Neal Casal

Casal began work on early solo demos from 1990 to 1993 at studios in Los Angeles, New York and New Jersey. During this period he teamed up with his manager Gary Waldman, keyboard player John Ginty and vocalist Angie McKenna. After signing a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music, he forged a long standing professional relationship with producer/engineer Jim Scott.

In 1994, Casal signed with Zoo Entertainment and recorded his debut album at Palacio del Rio,Historical Hacienda [http://69.163.153.237/historical-santa-ynez-hacienda-on-36-acres/ "Palacio del Rio"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810214116/http://69.163.153.237/historical-santa-ynez-hacienda-on-36-acres/ |date=2011-08-10 }}. formerly owned by James Stewart and Dean Martin in Santa Ynez, California, with producer Jim Scott. The album featured musicians Don Heffington, Bob Glaub, Greg Leisz.The Phoenix [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/01975959.htm "Interview by Jonathan Perry Signing with Zoo records"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233505/http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/01975959.htm |date=2016-03-03 }}. Casal released Fade Away Diamond Time in September 1994 to critical acclaim and supported the album on a US tour with his band.Caldwell, Rob MSN music [http://music.msn.com/music/album-review/neal-casal/fade-away-diamond-time/ "Fade Away Diamond Time Review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919164528/http://music.msn.com/music/album-review/neal-casal/fade-away-diamond-time/ |date=2012-09-19 }}.

Casal parted ways with Zoo Records in 1996 and recorded "Rain, Wind, and Speed" released by Buy or Die Records.Triste Magazine [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/01975959.htm "Interview with Triste Magazine - Zoo and Buy or Die"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233505/http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/01975959.htm |date=2016-03-03 }}.

In 1997, Casal signed with the Glitterhouse Records label and went on to release five albums,Artist Direct [http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/neal-casal/412699 "Bio with Glitterhouse"]. including Field Recordings and The Sun Rises Here which also features Greg Leisz, drummer

Don Heffington and longtime Bonnie Raitt bassist James "Hutch" Hutchinson on bass and backing vocals.

In 1998, Casal released the self-produced album Basement Dreams, named Americana Album of the Year in Mojo magazine.JamBase [http://www.jambase.com/Artists/38017/Neal-Casal/Bio "Mojo's Americana Album of the Year"].

During the spring of 1999, Casal teamed up with Six String Drag front man Kenny Roby and toured Europe,Iowrock [http://www.iowrock.demon.co.uk/clearspot/casal_roby.htm "Casal and Roby Tour"]. later that summer recording the live album Black River Sides.

Casal released his sixth solo album Anytime Tomorrow in 2000, produced by Jim Scott. Anytime Tomorrow was the last album to be released by Glitterhouse in 2000 and prompted an extensive European tour into early 2001.Melodic [http://www.melodic.net/reviewsOne.asp?revnr=1223 "Release of Anytime Tomorrow"].

In 2002, Casal co-wrote, produced and released the EP Ran On Pure Lightning collaborating with Shannon McNally and other musicians which included Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz, bassist James "Hutch" Hutchinson and Brent Rademaker.Want It All [http://www.wantitall.co.za/Music/Shannon-Mcnally-Neal-Casal-Ran-on-Pure-Lightning__B000AADYX0 "Ran On Pure Lightning"]. Around this time, Casal also started playing with bassist Jeff Hill and drummer Dan Fadel, forming Hazy Malaze.Hazy Malaze [http://hazymalaze.net/about-hazymalaze.html "Hazy Malaze"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817180838/http://hazymalaze.net/about-hazymalaze.html |date=2011-08-17 }}.

Railroad Earth's 2002 album Bird in a House featured a cover version of Casal's song "Dandelion Wine".Music All [https://www.allmusic.com/album/r590416 cover "Railroad Earth Covers Casal Song"].

Shortly after signing to Paris-based Fargo Records in 2003, Fargo released the compilation album Maybe California resulting in a European tour and Casal's first solo tour of Japan.Neal Casal [http://www.nealcasal.com/archive2003.html "Signing with Fargo and release of albums"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216103633/http://nealcasal.com/archive2003.html |date=2010-12-16 }}. The following year, Fargo released two compilation albums, Leaving Traces, a selection of Casal's original songs from 1994–2004, and Return in Kind, a compilation of covers and he began recording his eighth solo album.

