HISTORY:

Don was a professional drummer who was living in Raleigh, NC when he decided to open a recording studio in 1972. He had written some songs that he wanted to get recorded plus he also wanted to setup several studios for use as recording rooms and as practice rooms for himself and local musicians who needed a place to rehearse and also teach lessons. He already had a name picked out "Thunder Recording Studios". The studio was very nice with a visitor and lounge area for guests; it had about every kind of electronic audio gaget you could think of, from plate reverb, parametric EQ's, electrostatic headphones, all kinds of microphones, but what actually brought musicians to his studio was it consisted of an eight (8) channel 1/2 inch reel-to-reel which was the only setup like this anywhere around at the time.

What really kicked the studio off big-time was In 1976, he met someone who would become one of his best friends, another professional musician known as "Sully" who had just gotton off the road with his own band "Hue & Cry". Sully was also a songwriter for RCA and had written several hit songs for them.

Sully was a great guitarist and suburb vocalist who had been writing a Rock Operetta for the past few years for himself and he was looking for a great place to rehearse and record his songs. Sully and Don did become great friends (and still are) and Sully decided to bring in some professional musicians and start recording. Don and Sully called the band "The New World's Art Ensemble". There are 23 songs in the Operetta and the recording took several years to record.

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Don Kassay "Looking Through A Straw"

Looking Through A Straw $8.00

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THIS ALBUM:

Well this goes back a few years, July of 1976 to be exact. That was when Don first met Chuck Hamm. He walked into the studio one day and introduced himself and they talked for awhile and realized they both had something in common, they both had a few songs they had written and they needed to get them recorded, so they decided they would form a partnership on this project.

Don was on tour with Elton John at the time and had to leave to go back out in a couple of days so it was decided that when he got back in town, they would go into the studio and record. Six weeks later Chuck and Don went into the studio and recorded their songs. Don titled the album "Looking Through A Straw". I hope you enjoy them.

If you listen close to the music, you will hear a little "Sgt. Pepper's and "Jethro Tull" (Ian Anderson).