When did Casey’s music career truly begin? Twas the eve of December 6, 1985, Gershwin was softly humming from the phonograph in the dimly lit hospital room. Was that the beginning? Or did it start at the age of 5, upon hearing Bowie emanate from his mom’s car speakers? “Mommy, is that the man from the Labyrinth?” Certainly it continued with locking himself in his room and imbibing The Doors whilst his friends were out at the roller rink playing spin the bottle in fifth grade. But these were merely stepping stones. Legend has it, at age 14, he bought his first drum set for $90 and a can of chew tobacco from a boy on his baseball team. He would spend the remainder of his high school days teaching himself to play, grinding out hours upon hours emulating his favorite drummers, honing his skills playing with bands and cutting his teeth touring and recording beyond that. And I hear he’s still playing with the same innocent passion and wonder. Or so the story goes.