Casal joined Ryan Adams and The Cardinals in 2005.[https://primalinformation.com/neal-casal-wiki-age-wife-children/ Neal Casal Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Children, Suicide, Cause of Death, Net Worth, Illness, Health, Drugs, Family, Married, Height, Obituary, Funeral and Instagram]. Retrieved August 27, 2019. In December of that year he embarked on his third Japanese tour, which featured his first photography exhibition and upon his return released No Wish to Reminisce in early 2006. The album, produced by Michael Deming (Beachwood Sparks, Lilys), took his music in a different direction from his previous work, with a more layered, psychedelic production.Americana UK [http://www.americana-uk.com/auk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=1966/ "Release of No Wish to Reminisce"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929221802/http://www.americana-uk.com/auk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=1966%2F |date=2011-09-29 }}. All Directions, a compilation album of live and unreleased songs, was released in 2007.

In 2009, Casal teamed up with engineer Don Sternecker and recorded and produced Roots and Wings.Stereo Kill [http://stereokill.net/2009/04/interview-neal-casal-the-cardinals/ "Release and Tour of Roots & Wings"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508060423/http://www.stereokill.net/2009/04/interview-neal-casal-the-cardinals/ |date=2009-05-08 }}. The album included musicians Jon Graboff, Greg Leisz, Johnathan Rice, Jeff Hill, Dan Fadel and Andy Goessling.

Casal began recording his tenth solo album in March 2010 with producer Thom Monahan. While Casal toured Europe, Fargo re-released the albums Basement Dreams and Rain, Wind and Speed.Neal Casal [http://www.nealcasal.com/about.html "Fargo Re-issued Albums"].

On March 6 it was announced that Casal had joined the Chris Robinson Brotherhood.Chris Robinson Brotherhood [http://chrisrobinsonbrotherhood.com/crb_tour.html "Chris Robinson Brotherhood line up"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426221920/http://www.chrisrobinsonbrotherhood.com/crb_tour.html |date=2011-04-26 }}.

Casal's tenth studio album, Sweeten the Distance, was released in November 2011.Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Sweeten-the-Distance/dp/B005MZ3ZZK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319049364&sr=8-1 "Amazon CD info"].

In 2013, Casal joined Hard Working Americans alongside Todd Snider, Dave Schools, Chad Staehly and Duane Trucks. The supergroup's debut album Hard Working Americans was recorded at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in 2013 and released on January 21, 2014.

In 2015, Casal along with Adam MacDougall, Dan Horne and Mark Levy recorded five hours of music as Circles Around the Sun that was played as the pre-show and set break music at The Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well concerts in Santa Clara and Chicago. These compositions were released later that year as the album Interludes for the Dead. Circles Around the Sun made its live debut at the 2016 Lockn' Festival at Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, Virginia. In 2018, CATS released their second album Let It Wander.

In 2016, Casal joined three other Beachwood Sparks alums, Farmer Dave Scher, Dan Horne, and Aaron Sperske, and songwriter Cass McCombs to form The Skiffle Players. Their debut album Skifflin was released that year, followed by the Piffle Sayers EP and Skiff in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/the-skiffle-players-announce-new-album-skiff-share-single |title=The Skiffle Players Announce New Album 'Skiff' & Share Single |last=Kahn |first=Andy |date=2018-08-22 |website=JamBase.com |publisher=JamBase Inc. |access-date=2018-12-04 }}

In the summer of 2002, while touring with Shannon McNally, Casal formed Hazy Malaze with fellow band members Dan Fadel and Jeff Hill. Their debut album Hazy Malaze was recorded and mixed at Village Recorders in Los Angeles in eleven days. Later that year they toured opening for Robert Randolph and the Family Band and during 2003 continued to tour the US, while beginning work on their second album Blackout Love.

In 2005, Hazy Malaze released their second album Blackout Love, supported by a French tour.The Independent [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-hazy-malaze-486495.html "Hazy Malaze second album"].

In 2009 Hazy Malaze released their third album Connections.AllMusic [https://www.allmusic.com/album/connections-r2029869 "Hazy Malaze third album"]{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.

Casal joined Ryan Adams & The Cardinals in 2005, shortly after the release of Jacksonville City Nights, replacing J.P. Bowerstock, and toured the US in the summer of 2006, followed by a UK and European tour in the autumn.The Daily Beast [http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-29/shooting-ryan-adams/ "The Cardinals"]

In 2007, the Ryan Adams album Easy Tiger was released and went to number seven.Billboard [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ryan adams|chart=all}} "Charts"]. on Billboard album chart, resulting in a yearlong world tour and the album's producer, Jamie Candiloro, added to the lineup on piano. Candiloro also produced the Follow the Lights EP, released in October 2007, and reaching number 40 on the US Billboard 200 chart.Billboard [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ryan adams & the cardinals|chart=all}} "Charts"].

