Cassidy Haley

Cassidy Hugaert Haley is an American singer-songwriter and clothing designer based in Los Angeles.

Early life and career Haley was born in Oakland, California, and grew up in the nearby city of Richmond, California, raised by his mother. He has three sisters and two brothers. His ancestors are mainly Irish, Scottish, German, French, and Native American. As a teenager he was part of the Bay Area rave scene. Haley was among the 1999 WTO protestors in Seattle and has cited this as a formative experience in his life. he performed on stilts in Las Vegas on Halloween in 2009. Haley developed design and sewing skills making costumes for himself and other circus performers,

Haley founded the company Ernte with Evan Sugarman in 2003. In 2005, he left the company to work on his music career. In 2006, Haley returned to fashion, founding a company called Skin.Graft with Jonny Cota. They were later joined by Katie Kay. Skin. Graft has been described as having "raw underground fashion and sleek, high-end couture." The company runs a downtown Los Angeles boutique, as well as producing custom designs. They presented a fall/winter collection at LA Fashion Week 2009. Haley sold his half of Skin. Graft in January 2009 to focus on his music.

American Idol (season 7) winner David Cook wore Skin. Graft designs during the competition and during public appearances. Haley is a friend of American Idol (season 8) runner-up Adam Lambert and designed pieces worn by Lambert on during the competition and on the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009; Skin. Graft was featured in an ABC News 20/20 segment about Lambert on June 13, 2009. Other celebrities to wear Skin. Graft design include: Fergie, CariDee English, Margaret Cho, Lil Rounds, Allison Iraheta, and Tila Tequila. They released their first collection, LA petite mort, in 2013 and their follow up collection, BREATHE, in July 2014 with a musical single of the same name.

Music Haley sings and plays acoustic guitar and piano. In a November 2009 interview, he said about being an independent musician, "I don't want to be developed. You know I have a really clear idea of what I want to do and how I want to sound and how I want look. But you just can't really compete with the marketing machine of a main label." The video was produced over several months, with Haley playing multiple characters using green screen technology. Following this tweet Little Boys and Dinosaurs was the third most downloaded electronic record on the iTunes chart on Monday, August 17, 2009, without having had a music label or PR campaign.

Haley performed in Los Angeles and nearby cities, sometimes performing with his band, Cassidy Haley and the Sunshine Rebels. The Sunshine Rebels is a changing assortment of performers who are part of the Los Angeles creative scene. and have played shows at the Henry Fonda Theater and several shows at The Viper Room.

Discography

Little Boys and Dinosaurs (2009)

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Acoustic Sessions (2009) DVD of Little Boys and Dinosaurs and cover songs

Nostalgia (2010) Limited edition compilation CD

The Fool (2010)

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The Lovers (2014)

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