Nov 17, 2020
This week on The David Cassidy Connections podcast we make a special visit to a place which forms part of David’s legacy.
Located less than 15 miles from Manhatten, West Orange offers a rich history. The first settlers landed in 1666 at what is now Newark Bay.
Town historian, Joseph Fagan, whose family roots go back more than 150 years in the town, gives a tour of the places where David would have played as a young boy, shares photographs which he has uncovered of David’s mother, Evelyn, when she was at school, tells the story of the first settlers and the 9/11 Memorial at Eagle Rock which looks across to the New York skyline.
West Orange is where David spent his formative years and years later co-wrote with Kim Carnes and Dave Ellingson, Can’t Go Home Again where David brought the musical changes. The track appears on David's album, Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes.
You can view the images and see pictures behind these stories on a slideshow to be found on The David Cassidy Connections YouTube channel
More history about West Orange can be found here:
https://www.davidcassidylegacy.com/