In 2008, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals released Cardinology, recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York and produced by Tom Schick. The album reached number 11 on Billboard album chart and number 14 on Rolling Stone's best albums of 2008 list.Rolling Stone [http://www.blueverticalstudio.com/go/?p=9087 "Charts"]. Rolling Stone magazine also placed "Magick" at No. 13 on the 100 Best Singles of 2008 list.

In January 2009, Adams announced that he was leaving The Cardinals after their final show on March 20, 2009 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. The band has been on indefinite hiatus ever since.Rolling Stone [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ryan-adams-announces-split-from-the-cardinals-hiatus-20090114 "Ryan Adams announces hiatus for The Cardinals"].

In December 2010, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals released their final album III/IV,Spin Magazine [http://www.spin.com/reviews/ryan-adams-and-cardinals-iiiiv-pax-am "Release of Cardinals III/IV"]. a compilation of unreleased material. The album was recorded in 2006 during the same sessions that yielded Easy Tiger.

On April 16 Ryan Adams released Class Mythology, which is an EP of unreleased tracks recorded with the Cardinals during the Cardinology period.PAXAM [http://paxamrecords.com/news/2011/class-mythology-limited-edition-double-7/ "Release of Class Mythology"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412012734/http://paxamrecords.com/news/2011/class-mythology-limited-edition-double-7/ |date=2011-04-12 }}.

In an interview with American Songwriter Casal described his experience with the group positively. "It really was a great lineup... For a couple years there, man, we were on fire. We really were. We were playing some amazing shows and running through Ryan's entire catalog, just burning those songs to the ground. We really felt confident for awhile {{sic}}. We had a lot of synergy, we were all really connected, and everyone believed in it. We were firing on all cylinders. It was a great thing to be a part of."{{cite web|title=The Pinch Hitter: A Q & A With Neal Casal|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/06/the-pinch-hitter-a-qa-with-neal-casal/|publisher=American Songwriter|access-date=27 June 2012}}

Casal contributed guitar work on Tift Merritt's 2005 album Tambourine, featuring Mike Campbell, which was nominated for a Country Album of the Year and three Americana Music Awards.Merritt, Tift [http://www.tiftmerritt.com/discography/tambourine/ "Tift Merritt Discography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710084107/http://www.tiftmerritt.com/discography/tambourine/ |date=2011-07-10 }}. Casal played on Gin Wigmore's 2009 album Holy SmokeWigmore, Gin [http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/news/2010/10/gin-wigmore-wins-big-at-new-zealand-music-awards "Awards"]. produced by Mike Elizondo, which won four of the six New Zealand Music Awards it was nominated for and went Quadruple Platinum.Wigmore, Gin [http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp "Holy Smoke Quadruple Platinum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902033824/http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp |date=2011-09-02 }}.

Willie Nelson's 2007 album SongbirdLost Highway [http://www.losthighwayrecords.com/artist/releases/release.aspx?pid=1709&aid=61s "Songbird"]. produced by Ryan Adams and released by Lost Highway Records. Adams, along with The Cardinals, performed on the album's eleven tracks, featuring Casal on guitar and piano. Songbird peaked at No. 87 on the Billboard 200 on November 18, 2006.Billboard Chart [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=willie nelson|chart=all}} "Willie Nelson's Songbird"].

Other artists who featured Casal as a session musician include Shooter Jennings, Phil Lesh, Lucinda Williams, Vetiver (band), Sera Cahoone, Vision Explored, Minnie Driver, Duncan Sheik, Dr. Zwig,{{Cite web|url=https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/listen-adam-zwig-i-remember-you|title=Listen: Adam Zwig, 'I Remember You'|website=thebluegrasssituation.com}} The Jayhawks, Sera Cahoone, and Amanda Shires.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neal-casal-guitarist-obit-dead-877036|title=Neal Casal, Guitarist Who Worked With Willie Nelson, Shooter Jennings, Dead at 50|website=rollingstone.com}}

