Mr. Sonny Casale, a former Hatboro resident, graduate of Upper Moreland High School, and “longtime concert impresario, cofounder of Hollow Moon Concerts and Backroom Productions, former disc jockey, photographer, writer, and lifelong rock and roller,” died Sunday, February 16. He was 75.

According to his obituary in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Casale got his start spinning records at local dances as a teenager in Hatboro and Willow Grove. He went on to book music shows in greater Philadelphia and beyond that featured Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Aerosmith, the Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead, and other notable and emerging musicians.

Rough excerpts from an unpublished memoir were shared on Facebook, including: “I was intent for the next 20 years or so to get as close physically to those I deemed brilliant singers and musicians, believing there was some secret that might be bestowed to me if I studied them close enough.”

A celebration of his life is to be held later, his obituary said.

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Photo: The Philadelphia Inquirer