Jim Stevens has been a music fan all his life specifically David Cassidy’s vocals with The Partridge Family. The Beatles were an early influence for him and music has helped him in recent years on a journey of self-discovery. It is well worth checking out his You Tube channel and listen to two of his creative albums BeDo and Connective Energies. We discuss the pressures of fame, how rock music changed in the 1980s and 1990s and where David Cassidy’s music and reinvention of his career sits...

My guest today is Dr Quizzler who experiments with music and puts his own identity onto covers of The Partridge Family songs. He refers to the family garage as his “happy place” and in our conversation explains his musical heritage, why he loves the music and its importance to future generations. You can visit his YouTube channel: Summer Days - Partridge Family / David Cassidy (Cover by DrQuizzler) - YouTube Listen and Follow on Apple:  The David Cassidy Connections on Apple Podcasts ...

This is the third part of 3 specials celebrating 2 years of The David Cassidy Connections, created and presented by journalist and author, Louise Poynton. David reached the hearts and souls of millions around the world and left his mark in many ways, primarily the inspiration to change lives. These are their stories. Listen and Follow on Apple:  The David Cassidy Connections on Apple Podcasts Listen and Follow on Google: Google Podcasts - the david cassidy connections Listen and Follow on...

This is the second of 3 specials celebrating 2 years of The David Cassidy Connections, created and presented by journalist and author, Louise Poynton. David reached the hearts and souls of millions around the world and left his mark in many ways, primarily the inspiration to change lives. These are their stories.

This is the first part of 3 specials celebrating 2 years of The David Cassidy Connections, created and presented by journalist and author, Louise Poynton. David reached the hearts and souls of millions around the world and left his mark in many ways, primarily the inspiration to change lives. These are their stories.

Brad Kyle is a music enthusiast whose professional career in radio started in 1975 the summer he met David Cassidy. Their interview for his university radio station in Houston, Texas, turned out to be a conversation which allowed David to be relaxed, amusing and honest about his solo career as he embarked on a new career path. Brad currently provides content on Front Row & Backstage | Brad Kyle | Substack where you will find his full archive of published articles about music and...

Las Vegas Entertainer Michael La Rocca reveals the majority of things he has done in his life and career lead back to David Cassidy. Michael started his career in 1970 in a local production of The Wizard of Oz in Buffalo, New York. He was King of the Flying Monkeys. The film had a massive impact on his life. He appeared in his first professional production three years later when still only 14, and received five-star acclaim starring in a six-year run of his super-successful nightclub show...

Join me to celebrate the 50th episode with a very special guest. Ron Hicklin is the unknown singer behind the backing vocals of hundreds of recording artists. His vocal group, The Ron Hicklin Singers, became the “go to” backing vocalists for the top groups and solo artists, and were the real singers behind the background vocals of David Cassidy and The Partridge Family. Ron rarely gives interviews, but today shares with me some of the highlights of his career working with some of the...

Liza Coppola learned to play the guitar at the age of 13, inspired by David Cassidy and the music of The Partridge Family. She explored her love of music and singing, over the years building her confidence and skills to perform in public. She has been singing and playing her favourite songs from the soundtrack of her life in restaurants and coffee shops for the past 15 years. Her opening number, of course, is C’mon Get Happy. Originally from the New York City area, Liza is mother to two...

This week my special guest is talking about his amazing life journey which took him from being a songwriter for The Partridge Family to discovering, producing and managing Bruce Springsteen. Mike Appel always wanted to be a songwriter and musician starting his career in the Brill Building which was the heartbeat of the music industry in New York. Born in Flushing, Queens, he was a member of groups in the 1950s and 1960s including The Balloon Farm, co-writing their 1967 hit, A Question of...

Ryan Roxie is one of the world’s greatest guitarists and performed on stage with the best. Known as a solo artist and singer/songwriter he is also recognised for his guitar work and collaborations with Alice Cooper, Casablanca and Slash’s Snakepit. He tells everyone he was inspired to play the guitar by Keith – not Richards but Partridge. And David Cassidy played a key role in his successful career. He started working with Alice in 1996 and collaborated with him on several albums including...

Doug Voet has an illustrious stage career appearing in numerous productions. Singer, actor, producer, horse lover and close friend of David’s, they met in 1983 when David took over the lead role on Broadway in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Doug taught David the role and their friendship grew. Some years later David, who was starring in EFX in Las Vegas, offered Doug a new direction in his career inviting him to produce a new show, At The Copa, he had created. They also worked...

