David Cassidy & The Story of The Higher They Climb

The story of Henry Diltz and his photographic work with David Cassidy and the making of the cover art for David's album "The Higher They Climb, The Harder They Fall" NO intent of copyright. I do not own the footage or the music.

[@ITILYLoveinBloomLoveandLight]

David Cassidy was a all round awesome talent and entertainer that the world will never see the likes of again !

[@angiesmith8040]

Love this album. X x ❤❤❤

[@mia2883]

Must be a very lucky guy this Henry Diltz. Spent so much time with David. 💕

[@krisharrigan9614]

We love you. We really do.

[@daidycat1]

Awesome album! It kept me fan after "the crush" was over.

[@brightangel133]

It’s interesting to see how the very people (yes, girls are people) that made him a millionaire and world famous are denigrated and dismissed by the successful artist they loved and supported! The Beatles did this, but there were four of them and the mania was spread around more evenly- lol ! This type of mania happened before David, i.e Sinatra, Elvis, the 60’s pop stars like Frankie Avalon, The Beach Boys, etc. Even Bob Dylan! And it happened again after him with NKOTB and One Direction and now, BTS. But were these teen idols ever as unappreciative/confounded or played the victim as David did? In many of his interviews he says he’s grateful to the fans (bobby-soxxers were Sinatra era fans and teenyboppers were Elvis fans, BTW, so the shoes on the album back cover got it wrong.) I think the record companies and studios and the people around him who ruthlessly used him as a commodity are more to blame for his retirement at 25 and his mental health issues than the fans that loved his music. After all, how much interaction did he really have with them? One hour on stage? Instead of one dramatic last tour, why not take control and slow things down to a decent pace? I think he finally realized he had no one who liked him for himself and that he had to get away from those corporate bloodsuckers and find real friends and get some therapy. If seems he had a a great family, his brothers mainly, so I’m sure that helped (and also talented photographers who just wanted to travel and were paid to take his image). What men don’t realize but I think David finally did realize, is the universe gave him millions of fans who REALLY loved him for the message he sang to them- that young girls MATTERED. And making young women feel valued is incredibly important. He was an inadvertent feminist! He was in a place in time in which that was needed. It is needed again now, unfortunately, as women are losing what rights they had! But now there is no David to sing about how much women are appreciated. But there is Lady Gaga! I often reiterate to young people that the ERA was never passed! Women have never been equal to men in this country. The Reagan administration tried to turn back the clock to the 50s for the female sex. And succeeded.
Anyway, I don’t recall ever hearing someone like Tom Jones complaining about where his paycheck came from-his fans. He seemed to realize that if he didn’t have them, he’d not have a career. He appeared to take it all in stride and with good humor, which David seemed to do in the beginning. But when David spoke he seemed much older and wiser than someone in his early twenties. I’m sure that was part of his appeal, his ability to communicate in interviews in addition to singing.He had it all for someone in entertainment -a sexy voice that matched his good looks and real acting talent. It’s too bad he had to struggle to get back to a place in the industry where he felt he wasn’t a punchline to a joke. As a young man he said he was serious about acting. But did he go to RADA and play Romeo and get some real stage cred? I know he eventually did act on stage, but it seems he did it almost too late for him to rebound. He had a hit or two when he went blonde in the 80s and then played Broadway with Blood Brothers and Dreamcoat. It was enough for his loyal, lifelong fans, but was it enough for him? He had so much love in his life, but was it enough of the right kind? I know there is a movie about him, but I think a musical would be a much better way to pay tribute to such a likable, handsome, and talented yet tormented man. The corporate blood suckers could make millions off of his image again, just like they’re doing now with Marilyn Monroe. It’s a shame he didn’t admit to his alcoholism earlier. He would have made a great advocate for people to get help for such a pernicious disease. In the end, I hope he knew what a great person he was, what a great dad he was, and what a great contribution he made to the world.

[@darrelllloyd3290]

From the “Under The Covers” DVD

[@krisharrigan9614]

Another one bites the dust, sing with the Angels.

[@axxellein]

TRES Cool

[@SusanH4626]

Sad ending….

[@sallymjmj750]

He was a baritone, not the tenor the studio wanted him to be.