Around 1956, Casey crossed paths with Lee Hazlewood, a Coolidge, Arizona radio DJ who was looking for a singer to record his song, "The Fool".
Due to the song's success, Casey went on a week long rockabilly tour with Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Burnette, and Sonny James, traveling the country in Sanford Clark's Ford Mercury.
[8] The Surfin' Hootenanny album featured Casey mimicking the styles of Dick Dale, the Ventures, and Duane Eddy.
Drummer Hal Blaine and organist Leon Russell played on many of these recordings; the backup vocal group, named the K-C-Ettes, were in fact the Blossoms.
[3] As a member of the Wrecking Crew, he worked for artists such as the Beach Boys (including on their 1966 album Pet Sounds, the 1966 non-album single "Good Vibrations", and their 1970 album Sunflower),[10][11][12] Phil Spector, Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell, the Association, the Monkees, Johnny Cash, Eddy Arnold, Simon & Garfunkel, the 5th Dimension, Harry Nilsson, the Partridge Family, Frank Sinatra, and Nancy Sinatra.
[3] On August 3, 1967, George Harrison went with Neil Aspinall to Western recorders studio to gate crash a session with Lou Adler and John Philips.
A couple of weeks later Casey took out an advertisement in the Los Angeles Free Press saying, "George Harrison got the first guitar, maybe if you hurry you can get the second one!"
[citation needed] In 1968, Casey loaned his red Hagström Viking II guitar to Elvis Presley for his '68 Comeback Special.
[14][15][16][17] In 1983, Casey moved back to Phoenix, where he taught guitar lessons at Ziggie's Music and performed for occasional shows.
In 2001, he played guitar, dobro, mandolin, and banjo on Al Beasley's A Rainbow in the Clouds album, recorded live at the Kerr Cultural Center in Scottsdale, Arizona.
(Record Label Shown as Al Casey and the Bats) [21][22] With Glen Campbell With Jennifer Warnes With Nancy Sinatra With Michael Nesmith With Delaney & Bonnie With Bobby Darin With The Beach Boys