Jesse Jackson is a podcaster, host of Set Lusting Bruce which has been running for more than 800 episodes. Jesse loved watching The Partridge Family and was inspired by David Cassidy growing up. Aside from his love of Bruce Springsteen’s music, he is a devoted fan of the Dallas Cowboys and the long running science fiction stories of Dr Who. Find Jesse on social media: Podcast: Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Podcast (libsyn.com) Twitter: @JesseJacksonDFW Facebook: Set Lusting...

Barb Collentine has been a David Cassidy fan for more than half a century and is President of the I Think I Love You Animal Foundation established in his memory. A retired high school English teacher, Barb taught for 27 years in Bergen County, New Jersey, about 40 minutes from West Orange, David's childhood home. She created and runs the David Cassidy Virtual Fan Club believed to be the only one of its kind. A former foster mother of about 11 children, Barb admits they were schooled on...

Marlene Kern Fischer is a writer, blogger, mother of 3 and self-confessed food shopper extraordinaire. Marlene has been a lifelong David fan, meeting him on her 30th birthday after a performance of Blood Brothers on Broadway. She explains in our conversation why she is keen to find the British tourists who took the photograph of them together. Her blog on Facebook, Thoughts From Aisle 4 has an increasing number of dedicated followers, many inspired by her first book Gained a Daughter But...

David always had a passion for horses and was regarded by this week’s guest, veteran horse trainer Gary Contessa as “the consummate student of pedigrees.” Gary was a close friend for decades and trained most of David’s horses. As a boy David would watch his cowboy hero Roy Rogers on television and used his signature song title Happy Trails as his sign-off on letters and album liner notes. One of his favourite movies was The Homestretch starring Maureen O’Hara. He also narrated seven stories...

Jon Provost was at High School with David Cassidy and is best known for his role as Timmy Martin in the legendary television series, Lassie, a role he played for seven years. He got his first break at the age of 2 playing Jane Wyman’s son in So Big, and we talk about the impact of being a child star. Jon went on to play the son of Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the Country Girl; worked alongside Clint Eastwood and Kurt Russell, Robert Redford and Natalie Wood. The check shirt and jeans Jon...

Ken Wank is an award-winning songwriter, inspired by lyricist Tony Romeo who wrote many songs recorded under The Partridge Family banner. These included the multi-million selling first hit, I Think I Love You, Summer Days, My Christmas Card To You, It’s One of Those Nights and Morning Rider on the Road. Ken has won more than 30 song writing awards including The John Lennon, VH-1 Song of the Year and The Great American Song contests. Visit his website: https://Kenwank.com

Robyn Hadden was personal assistant to David Cassidy when he took over the starring role in EFX, the biggest show in Las Vegas in 1996. David replaced Michael Crawford who had hand-picked Robyn to be his personal assistant. She continued working in that role with David throughout his time in Vegas where he also was behind successful productions, At The Copa and The Rat Pack Is Back.

Jay Gruska is a songwriter, composer and producer who received an Emmy nomination for his soundtrack to the television series, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Jay wrote for, and with, David Cassidy. I Never Saw You Coming appeared on David’s Getting It In the Street album. Jay worked on the album, and they later co-wrote the theme for the Man Undercover television series in which David starred. In 2009, Jay was composer, co-songwriter and music producer on Ruby and The Rockits.

Joe Pavia has spent his career in broadcasting as a news anchor, news editor and presenter on radio in Canada. He interviewed David in 1990 after 20 years being a fan of The Partridge Family music and David’s vocals. Joe shares how much that conversation meant to him and what it felt like to meet David a few weeks later at the record release party for his self-titled CD.

Sara Hickman has been performing since a little girl. Her first guitar was inspired by the music of The Partridge Family. The influence of David Cassidy in her musical career has been a huge part of her journey which has included a recording of his first hit, I Think I Love You. Her own music has been covered by fellow Texas musicians including Willie Nelson. For more information about Sara visit her website: www.sarahickman.com

Ken Owen spent almost 20 years as a television news reporter and anchor. In 1994 he interviewed David via satellite when working at WISH (CBS) in Indianapolis, and speaks about the importance of that encounter. He talks about his passion for the music since he was a boy, explains why he credits David with helping him emerge from a shy boy into a confident young man who went on to carve out a successful career in journalism.

Dale Cunningham is a lifelong fan of David. He recalls the void in his life as a little boy which David unknowingly filled and explains how important he has always been. Dale examines David's multi-tiered legacy and explains the debt of gratitude other artists owe David Cassidy.