Blast From The Past
Remember when you couldn't wait for the latest issue of Tiger Beat to come out? You
would save up your allowance and babysitting money to buy a copy. At school you'd swap back issues with your friends. You couldn't wait to read all about your #1 teen idol, SHAUN CASSIDY. Your locker and your room would be plastered with his pinups. You'd enter every contest, and send away for anything and everything to do with your favorite guy. Well, relive those days again! Every month, I'll post a different Shaun article from back issues of Tiger Beat. So step into your time machine and read on.
*This page has articles from the classic Tiger Beat Magazine, published by Laufer Publicatons in the 1970's. It is not meant to infringe upon the rights of the current publishers of Tiger Beat.*
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This month's article comes from "Teen Talk", and appears to have been written in 1977. Happy Reading!
SHAUN FEVER HITS THE BOILING POINT!

Is Shaun fever the biggest thing since Beatlemania? Or is it even bigger? The screaming, shouting, the incredible energy and excitement that marks a Shaun Cassidy concert is like nothing else in the world-except perhaps,
an appearance by the Beatles back in the 60s. There was frenzy and excitement then too-girls fainting, screaming their hearts out, flashbulbs exploding everywhere. It was more than a music concert, it was a cultural phenomenon, and the music business hasn't seen anything like it...until Shaun Cassidy hit the road, that is. Older observers are already noting that there are many similarities between a Shaun show and those long-ago Beatle performances. The intensity, the energy, the sheer volume of it all is overwhelming.
"It's all just fun", Shaun will tell you. That could be considered the the understatement of the year. It's definitely hard work for Shaun-although he loves it and wouldn't have it any other way. It's also potentially dangerous, and Shaun can tell you about how many close scrapes he's had trying to get to his limousine-with people pulling at his clothes, and his hair, or just trying to touch him. He once had to disguise himself as a policemen to avoid the crowds, complete with badge and black wig. Another time, his liomo was mobbedand he was unable to move for quite awhile. It's all part of the job for Shaun, though, and he takes it all in stride. He cares enough about his fans that he sets his personal life aside in order to perform for them-the mark of a true show business professional.  Is all of this getting to Shaun? Is he becoming an egomaniac? No way. Anyone who has worked with him will tell you that's he completely unaffected by the adulation and acclaim.
"The guy's just incredible", says one reporter who has met him. "I went expecting to see a really arrogant person, but he isn't that way at all. He was very, very friendly, very helpful, and I had a great time talking to him. I went in there a skeptic, but I came out a fan."
It's as if there were a huge storm, an incredible hurricane, and there's Shaun in the middle-without a hair out of place. Coming from a show business family has helped Shaun keep his perspective on the crazy world of show business-and having a brother who had already been the same route was no hindrance, either. David Cassidy had done the whole teen idol thing while Shaun was still growing up, and Shaun was able to see what happens to someone when they become a success that way-he learned from David's experiences, and it has helped him a lot when it comes to coping with his own fame. Shaun's mother, Shirley, has done a lot to instill the proper values in Shaun-he knows there are more important things than fame and fortune thanks to her. Professionalism is definitely the key to Shaun's succcess in the music world-he's one of those people who refuses to do things halfway, and always puts 100% when it comes to pleasing his fans and only recording quality material. Although he loves oldies like "Da Doo Ron Ron", there is so much more to Shaun -his original material is excellent and he's turning into a terrific pop songwriter. Songs like "Teen Dream" showcase his intelligient lyrics and the great way he has with a catchy melody. Shaun loves his musical career and the excitement that goes with it,  but he's not content just to sing and act-he also wants to write and direct as well, and has written several scripts with an eye toward having them produced. Of course, he'd love to direct them as well. When you're as multi-talented as Shaun, it's hard to stay in one place for too long, but he knows how to handle his career-and doing too much too quickly is not the way to go about building a lasting show business career. He's carefully approaching each phase of what he wants to do-and at 19, he's got plenty of time to explore everything.
Shaun fever shows no signs of subsiding anytime soon-but even if he does finally die out, it won't be because people have forgotten him, it'll be because he's grown up along with his audience and he's doing other things.