Casse Culver Explained

Casse Culver
Birth Name:Karen Culver
Birth Date:March 7, 1944
Birth Place:Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Death Date:December 4, 2019 (age 75)
Death Place:Milton, Delaware, U.S.
Occupation:Singer, songwriter
Spouse(S):Boden Sandstrom

Karen Sue "Casse" Culver (March 7, 1944 – December 4, 2019) was an American folk singer and songwriter in the women's music genre.

Early life and education

Culver was born in Bethesda, Maryland,[1] the daughter of Ronald H. Culver and Thyra Marjorie Ferguson Culver. Her father was an electrical engineer and her mother was a beautician.[2] She attended St. Mary's College of Maryland.[3] In the 1980s, she took a course of Bible study at the Way of Faith Christian Institute in Virginia.[4] Her older brother Donald M. Culver was president of the Gay Restaurant Owners of Washington.[5]

Career

Culver began singing and playing guitar as a busker in the late 1960s.[6] [7] She had a record contract in 1971,[8] and recorded an unreleased album.[9] Culver played her "very personal, folk-sounding music"[10] at women's music festivals, and toured nationally in the 1970s.[11] [12] Susan Abod performed with Culver in concerts,[13] and on Culver's album 3 Gypsies (1976).[14] She and Boden Sandstrom began a sound company, Woman Sound, in 1975.[15] [16]

Beyond music, Culver was an organic gardener in Woodstock, New York, in the late 1960s, and ran a garden and landscaping service in the 1980s. She enjoyed doing home renovation projects, and was a house manager for a group home in Washington, D.C. In the 1980s, she taught at a church, Hear and Be Healed Ministries,[17] and was known as "the Rev. Elder Casse Culver" by the early 1990s.

Publications and recordings

Personal life

Culver married Boden Sandstrom in 2013, but they were together "on and off" from the mid-1970s.[22] [23] Culver died from lung cancer in 2019, at the age of 75, in Milton, Delaware. There is a large collection of her papers in the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History at Smith College.[24] There is a recording of Casse Culver and Willie Tyson performing in 1976 on WBAI in New York, in the Pacifica Radio Archives.[25]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 1976-12-02 . Casse Culver, feminist performer to give concert . 2024-06-04 . Carpinteria Herald . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Parents' names and occupations from 1950 United States Census, and their 1940 Michigan marriage certificate, via Ancestry.
  3. St. Mary's College, Castellan (1964 yearbook): 18, via Internet Archive.
  4. News: 1985-03-01 . Casse Culver to be in Concert . 2024-06-04 . Johnson City Press . 17 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Pearson . Richard . April 27, 1993 . Donald M. Culver Dies; D.C. Nightclub Owner . The Washington Post.
  6. News: McNamara . Susan . 1978-05-09 . Fighting for minorities through songs . 2024-06-04 . Democrat and Chronicle . 1C, 2C . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: 1971-06-26 . Concert Scheduled Today at Park . 2024-06-04 . Hartford Courant . 58 . Newspapers.com.
  8. October 16, 1971 . Bearsville, WB Agreement Names Acts . Billboard . 3.
  9. Book: Anderson, Jamie . An Army of Lovers . 2019-10-01 . Bella Books . 978-1-64247-159-5 . en.
  10. News: Brown . Susan Rand . 1977-06-01 . Women's Music for Everyone . 2024-06-04 . Valley Advocate Amherst . 17 . Newspapers.com.
  11. News: Sasfy . Joe . 2024-03-04 . Casse Culver . 2024-06-03 . Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
  12. News: 1977-07-13 . Women's Concert Slated . 2024-06-04 . West Bank Guide . 27 . Newspapers.com.
  13. News: Clemmons . Nelda . 1976-11-20 . Full moon, music make for 'bewitched' evening . 2024-06-04 . The Tampa Times . 39 . Newspapers.com.
  14. Book: Love, Barbara J. . Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975 . 2006-09-22 . University of Illinois Press . 978-0-252-09747-8 . 2 . en.
  15. Book: Gaston-Bird, Leslie . Women in Audio . 2019-12-06 . Routledge . 978-0-429-85024-0 . en.
  16. Book: Rothblum, Esther D. . Everyday Mutinies: Funding Lesbian Activism . Gartrell . Nanette . 2013-09-13 . Routledge . 978-1-317-99263-9 . en.
  17. https://www.gmcw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Our-Own-Family-Tradition-Dec-1991.pdf "Advertisement"
  18. Web site: Casse Culver . 2024-06-03 . Queer Music Heritage.
  19. March 5, 1977 . Innovative Women Produce An Album . Billboard . 47.
  20. News: 1983-06-10 . Tribute to Astronaut Ride . 2024-06-04 . The Los Angeles Times . 87 . Newspapers.com.
  21. Culver . Casse . March 2018 . Perfect child of God . The Christian Science Journal.
  22. Web site: Oral history with Boden Sandstrom, 1945- . 2024-06-03 . · Rainbow History Project Digital Collections.
  23. Web site: Gilles . Michael . 2021-11-19 . Before the Beach . 2024-06-04 . CAMP Rehoboth Community Center . en.
  24. Web site: Collection: Casse Culver papers . 2024-06-03 . Smith College Finding Aids .
  25. Web site: Two women singers: Casse Culver and Willie Tyson . 2024-06-03 . Pacifica Radio Archives . en.

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