Casey started his career as a teenager in Phoenix, Arizona , where he was introduced to country singer Sanford Clark by producer Lee Hazlewood . Casey accompanied Clark on titles like The Fool and Lonesome For A Letter . He then worked on Eddie Clearwater's background band as a pianist and wrote some of Clearwater's early hits. He also worked as a background musician in Los Angeles and Phoenix until the mid-1960s , again for Sanford Clark, among others.
With his band, the Al Casey Combo, he brought out some instrumental singles that are a mix of rock , blues and jazz . Most of the records he released in 1962 and 1963 with the Chicago record company Stacy. Casey also achieved his greatest success there. In the spring of 1962 he came in the Hot 100 of the US music magazine Billboard with Cookin at number 92. In the summer of the same year, the track Jivin 'Around reached number 71 on the Hot 100, while it was number 22 on the rhythm and blues charts occupied. His biggest hit was with Surfin 'Hootenanny , who finished 48th on the Hot 100 in July 1963. His success came to an end when Stacy ceased operations. Casey did not record any further records after that, but joined an ever-changing group of session musicians, known in professional circles as The Wrecking Crew , who contributed the instrumentation to a variety of hits by other artists.
Al Casey died in Phoenix on September 17, 2006 at the age of 70. Because of his contributions to rockabilly music as a style-defining guitarist, he was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame .
