Her mother, Nancy, is owner of, a songwriting website for spotlighting uncut songwriters. Tammy still makes the necessary trips to Nashville. Tammy began writing songs with her mother, Nancy Cassidy and local songwriter, Stan LaGrange (staff writer for Little Big Town in Nashville 4 yrs) in 1997 and continued to go to Nashville monthly to perform at such places as 'Roberts', 'Tootsie's', The ' Legend', She was able to see and hear the great music being written and performed in Nashville and realized that fame in Nashville comes with a price. She headed to Nashville at the tender age of 16. Tammy's parents, Jim and Nancy Cassidy are also campfire performers, meaning they do the music for fun in their circle of friends.Tammy is a self-taught guitar player, learning to play by after having her mother write down a chord chart.Īt age 15 Tammy began entering local showcases and won a few. Tammy's great uncle, Sam Smiley, has won harmonica championships in 6 states and Tammy always sang with him at Smiley family reunions, which have over 150 people in attendance. Monk played mainly at Pee Wee King's place in Louisville Kentucky after returning from the war in the late 40's and early 50's. Her great grandfather from Breckinridge County Kentucky played guitar and fiddle, Grandfather, Allen 'Monk' Beatty played mandolin and appeared on radio shows in the south pacific during WW2 on the Mosquito Radio Network. Tammy comes from a long line of performers. Tammy stayed the course and finished her first song while pretending to take notes in literature class! The song 'Wild and Free' was a popular hit at school functions and around campfires during her high school years. During her high school years 1990-1993 the Garth phenomenon hit. During her school years when it wasn't 'cool' to be country, Tammy WAS country and still is today. Tickets for the show are available online or by emailing Cassidy is a country singer/songwriter raised in Troy Indiana. NEW YORK (- Tammy Cassidy is opening act for grammy nominated country music artist David Ball in Evanston Indiana, August 13th at the ECA Park. Top 100 Greatest Hip-hop/Rap Singles Of All Time.

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