Cassie Marie Berman (née Marrett) is an American musician. She was a member of the
indie rock
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band
Silver Jews
Silver Jews were an American indie rock band from New York City, formed in 1989 by David Berman alongside Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. Berman was the only constant band member. During the last few albums, Cassie Berm ...
, which was fronted by her husband
David Berman.
[Large Hearted Boy article:]
Ryan Walsh Interviews Cassie Berman (Silver Jews) and Joe Marrett (Hallelujah the Hills, Ketman)
. She contributed vocals and occasionally
bass
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to the albums ''
Bright Flight'', ''
Tanglewood Numbers
''Tanglewood Numbers'' is the fifth studio album by Silver Jews, released in 2005.
Like on all of their other albums, Silver Jews' principal song writer and constant band member is David Berman. On this album fourteen other musicians are involve ...
'', and ''
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea is the sixth and final studio album by American indie rock band Silver Jews, released on June 17, 2008, on Drag City. It was recorded at Marble Valley of Lexington, Virginia and Lake Fever Productions of Nashville, ...
''.
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the dat ...
credits page for Cassie BermanAllmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the dat ...
credits page for Cassie Marrett
Cassie is a feminine given name and a short form of various other given names mostly used in English-speaking countries. It is more rarely a surname. People and fictional characters named Cassie include:
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She also played bass and sang backup during live concerts. Berman appeared in the film ''
Silver Jew
''Silver Jew'' is a 2007 documentary film by Michael Tully and Matthew Robison about the musician David Berman and his band Silver Jews. Shot in just three days with no production budget, the film chronicles the band's stop in Israel to play two ...
'', which chronicled the band's tour of the
Middle East
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.
In addition, Berman also played bass on the
Papa M
David Pajo (born June 25, 1968) is an American alternative rock musician. He has played a wide variety of music, loosely fitting into several other genres such as hardcore punk, math rock, post-rock, electronica, folk rock and indie pop. Though ...
album ''
Hole of Burning Alms
Hole of Burning Alms is a compilation album by Papa M, a moniker of American multi-instrumentalist David Pajo, collecting various singles and unreleased tracks released between 1995 and 2000. It was released in the United States by Drag City, and ...
''.
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Cassie Marrett
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entry at
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Cassie Bermanentry at
Allmusic
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American indie rock musicians
Living people
Silver Jews members
Place of birth missing (living people)
Berman family
1975 births
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