Jason Cassidy

Dosey Doe Coffee House MUSIC CAFE presents Jason Cassidy.

When Jason Cassidy was a kid, he wanted to be a rock star (who didn’t?). But the electric guitar and lessons he got at 13 didn’t take. Country music, however, did. Inspired by a buddy who could name every country tune as soon as it came on the radio, the competitive Cassidy started listening.

“I totally fell in love with country music and learned every song I could,” he recalls. “Before long, I was the one who was calling out all the songs.”

His musical journey began in a small church in New Caney, Texas at age 13. He belted out his first solo performance to the Dawson McCallister tune “Jesus Is Here To Stay” to a full sanctuary with the youth group backing him like a chanting choir.

But it was many years later that someone heard him delivering a George Strait tune in a karaoke bar that Cassidy’s musical dreams began to take flight. Impressed by his rich, expressive tone and range, a band that had just lost its lead singer approached him about taking the gig. A few weeks later, he was fronting a popular Houston-area country cover act.