Casey Killingsworth
Casey Killingsworth will be presenting “Bach and the B Sides” at Vespers Sunday. It will be the first time in twenty-some years that “The Killingsworth Family,” as the special music is billed on the Oysterville Music Vespers Schedule, will consist of Casey. Period. And, as usual when our former ‘Singing Postmaster’ is coming to town, I can’t wait.
Usually, there are two or three other members of the Killingsworth Family along. Sometines it has been Sean and Monte with whom Casey performed back in the day. They called themselves as “The Killingsworth Brothers” but gave up their wandering minstrel lifestyle when marriages and families and that all-intrusive necessity, ‘work,’ began to interfere. (Casey was working for the USPS by then and eventually, in the 90s, became our postmaster here in Oysterville; after that he was in Astoria and then Long Beach.)
The Killingsworth Family, 2013
Some years at vespers the Killingsworth group involved Casey and his musical kids, Meagan and Josh. On one or two memorable occasions, the whole family came and performed – Jerry and Jackie (grandpa and grandma) plus several generations of siblings, kids, nieces and nephews – the little stage at the church was absolutely full of Killingsworths!
The Killingsworth Family, 1966
Each year is a new surprise. This year Casey says,”I’d like to play a couple of the Bach Cello Suites and then consider some ‘B sides,’ songs that weren’t as popular as either the other side of the record or, with my own songs, ones that we never performed.”
Three o’clock, Sunday July 12th, Oysterville Church – Our Singing Postmaster! As I said, I can’t wait.
I shall be sorry to miss this! How lucky the community is to have talented members and friends to fill the old church with song!