Casal was an avid photographer and provided photos for several albums which he appeared on as a musician. He shot the album cover photos for Easy Tiger and Follow the LightsThe Daily Beast [http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-29/shooting-ryan-adams/ "The Cardinals"]. and provided photos for Cardinology, Cardinals III/IVDiscogs [http://www.discogs.com/Ryan-Adams-The-Cardinals-IIIIV/release/2635364 "Photography"] and Class Mythology.PAXAM [http://paxamrecords.com/news/2011/class-mythology-limited-edition-double-7/ "Photography for Class Mythology"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412012734/http://paxamrecords.com/news/2011/class-mythology-limited-edition-double-7/ |date=2011-04-12 }}. In 2010, Abrams Image published the photo book, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: A View of Other Windows. The book is a photographic documentary of life playing and touring with the band.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/02/ryan-adams-guitarist-to-release-collection-of-road.html |title=Ryan Adams' Guitarist to Release Book of Road Photos :: Music :: News :: Paste |access-date=2010-02-22 |archive-date=2010-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223125943/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/02/ryan-adams-guitarist-to-release-collection-of-road.html |url-status=dead }}

Casal shot the album cover and all photos for the artwork for Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion's album Bright Examples,Glide magazine [http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/56424/sara-lee-guthrie-johnny-irion-releasing-second-album-bright-examples.html "Bright Examples"] the album cover for Courtney Jaye's The Exotic Sounds of Courtney Jaye,Artist Direct [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,6516966,00.html "Photography"] provided photographs for Danny and the Champions of the World album Streets of Our Time, the Hard Working Americans record "Rest In Chaos" and Tift Merritt's Tambourine.Artist Direct [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3630116,00.html "Photography"].

In January 2008 Casal exhibited his photography at the Bauhaus Gallery in Tokyo.Bauhaus Gallery [http://www.gallery-bauhaus.com/profile.html "Exhibition"]. His photographs have appeared in publications such as Mojo, Rolling Stone, Spin, Harp, USA Today.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}}

Director Ray Foley made a documentary about Casal's influences and inspirations during the making of his sixth album in 2001 entitled Neal Casal: Anytime Tomorrow.IMDB [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371003/ "Neal Casal: Anytime Tomorrow"].

In 2009, two Hazy Malaze songs were featured on Private Practice season three, episode seven "The Hard Part"Music Lounge [http://abc.go.com/music-lounge/show/private-practice/125227 "Private Practice Soundtrack"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129120852/http://abc.go.com/music-lounge/show/private-practice/125227 |date=2012-01-29 }}. and Casal's single "The Losing End Again" appeared in Fringe season two, episode seventeen "Olivia. In The Lab. With The Revolver.".TV Show Music [http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/fringe/season02.html "Fringe Soundtrack"]

Casal was Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn's voice coach for the 2004 movie Starsky & Hutch and played guitar on Owen Wilson's performance of "Don't Give Up On Us" which was also featured on the soundtrack.

Casal sang the lead vocals on "The Game" on "The Music of Jason Crigler", released on Rudy Records. Casal co-wrote and sang backing vocals on "The Truest Kind",BBC [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/45xm "Danny and The Champions of The World collaboration"] on the album Danny and The Champions of The World.

In 2011, Casal worked as Garrett Hedlund's guitar instructor for the movie Country Strong and also appears in the film IMDB [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1555064/fullcredits#cast "Country Strong Full Cast List"] as Gwyneth Paltrow's guitar player.

Casal died by suicide on August 26, 2019, at age 50.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neal-casal-guitarist-obit-dead-877036/|title=Neal Casal, Guitarist Who Worked With Willie Nelson, Shooter Jennings, Dead at 50|last=Bernstein|first=Jonathan|date=2019-08-27|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/neal-casal-singer-songwriter-and-veteran-folk-guitarist-dead-at-50/|title=Neal Casal, Singer-Songwriter and Veteran Folk Guitarist, Dead at 50|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}

In 2020, the Neal Casal Music Foundation was founded to honor his memory. In addition to preserving his artistic legacy, the NCMF provides musical instruments and lessons to students in New Jersey and New York state schools an donations to mental health organizations that support musicians in need.{{cite web |url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/84-4531209 |title=Neal Casal Music Foundation Inc |author= |date= September 12, 2022 |website= GuideStar|publisher=Candid |access-date= August 8, 2023 |quote=}}

On July 20, 2021, Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal, a 3-CD tribute compilation of cover versions by various performers, was released through the Neal Casal Music Foundation. Contributing artists included Marcus King, Eric Krasno, Phil Lesh, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Jimmy Herring, Oteil Burbridge, Bob Weir, Warren Haynes, Steve Earle, and The Allman Betts Band.[https://nealcasalmusicfoundation.org/highway-butterfly Neal Casal Music Foundation], "Highway Butterfly:

The Songs of Neal Casal" (accessed 25 November 2022).

