Ryan Adams, “My Heart Is Broken” RIP Neal Casal Dies

Ryan Adams: Oh man.
My heart is broken
What an honor to have known you, true believer. I love you. Go easy

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain”

#RIPNealCasal

Neal Casal
November 2, 1968 – August 26, 2019

Oh man.
My heart is broken
What an honor to have known you, true believer. I love you. Go easy
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain”#RIPNealCasal pic.twitter.com/4vlj3l2EoU

— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) August 27, 2019

I am so humbled, so grateful, so honored for every moment when I was having occular migrant seizures onstage, and only Neal saw.

He would walk over and give me this look.. “you can do it, Ryan”

My fingers locked in a seizure.

That kindness & brotherhood is once in a lifetime pic.twitter.com/4eeSefKTkl

— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) August 27, 2019

 

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Oh man. My heart is broken. It’s too much What an honor to have known you, true believer. I love you, always. Go easy, brother. Go easy. Through thick and thin your heart was a lighthouse of kindness. Your eyes a mirror to a better world- your soul bled into ever note. I don’t know how to even feel right now. Grateful for your time. But immense loss. “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.” #RipNealCasal

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My last memory of Neal will be the smile he left me with… ?: Kraig Fox pic.twitter.com/rIBqo0sd5n

— Bob Weir (@BobWeir) August 27, 2019

RIP to former BLACKFOOT guitarist and singer Neal Casal. Casal was a member of Blackfoot from 1988-93, playing on our 1991 album Medicine Man. Sending our prayers and condolences to your family and friends during… https://t.co/2aWm55ycG1

— Official Blackfoot (@blackfootband) August 27, 2019

The sad truth is that most fans of musicians expect music to save and fulfill the musician's life. As our careers roll on, this idea is loaded. Although we are all willing to be underpaid by listeners for our work to be heard, the burden is on our families to keep us alive. – I

— Deer Tick (@deertickmusic) August 28, 2019

What a tragedy. As a guest of our buddy, Todd Snider, last year,fronting Hard Working Americans, my wife and I hung out afterwards and loved Neal.
His playing and vibes were a thing of beauty. We’re heartbroken. RIP https://t.co/QyX4tAqIAK

— Richard Lewis (@TheRichardLewis) August 28, 2019