Cassie Berman Biography, Age, Height, Husband And Nashville

Cassie Berman Biography

Cassie Berman Born Cassie Marrett) is an American musician. She was a member of the indie rock band Silver Jews, which was fronted by her husband David Berman. She contributed vocals and occasionally bass to the albums Bright Flight, Tanglewood Numbers, and Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea.

She also played bass and sang backup during live concerts. Berman appeared in the film Silver Jew, which chronicled the band’s tour of the Middle East.In addition, Berman also played bass on the Papa M album Hole of Burning Alms.

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Cassie Berman Age

Born On August 20, 1975 Cassie Berman is 43 years of age as of 2018.

Cassie Berman Height

Berman stands at a fair height and has a fair body weight to match her Height.

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When the renowned indie band Silver Jews decided to call it quits in 2009, their bassist, Louisville native Cassie Berman, pursued a career in pediatric therapy. But, now, she’s in her first band since, playing bass in singer-songwriter Joe Fletcher’s gothic, post-punk band Hotel Ten Eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“We were hanging out, and he was like, ‘I’m playing a show in one week,’ and I was like, ‘Challenge accepted,’” said Berman. “I had not touched my bass in a few years. That first show, it felt so good.”

Hailing from Nashville, Hotel Ten Eyes has a grimy swagger, like Mark Lanegan fronting the Bad Seeds. Berman has split time working with the band, and developing her own solo project.

“I went back to this thing thinking that if you play music, you’re like Peter Pan,” Berman said. “Time just kind of flew by. Why did I quit playing music?”

Berman’s inspiration to play initially came from a classmate at Ballard High School, who also went on to have an acclaimed career in music.“I started playing bass, because I started going to school with Tara Jane O’Neil,” Berman said. “There was a high school talent show and she came out and played ‘White Rabbit’ by Jefferson Airplane. She was cool as hell. Who is this magical person?”

By the late ‘90s, Berman had performed in a handful of successful bands, including Aerial M, guitarist David Pajo’s post-Slint project. It was during that time that she met David Berman of the Silver Jews. In 1999, Cassie and David moved to Nashville, where they were married. When Silver Jews needed a bassist, Cassie joined. She performed on three of the band’s records, as well as at their final show at the Cumberland Caverns’ Bluegrass Underground in 2009 .

“I was a fan of the band before I was in the band,” said Berman. “I could kind of geek out playing with them.”

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She was previously married to David Berman. David Berman was best known for his work with indie-rock band the Silver Jews. He formed Silver Jews in the late ’80s with Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. The group went through multiple lineup changes and released six studio albums between the years of 1994 and 2008.

Berman remained the only constant member of the band during that time period. After releasing their sixth LP Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea in 2008, Berman dissolved Silver Jews the following year.

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1. Cause of death
David Berman struggled with drug addiction for years. Berman became a regular user of crack, heroin and meth in the early 2000s. He accidentlally overdosed twice. On November 19, 2003, Berman attempted to commit suicide in Nashville by consuming 300 Xanax pills combined with crack cocaine. About a year later he checked into drug rehab at the Hazelden Foundation. On August 8, 2019, David Berman passed away. No cause of death has been released, though musician Joe Pernice said in a now-deleted tweet that Berman committed suicide.

2. His early years
David Berman was born January 4, 1967 in Williamsburg, Virginia. His parents divorced when he was seven. His mother moved to Ohio. Berman moved with his father to Dallas. He went to the University of Virginia, where he met fellow students Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and James McNew. The four formed an experimental music band called Ectoslavia. After college, the four moved to Hoboken, New Jersey. Bermanand Malkmus got jobs as security guards at the Whitney Museum in New York City and continued to make music with Nastanovich under the name Silver Jews.

3. The Silver Jews
Over the years, Berman gave a number of explanations for the band’s name. One was that it was a nickname for blond Jews. Another was it was a reference to the 60s experimental rock band Silver Apples. The Silver Jews’ music incorporated elements of country music and discordant noise. The band rarely performed live. The Silver Jews recorded six studio albums from 1994 to 2008. The band did tour in 2006 after the release of the albume Tanglewood Numbers. The Silver Jews broke up on January 31, 2009 after playing a final show in Tennessee. Berman attributed the end of the Silver Jews to his strained relationship with his estranged father, Richard Berman, a conservative gun and tobacco lobbyist. He wanted to “right the wrongs” of his father.

4. He suffered from depression
Berman’s struggle with depression was well-known. His friend and fellow Silver Jews band mate Stephen Malkmus wrote on Twitter Wednesday night after his death was confirmed: “He was a one of a kinder the songs he wrote were his main passion esp at the end. Hope death equals peace cuz he could sure use it.”

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