On March 4, 2022, the collection was re-released on vinyl as a 5-LP box set.

Studio albums

• Fade Away Diamond Time (1995)
• Rain, Wind and Speed (1996)
• Field Recordings (1997)
• The Sun Rises Here (1998)
• Basement Dreams (1999)
• Black River Sides (with Kenny Roby) (1999)
• Anytime Tomorrow (2000)
• Ran on Pure Lightning (with Shannon McNally) (2002)
• Return in Kind (2004)
• No Wish to Reminisce (2006)
• Roots and Wings (2009)
• Sweeten the Distance (2011)

• An introduction to Neal Casal - maybe California (2003)
• Leaving Traces (2004)
• All Directions (2008)

• Hazy Malaze (2003)
• Blackout Love (2004)
• Connections (2009)

• Easy Tiger (2007)
• Follow the Lights (2007)
• Cardinology (2008)
• III/IV (2010)
• Class Mythology (2011)

• Big Moon Ritual (2012)
• The Magic Door (2012)
• Betty's SF Blends Vol 1 (2013)
• Phosphorescent Harvest (2014)
• Try Rock N' Roll, EP (2014)
• Betty's Blends Vol 2: Best from the West (2015)
• Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel (2016)
• If You Lived Here You Would Be Home by Now (2016)
• Betty's Blends Vol 3: Self Rising Southern Blends (2017)
• Barefoot in the Head (2017)
• Raven's Reels Vol 1 (2018)
• Servants of the Sun (2019)

• Hard Working Americans (2014)
• Rest in Chaos (2016)
• We're All in This Together (2017)

• Pacific Surf Line (2015){{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4647896-GospelbeacH |title=GospelbeacH |author= |date= |website=Discogs |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 30, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/GospelbeacH-Pacific-Surf-Line/release/7600195 |title=GospelbeacH – Pacific Surf Line |author= |date= |website=Discogs |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 30, 2019 }}
• Let it Burn (2019)

• Interludes For The Dead (2015)
• Let It Wander (2018)
• ''Circles Around The Sun Meets Joe Russo (2019)
• Circles Around The Sun (2020)

