David Cassidy

Seat 22c

Paris to Barcelona

David Cassidy died last night

We’re gonna sing a song for him

I watched the Partridge Family when I was a kid

Keith Partridge was cool

And it was guys like him

Who made me wanna play guitar

Keith Partridge and K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton

And Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath

And Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin

David Cassidy was so cool

That I read his autobiography

It’s called C'mon, Get Happy

And I recommend it highly

It’s a bout the troubles he had

Being a young TV star

Being controlled by the networks

And being taken advantage of

Being exploited and being ripped off

By those who overworked him

Coming home from tours broke

And cancelling tours due to over exhaustion

And of his battles with depression

I will not reveal how he said that he overcame

And I leave that to you

As the book is a must read

Buy that book tomorrow

It’s one of my favorite autobiographies

Lots of legendary musicians passing away lately

Like the late great Malcom Young of AC/DC

But for now we’re gonna sing a song

By this great inspirational wonder

And gave us years of television entertainment

The first one we’re gonna do

Is my childhood in front of the television

Me and my sisters would gather around it

It’s the theme song of the TV show The Partridge Family

Here we go it’s called

Come On Get Happy!

And the one we’re gonna do after that

Sung by my favorite rock singer

His name was Bon Scott

And he wasn’t just a regular

Rock singer

He was a blues singer

He was a soul singer

But he overdosed one day like so many other singers

Like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Shannon Hoon

The list goes on and on

And there are more and more and more and more of ‘em

But I’m not gonna go down a rabbit hole with that

I’ve sung about the struggles of being an entertainer

Yea, I’ve covered all that

Gonna get on with what I was just talking about

I’m gonna sing a David Cassidy shout out

David Cassidy made us happy when we were little boys and girls

So for David Cassidy right now everybody

Make some fucking noise!

And while we’re at it

Don’t forget about Malcom Young

Like a sledgehammer hit a nail

Is how he strum his Gretsch guitar

Malcom Young played guitar on the song Highway to Hell

So for now everybody at the top of their lungs

I wanna hear you fucking yell!

Okay like I said

A few times already

We’re gonna play this song

Come On Get Happy!

I love you David Cassidy

Thank you for all the happiness you brought me when I was a kid

Rest in peace David Cassidy

Rest in peace my young hero David Cassidy

When I was a kid I had shoulder length long hair

Parted in the middle and feathered, like David Cassidy

I wore clogs and bell bottom jeans just like David Cassidy

I had polyester shirts

Unbuttoned three buttons down, like David Cassidy

So anyhow

Like I’ve already said

A bunch of times

We’re gonna play this song right now

It’s called

Come On Get Happy!