fbclid=IwAR013iz44K0RQGktsG5ktj1LaUCIOpHh6FUn7L_NMx2El3_YdVB7ju4GAJs

Thanks for that link. Great tribute. "Big, bold balloons of unbridled joy (even – or is that especially – when they were fundamentally melancholy) Joe’s songs appeared as if they had always existed somewhere" sums up that seeming disparity in a lot of music I love, like AMC/Mark Eitzel.

Also answers the question that felt awkward to ask: "There will be (“with my eyes closed I swear to you”) further records released by Joe. At the time of his death (15 July, 11.50 CDT) Joe had a trio of albums very close to completion – his acoustic/ orchestral Butterfly Child album, a new album by Assassins and another under a third name." There was a band name mentioned years ago, starting with a Z, like Zzaxx or Zzazz, that he was involved in, but memory's meshing that name with a Marvel electric monster and a Was (Not Was) tune.

Kate Bush news has a small article as well, with a free download link to his "Top of the City" cover.

This Sun Times obit is quite lovely.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/29/22596221/joe-cassidy-musician-songwriter-producer-humboldt-park

Gary McKendry playlist for Joe ...

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4hXUM7QeKjPienWF9H8kZZ?si=WIUYWOCSQOOVqd143jePPA&dl_branch=1&fbclid=IwAR2zL5_tft2NFHmxBccD7BIcD7oaxtz0wehCsEqIDGgYLBHV7peXZJuUiTE&nd=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SezwkNwu6Y

His family has set up a site in memory, also with some award news:

https://softexplosives.co.uk/

THANK you, Ned! The Assassins album passed by my radar, so glad to see it available at https://snissassa.bandcamp.com/album/the-year-that-never-came, as well as at the Norman Records site linked on the family site.

Appreciate the care done to display his discography. Had forgotten, if I'd known, his involvement on the Chris Connelly album, which I own and like a lot.