• Blackfoot - Medicine Man (1991) - Guitar, vocals
• Various artists - Piss & Vinegar: The Songs of Graham Parker - Black Honey (1996) - Guitar, vocals
• James Iha — Let It Come Down (1998) — Guitar and harmonies Artist Direct [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,326814,00.html "Let It Come Down"].
• Various artists - A Christmas to Remember — Cora Jones (1998) — Casal's original song, vocals, guitar and percussion
• Angie Mckenna - Looking East (1999) - Production, guitar, piano, vocals
• Todd Thibaud — Little Mystery (1999) — Guitar
• Bill Kelly - Jumbo (2000) - Guitar
• Lucinda Williams — Caravan of Dreams (2001) — GuitarYellow Tiger Duck [http://www.yellow-tigerduck.de/dummy.html?/setlists/lucwilli.html "Caravan of Dreams"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711012315/http://www.yellow-tigerduck.de/dummy.html?%2Fsetlists%2Flucwilli.html |date=2017-07-11 }}.
• Amy Allison - Sad Girl (2001)- Guitar
• Duncan Sheik — DaylightGraham, George [http://georgegraham.com/reviews/sheikday.html "Daylight"]. (2002) — Sang harmonies
• Ileen - Bride Pt.2 (2002) - Guitar
• Dayna Manning — Shades (2002) — Guitar
• Robert Randolph and the Family Band — UnclassifiedKnottheadusc [http://www0.epinions.com/review/_2006761855/content_147398233732 "Unclassified"]. (2004) — Sang harmonies
• Tift Merritt — Tambourine (2004) — Guitar and harmonies
• Mia Doi Todd — ManzanitaTodd, Mia Doi [http://www.miadoitodd.com/music3.html "Manzanita"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526205016/http://www.miadoitodd.com/music3.html |date=2011-05-26 }}. (2005) — Guitar
• Emily Loizeau - L'Autre Bout du Monde (2005) - Guitar
• Willie Nelson — Songbird (2006) — Guitar
• Minnie Driver — SeastoriesArtists Direct [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,4156281,00.html "Seastories"]. (2007) — Guitar
• Jason Crigler - The Music Of Jason Crigler - (2008) Guitar
• Danny and the Champions of the World - Danny and the Champions of the World (2008)- Harmonies
• Clarence Bucaro - Til Spring (2009)- Guitar
• Gin Wigmore — Holy SmokeWigmore, Gin [http://ginwigmore.com.au/music/detail.aspx?pid=59597 "Holy Smoke"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215232724/http://www.ginwigmore.com.au/music/detail.aspx?pid=59597 |date=2011-02-15 }}. (2009) — Guitar
• Mark Olson — Many Colored KiteTwenty four Bit [http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/571351365/jayhawk-mark-olson-enlists-cardinals-neal-casal-jolie "Many Colored Kite"]. (2010) — Guitar and bass
• Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion — Bright Examples Glide magazine [http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/56424/sara-lee-guthrie-johnny-irion-releasing-second-album-bright-examples.html "Bright Examples"].(2011) — Guitar and piano
• Bryan Greenberg — We Don't Have Forever{{cite web|first=Clayton|last=Perry|title=Interview: Bryan Greenberg – Singer, Songwriter and Actor|url=http://claytonperry.com/2011/01/13/interview-bryan-greenberg-singer-songwriter-and-actor/|publisher=claytonperry.com|date=January 13, 2011|access-date=October 29, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320003627/http://claytonperry.com/2011/01/13/interview-bryan-greenberg-singer-songwriter-and-actor/|archive-date=March 20, 2012}} (2011) — Guitar and bass
• Levi Strom - The Lone Wolf (2011) - Piano
• Amanda Shires — Carrying LightningDiscogs [http://www.discogs.com/Amanda-Shires-Carrying-Lightning/release/2790296 "Amanda Shires album credits of Carrying Lightning "]. (2011) — Guitar and harmonies
• Ryan Adams — Ashes & Fire (2011) — Backing vocals, acoustic guitar
• Vetiver - The Errant Charm (2011) - Guitar
• Beachwood Sparks - The Tarnished Gold (2012)- Guitar, vocals{{Cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/releases/beachwood_sparks/the_tarnished_gold|title=The Tarnished Gold|first=Sub Pop|last=Records|website=Sub Pop Records}}
• Music Is Love - A Singer Songwriter's Tribute to the Music Of CSN&Y (2012)
• James Iha — Look to the Sky (2012) — Vocals/harmonies
• Fruit Bats - Tripper (2012) - Guitar
• Dan Grimm - Average Savage (2014) - Guitar
• Matt Waldon - Learn to Love (2014) - Guitar
• Mark Olson - Good-bye Lizelle (2014) - Guitar, Bass
• Medicine Hat - Whiskey and Waves (2015) - Guitar
• Vetiver - Complete Strangers (2015) - Guitar
• J.E. Borgen - Roots Down Deep (2016) - Guitar
• The Tyde - Darren 4 (2016) - Guitar
• The Orchard - The Great Unknown (2017) - Guitar, harmonica
• Jeff Grimes - More Than Memory (2017) - Guitar
• Danielle Hicks and the Resistance - Honey (2017) - Guitar
• Dori Freeman - Letters Never Read (2017) - Guitar
• Johnny Irion - Driving Friend (2018) - Guitar
• Emma Scott - It Was Worth It (2018) - Harmonies
• Fruit Bats - Gold Past Life (2019) - Guitar
• Little Wings - Ropes (2019) - Guitar

• Shelby Starner single — "Don't Let Them" (1999)
• Zoolander soundtrack — Rufus Wainwright song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"Casal, Neal [http://www.nealcasal.com/archive2001.html "Collaborations"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714162344/http://www.nealcasal.com/archive2001.html |date=2011-07-14 }}.(2001) — Guitar
• The Sun Records Tribute album — Good Rockin' Tonight, The Legacy of Sun Records — Sheryl Crow song "Who Will the Next Fool Be" (2001) — Guitar
• Badly Drawn Boy single — "Spitting in the Wind" (2001)
• Starsky & Hutch soundtrack — song "Don't Give Up on Us" (2004) — Guitar
• "More Townes Van Zant" by The Great Unknown (2010)

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• [http://www.nealcasal.com/ Neal Casal's official website]
• [https://nealcasalmusicfoundation.org/ Neal Casal Music Foundation]
• [https://www.nealcasal.it/ Neal Casal's italian website]
• [https://ravensreelsalmanac.net/ Chris Robinson Brotherhood News, Reviews and More]

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